In 14 steps optimal home network
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January 14, 2016 15:42
Tip 1: NetwerkopstellingIn this article we start with a basic network setup that can be found in almost every home. Internet is provided by a broadband modem via cable, ADSL or otherwise. There is a router (whether or not integrated into the broadband modem) to which you wired devices (via LAN ports) and wireless (via wifi) can connect. We assume that your Wi-Fi network is a secure Wi-Fi network. Security is controlled by a special WPS button on your router (or modem) or by a strong wifi password. It is useful if you know your Wi-Fi password, for example if you want to expand the coverage with a wifi repeater (tip 8). The Wi-Fi password and security technology, you can easily identify with WirelessKeyView. Run this program on a computer that is successfully connected to your Wi-Fi network. Have you lost your wifi password? Find out with WirelessKeyView. Tip 2: Wire amp; draadloosWe often been asked: What is more, wired or wireless .? The answer is a resounding: wired. Everything you connect to your wired home network works more stable than through a wireless network. You do not suffer from problems with range, forgetting your wifi password or interference from other Wi-Fi networks. Also, household appliances could ruin your Wi-Fi network. It is often referred to as the microwave oven, but in practice, there is more to it. Really problematic physical obstacles, building and construction materials in your house and cheap wireless security cameras (or other devices that continuously transmit on the same frequency). Another argument for a wired connection is the speed. This is usually much higher when you connect your device to a network, especially with a very fast Internet connection. A wired network is almost always faster and more stable than a wireless network. Tip 3: When do wifi, the preference is for wired, but is really handy sometimes not?. For tablet and smartphone is an ethernet cable even impossible, for the living room laptop extremely impractical. Always choose a network wire as it is practicable, for example, the desktop PC in the den, network or network drive (NAS). Also for your TV, game console or a network media streamer is preferable to rumble with WiFi dongles. Read more about this at tip 13. Use your Wi-Fi network for all devices where a network is not an option: smartphone, tablet, Chromecast one (although even there a cable recently it), and so on. Or if it's just super-clumsy, like your laptop that you used multiple times. For your tablet is an Ethernet cable is not an option, but you can improve your wifi. Tip 4: Too little gating ability to connect wired devices to your modem / router is usually limited to up to four LAN ports. If you are here to brief on, you can easily expand the number of ports on a switch. Choose a quick copy that complies with the standard-gigabit (1000 Mbit / s). A switch your purchase for a few bucks and, for example, five or eight additional LAN ports. Connecting is easy, because institutions are not there. Connect a LAN port of the switch to a LAN port on your modem / router using a standard network cable and you have additional ports to expand your home network, wired out. With a switch you only extend the number of LAN ports and give your home extra wired network connectivity. Tip 5: Speed mutual gigabit is the standard rate of this moment for wired home networking. It can prevent your modem / router supports a slower rate such as 10/100 Mbit. This may cause certain network does not function optimally. Good examples are the NAS (network storage) and the media streamer on your TV: here it is nice to work at the highest possible speed. The purchase of a switch as discussed in the previous tip may be a solution to your desktop PC and NAS faster to communicate with each instance. Connect both devices wired to the gigabit switch and connect it to your wired modem / router. So you have approximated the highest speed. You approach the NAS via wifi? Will invalidate the speedups. The maximum speed is always dependent on the slowest intermediary. Always choose a wired gigabit connection for devices where high speed is desirable. Tip 6: TerugschakelenAls your wired computer is connected to a switch or modem / router, you may be nieuwsgiering to the maximum speed. This is the speed that 'agree' the devices connected with each other to use. Adapter Watch shows this data in the interface speed column. There is a long number. If you remove the final six outs, you have the speed in Mbps (megabit). In a wireless adapter, the speed can always staggered because the connection is dependent on a variety of external factors. If you see a lower speed to a wired network than expected, for example 100 Mbit instead of 1000 Mbps, this can have several causes. If your computer or switch can handle only 100 Mbit, and 1000 Mbit other device, it automatically switches back to a lower speed. If both sides 1000 Mbit is possible, with bad wiring or faulty wiring connectors speed still be adjusted downwards in order to maintain stability. This can figure out by trying a faster network. Tip 7: Wifi displacing best solution to solve problems with the range of your Wi-Fi network is by moving wifi access point physically. Usually the best place a central place in your home. This is easiest if your modem and Wi-Fi router are separate tables, because a modem move is difficult in practice (which should namely be as close as possible to the spot where your Internet connection enters your home. For the best range shift your wifi modem or Wi-Fi router in a central location house Tip 8:. More wifi bereikAls physically moving your Wi-Fi network is not possible or you want to draw no unsightly cables through your house, then you might consider a wifi repeater. a wifi repeater takes no more than a few bucks and only needs an outlet. Setup is easy if you follow the instructions of the manufacturer zealous. Bluntly grabs a wifi repeater to your existing Wi-Fi network and it retransmits. For the configuration, you might be the security needs of your Wi-Fi network required and you must know what security technology (WPA, WPA2, or other) is used (see tip 1). The only disadvantage of a repeater is that you 'extended' Wi-Fi network only half the speed of your regular Wi-Fi network. Tip 9: BruggenbouwerEr its WiFi repeaters for sale with an additional Ethernet connection. By opting for a 'bridge mode' you can in this way the wireless network 'convert' to an Ethernet connection. In summary, your Wi-Fi network picked up by the WiFi repeater in 'bridge mode' and is available from here as a wired network connection. This arrangement has no benefits for higher speed, but offers other possibilities. For example, a 'smart device' (Control of solar panels, weather station, DVD player etc.), no wifi supports or is poorly accessible for a regular network, you can record the device with this trick still in your home network. Thanks to a wifi repeater in 'bridge mode' you connect equipment with a network via WiFi to your home network. Tip 10: USB dongelAls the wifi range just is not optimal for instance from the kitchen and moving a wiki your Wi-Fi router or access point no options, can PC or laptop users to play a trick. Buy one for a tenner a USB WiFi dongle. Plug the dongle via a USB extension cable and you have a kind of 'mobile wifi antenna. So you still work via wifi and you can get a wireless access hard to reach better pick. This trick also works well in a hotel, camping or to pick up a hot spot from a holiday apartment. Wifi sometimes or unreachable? Use a USB WiFi dongle with USB extension cable. Tip 11: HomePlug For any situation where wifi is not possible or too much bother, and (additional) cable pull is not an option, there is a third possibility: HomePlug (also called PowerLAN). This is a wired network is transported via the outlet and the power lines. It works as follows: a HomePlug has at least two adapters (connectors). One HomePlug adapter plugs into your modem / router via a network cable. The other HomePlug adapter you connect with a network cable to the device that the network requires. By both adapters in stabbing the outlet, and a one-time pairing procedure (pairing) to follow, the connection is made and your network signal semi-wirelessly through your home transported via the electricity network. HomePlug kit costs approximately seventy euros. HomePlug brings your home network in places where Wi-Fi is not sufficient and lay cables is not an option. Tip 12: HomePlug optiesDe speed HomePlug is dependent on many factors and so is stability. Avoid multiple sockets and power strips. HomePlug does not directly close to be connected to your modem / router, it can be on any network. HomePlug technology is an excellent complement to hard to reach places where you want to connect devices. You can, for example, thanks to HomePlug placing a network out of sight (in the garage, shed or attic) without having to pull cables. HomePlug kits come in many variations, such as with an integrated switch so you can connect more than one device, with a built-in Wi-Fi access point. Tip 13: Creative subsequent best solution for your home network nodes as well as possible to each other begins with devising a plan. Many scenarios have more than one solution, but which one do you choose? Be creative and always put stability first and foremost. An example: you've ever pulled one network cable to the TV. Now running up against this limitation, as all devices around your TV have a network connection. In this case you can try to craft an expensive HomePlug kit purchase with built-in switch or your device via WiFi dongles or-repeaters talking. Needless unstable and prone to error! The best solution for this scenario is an inexpensive switch (tip 4). Connect to the network on your TV and connect all devices wired to the switch. So surely you can through a single network cable to connect your smart TV, game console, Raspberry Pi, DVR, Blu-ray player, Chromecast 2 and other devices. All kinds of devices to one network? Thanks to a simple switch is controlled as Tip 14: Existing routerAls conclusion of this article, a tip that is suitable only for experts who somehow still have an old router lie. Do not let this dust, you can find fun things to do with your home network. The DHCP server and wifi disable hold a free switchover. If you leave on wifi (DHCP or off!) And the old router connects via a LAN port, you have an additional WiFi access. If required, change the channel settings of the additional Wi-Fi network to avoid interference. Finally, there is the 'super firmware' of DD-WRT. If you're lucky, you can install it on your router. DD-WRT is available for many popular routers from different manufacturers. With DD-WRT get a router from 50 euros one of them with the capabilities of a router 500. Your network will get all sorts of extra features, such as a repeater, bridge, VLANs and other things that experts are fond of. As you read the terminology DD-WRT is definitely not suitable for beginners. Updating your router's firmware is always a risk. In the most positive case it gives you a super router with many additional features. The chances of you from your router is a brick through a failure or incorrect firmware flash is unfortunately also present. DD-WRT router is a simple one with lots of features. 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Tip 1: NetwerkopstellingIn this article we start with a basic network setup that can be found in almost every home. Internet is provided by a broadband modem via cable, ADSL or otherwise. There is a router (whether or not integrated into the broadband modem) to which you wired devices (via LAN ports) and wireless (via wifi) can connect. We assume that your Wi-Fi network is a secure Wi-Fi network. Security is controlled by a special WPS button on your router (or modem) or by a strong wifi password. It is useful if you know your Wi-Fi password, for example if you want to expand the coverage with a wifi repeater (tip 8). The Wi-Fi password and security technology, you can easily identify with WirelessKeyView. Run this program on a computer that is successfully connected to your Wi-Fi network. Have you lost your wifi password? Find out with WirelessKeyView. Tip 2: Wire amp; draadloosWe often been asked: What is more, wired or wireless .? The answer is a resounding: wired. Everything you connect to your wired home network works more stable than through a wireless network. You do not suffer from problems with range, forgetting your wifi password or interference from other Wi-Fi networks. Also, household appliances could ruin your Wi-Fi network. It is often referred to as the microwave oven, but in practice, there is more to it. Really problematic physical obstacles, building and construction materials in your house and cheap wireless security cameras (or other devices that continuously transmit on the same frequency). Another argument for a wired connection is the speed. This is usually much higher when you connect your device to a network, especially with a very fast Internet connection. A wired network is almost always faster and more stable than a wireless network. Tip 3: When do wifi, the preference is for wired, but is really handy sometimes not?. For tablet and smartphone is an ethernet cable even impossible, for the living room laptop extremely impractical. Always choose a network wire as it is practicable, for example, the desktop PC in the den, network or network drive (NAS). Also for your TV, game console or a network media streamer is preferable to rumble with WiFi dongles. Read more about this at tip 13. Use your Wi-Fi network for all devices where a network is not an option: smartphone, tablet, Chromecast one (although even there a cable recently it), and so on. Or if it's just super-clumsy, like your laptop that you used multiple times. For your tablet is an Ethernet cable is not an option, but you can improve your wifi. Tip 4: Too little gating ability to connect wired devices to your modem / router is usually limited to up to four LAN ports. If you are here to brief on, you can easily expand the number of ports on a switch. Choose a quick copy that complies with the standard-gigabit (1000 Mbit / s). A switch your purchase for a few bucks and, for example, five or eight additional LAN ports. Connecting is easy, because institutions are not there. Connect a LAN port of the switch to a LAN port on your modem / router using a standard network cable and you have additional ports to expand your home network, wired out. With a switch you only extend the number of LAN ports and give your home extra wired network connectivity. Tip 5: Speed mutual gigabit is the standard rate of this moment for wired home networking. It can prevent your modem / router supports a slower rate such as 10/100 Mbit. This may cause certain network does not function optimally. Good examples are the NAS (network storage) and the media streamer on your TV: here it is nice to work at the highest possible speed. The purchase of a switch as discussed in the previous tip may be a solution to your desktop PC and NAS faster to communicate with each instance. Connect both devices wired to the gigabit switch and connect it to your wired modem / router. So you have approximated the highest speed. You approach the NAS via wifi? Will invalidate the speedups. The maximum speed is always dependent on the slowest intermediary. Always choose a wired gigabit connection for devices where high speed is desirable. Tip 6: TerugschakelenAls your wired computer is connected to a switch or modem / router, you may be nieuwsgiering to the maximum speed. This is the speed that 'agree' the devices connected with each other to use. Adapter Watch shows this data in the interface speed column. There is a long number. If you remove the final six outs, you have the speed in Mbps (megabit). In a wireless adapter, the speed can always staggered because the connection is dependent on a variety of external factors. If you see a lower speed to a wired network than expected, for example 100 Mbit instead of 1000 Mbps, this can have several causes. If your computer or switch can handle only 100 Mbit, and 1000 Mbit other device, it automatically switches back to a lower speed. If both sides 1000 Mbit is possible, with bad wiring or faulty wiring connectors speed still be adjusted downwards in order to maintain stability. This can figure out by trying a faster network. Tip 7: Wifi displacing best solution to solve problems with the range of your Wi-Fi network is by moving wifi access point physically. Usually the best place a central place in your home. This is easiest if your modem and Wi-Fi router are separate tables, because a modem move is difficult in practice (which should namely be as close as possible to the spot where your Internet connection enters your home. For the best range shift your wifi modem or Wi-Fi router in a central location house Tip 8:. More wifi bereikAls physically moving your Wi-Fi network is not possible or you want to draw no unsightly cables through your house, then you might consider a wifi repeater. a wifi repeater takes no more than a few bucks and only needs an outlet. Setup is easy if you follow the instructions of the manufacturer zealous. Bluntly grabs a wifi repeater to your existing Wi-Fi network and it retransmits. For the configuration, you might be the security needs of your Wi-Fi network required and you must know what security technology (WPA, WPA2, or other) is used (see tip 1). The only disadvantage of a repeater is that you 'extended' Wi-Fi network only half the speed of your regular Wi-Fi network. Tip 9: BruggenbouwerEr its WiFi repeaters for sale with an additional Ethernet connection. By opting for a 'bridge mode' you can in this way the wireless network 'convert' to an Ethernet connection. In summary, your Wi-Fi network picked up by the WiFi repeater in 'bridge mode' and is available from here as a wired network connection. This arrangement has no benefits for higher speed, but offers other possibilities. For example, a 'smart device' (Control of solar panels, weather station, DVD player etc.), no wifi supports or is poorly accessible for a regular network, you can record the device with this trick still in your home network. Thanks to a wifi repeater in 'bridge mode' you connect equipment with a network via WiFi to your home network. Tip 10: USB dongelAls the wifi range just is not optimal for instance from the kitchen and moving a wiki your Wi-Fi router or access point no options, can PC or laptop users to play a trick. Buy one for a tenner a USB WiFi dongle. Plug the dongle via a USB extension cable and you have a kind of 'mobile wifi antenna. So you still work via wifi and you can get a wireless access hard to reach better pick. This trick also works well in a hotel, camping or to pick up a hot spot from a holiday apartment. Wifi sometimes or unreachable? Use a USB WiFi dongle with USB extension cable. Tip 11: HomePlug For any situation where wifi is not possible or too much bother, and (additional) cable pull is not an option, there is a third possibility: HomePlug (also called PowerLAN). This is a wired network is transported via the outlet and the power lines. It works as follows: a HomePlug has at least two adapters (connectors). One HomePlug adapter plugs into your modem / router via a network cable. The other HomePlug adapter you connect with a network cable to the device that the network requires. By both adapters in stabbing the outlet, and a one-time pairing procedure (pairing) to follow, the connection is made and your network signal semi-wirelessly through your home transported via the electricity network. HomePlug kit costs approximately seventy euros. HomePlug brings your home network in places where Wi-Fi is not sufficient and lay cables is not an option. Tip 12: HomePlug optiesDe speed HomePlug is dependent on many factors and so is stability. Avoid multiple sockets and power strips. HomePlug does not directly close to be connected to your modem / router, it can be on any network. HomePlug technology is an excellent complement to hard to reach places where you want to connect devices. You can, for example, thanks to HomePlug placing a network out of sight (in the garage, shed or attic) without having to pull cables. HomePlug kits come in many variations, such as with an integrated switch so you can connect more than one device, with a built-in Wi-Fi access point. Tip 13: Creative subsequent best solution for your home network nodes as well as possible to each other begins with devising a plan. Many scenarios have more than one solution, but which one do you choose? Be creative and always put stability first and foremost. An example: you've ever pulled one network cable to the TV. Now running up against this limitation, as all devices around your TV have a network connection. In this case you can try to craft an expensive HomePlug kit purchase with built-in switch or your device via WiFi dongles or-repeaters talking. Needless unstable and prone to error! The best solution for this scenario is an inexpensive switch (tip 4). Connect to the network on your TV and connect all devices wired to the switch. So surely you can through a single network cable to connect your smart TV, game console, Raspberry Pi, DVR, Blu-ray player, Chromecast 2 and other devices. All kinds of devices to one network? Thanks to a simple switch is controlled as Tip 14: Existing routerAls conclusion of this article, a tip that is suitable only for experts who somehow still have an old router lie. Do not let this dust, you can find fun things to do with your home network. The DHCP server and wifi disable hold a free switchover. If you leave on wifi (DHCP or off!) And the old router connects via a LAN port, you have an additional WiFi access. If required, change the channel settings of the additional Wi-Fi network to avoid interference. Finally, there is the 'super firmware' of DD-WRT. If you're lucky, you can install it on your router. DD-WRT is available for many popular routers from different manufacturers. With DD-WRT get a router from 50 euros one of them with the capabilities of a router 500. Your network will get all sorts of extra features, such as a repeater, bridge, VLANs and other things that experts are fond of. As you read the terminology DD-WRT is definitely not suitable for beginners. Updating your router's firmware is always a risk. In the most positive case it gives you a super router with many additional features. The chances of you from your router is a brick through a failure or incorrect firmware flash is unfortunately also present. DD-WRT router is a simple one with lots of features. 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