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How to Build Network Connection for Your Small Business

  To build a network infrastructure for your small business, you need to consider a few things. It is quite different from setting up a home network. Business network designs are more complex and need high security. Here is the basic list of devices that you will need. Modem A modem modulates and demodulates electrical signals sent via coaxial cables, phone lines, etc. Modulation is the transformation of digital information from your computer into analog signals to transmit over wires. Whereas demodulation is the translation of incoming analog signals back into digital information that a computer understands. Modems support DOCSIS(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) which is useful to transmit the internet over hybrid fiber-coaxial cable. But with the increasing use of optical fiber, modems have become obsolete. They transmit higher bandwidth over large distances. So if you need a high data transfer rate in your office then you will not need a modem. Router A router tr...

Cat5e Cables: The Unsung Hero of a Connected Smart Home

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Cat5e cable is an upgrade to the cat5 cable. The ‘ e ’ stands for ‘ enhanced ’. A cat 5 cable can transfer data at the maximum speed of 100Mbps whereas the cat5e cable can go up to 1000Mbps . However, when we say fast, it is not always obvious that it is reliable. The cat5e cable is the more reliable one out of the two. Because of its speed and reliability, it should be an obvious choice for any internet intensive usage. Contrary to a popular belief that only enterprises and the IT industry have internet intensive usage, our homes are just as internet intensive. And so are the product companies that run our smart home appliances. This brings us to the question of what a smart home includes. A smart home is a home that has connected devices for entertainment, convenience, and security. A number of convenience and security-based electronic tasks rely on the concept of IFTTT. The IFTTT protocol works best when there is a seamless and constant connection to the internet. Therefo...