When a router is used, all Internet traffic passes through it to your local network. For convience, routers often include features that are otherwise bought separately. There are NETGEAR routers that are also modems, firewalls, and print servers, [Read more...]
What is VPN (Virtual Private Networking)?
June 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
VPN gives extremely secure connections between private networks linked through the Internet. It allows remote computers to act as though they were on the same secure, local network.
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- Allows you to be at home and access your company’s computers in [Read more...]
What is a Bridge?
June 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
The word “bridge” is used in two senses:
It describes connecting two parts of a wireless network separated by a distance. For example, a WGE101 wireless bridge could be used to connect a gaming console in a remote bedroom [Read more...]
What is an Access Point?
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In a wireless network, an access point sends and receives signals to any number of other, local wireless devices. These are usually adapters and routers.
An access point is different from a wireless router, in that it does not [Read more...]
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