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Benefits of a Home Network
Creating a home network is easy and very practical if you have more
than one computer. Networking lets you share resources, such as
printers and hard drives that, in the past, could be used ONLY by the
computer directly connected to them.
Belkin home networking lets you easily enjoy these additional advantages:
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Share one high-speed Internet connection among all the
computers in your home
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Share documents, music, video, and digital pictures
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Store, retrieve, and copy files from one computer to another
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Simultaneously play games online, check Internet email,
and chat
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Share a single scanner or printer among the entire family
Advantages of a Wired Network
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Low cost –
on average, wired networking devices are less
expensive than wireless networking devices
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Faster speeds –
common speed is 100Mbps with recent
technology providing up to 1000Mbps
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Better range –
wired Ethernet technology provides distance of
up to 328 ft. (without a repeater), while wireless range is typically
150 to 200 ft.
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Existing wired infrastructure –
because of the maturity of wired
technology, some new homes are built with an Ethernet
cabling infrastructure
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Widespread industry acceptance –
a wide range of
interoperable networking products availble
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