| As more and more households acquire faster connections to
the Internet using DSL or cable modems, a home network of interconnected
computers becomes the answer for how to share this speedy broadband
connection throughout the entire house. Downloading music files,
sending/receiving e-mail, browsing news sites, and playing web-based
interactive games can all be done at the same time from different
computers. A network will let different people print documents
to the same printer or scan documents from one scanner. Sharing
a printer certainly saves having to buy a printer for everyone
in the house!
Home networks may also use wireless technology. Instead of
connecting computers with wires that run under carpets, over
doorways and between floors, computers can communicate using
high-frequency radio
waves. Range can vary from 10ft. to 250ft. With a wireless
network, anyone with a laptop can roam throughout
the house - even outside the house - and still surf the Internet.
A home network can be as simple as two computers and a printer
connected to each other or multiple computers
located on opposite sides of the house or on multiple floors:
mom's laptop from work, dad's Macintosh video editing system,
two iMacs, one color inkjet printer and one laser printer.
Getting these systems to share data and form a network can
be a challenge, especially when you want to add other devices
like a scanner or digital camera. Tech Comfort can help. Our
Home Network Service technicians are ready to assist you so
you can start enjoying your new technology immediately instead
of wrestling with it.
Tech Comfort technicians can provide experienced support
maintenance for your desktop PCs and laptops, including Macintosh
systems. Do you need more storage space for your files, more
system memory to help your programs run faster? We can help
with these tasks as well as offer tune-ups for your systems
to help them function at peak performance. Call for a free
in-home consultation. Tech Comfort, the leader in residential
computing.
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