HowStuffWorks "Building a Home Network" - The Diigo Meta page

• 27 Nov 13
  

  Mina Karamercan
  • The two most popular home network types are wireless and Ethernet networks
  • the router does most of the work by directing the traffic between the connected devices.
  • A firewall is simply a hardware device or software program that protects your network from malicious users and offensive Web sites, keeping hackers from accessing or destroying your data.
  • you'll need a firewall
  • Symantec, McAfee and ZoneAlarm are popular companies that produce software-based firewalls

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• 29 Feb 12
  

  John Wolford
  • router does most of the work by directing the traffic between the connected devices
  • firewall. A firewall is simply a hardware device or software program that protects your network from malicious users and offensive Web sites, keeping hackers from accessing or destroying your data
• 05 Nov 08
  

  Dwayne Harapnuik

  network LAN

• 13 Sep 07
  

  Dave Zwicky

  644read networking

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