Home Network Design
In my Home Network Design project, I needed to design a custom home network using a tree diagram with Smart Ideas 5. Also, we needed to identify using which media it was connected by and their speeds and you have to follow the instructions given:
Design a home network for 5 desktop and 3 wireless computers sharing a laser printer, scanner, and high speed cable or DSL modem to the Internet. There will also be a media server connected to an HDTV
Design a home network for 5 desktop and 3 wireless computers sharing a laser printer, scanner, and high speed cable or DSL modem to the Internet. There will also be a media server connected to an HDTV
Three key things to remember under each of the topics:
Troubleshooting basics
Physical network problems
Configuration problems
Software-interaction problems
- Home and Small Office Networking Troubleshooter will answer the questions in the troubleshooter to try to find a solution
- Verify connectivity between computers (wiring)
- Run the Network Setup Wizard to configure each computer in the network
Physical network problems
- Cabling problems
- The network card problems
- The network card on the router port problems
Configuration problems
- Test connectivity between computers by using the "ping" command
- Running the Network Setup Wizard to configure each computer in the network
- Find errors in the log; search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information about how to manually configure the computer to have the correct settings
Software-interaction problems
- Router- Configuration software problems
- Internet browsers(Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc..) won’t work, need Internet connection
- No Internet Access to online software