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Home Networking

Home Networking. Name: Xiaoyuan Sun ID: 105501. Instructor: Mort Anvari. Outline. Introduction of home networking Home networking technologies Choosing operating system for home networking Conclusion. Introduction. What is home networking?.

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Home Networking

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  1. Home Networking Name: Xiaoyuan Sun ID: 105501 Instructor: Mort Anvari

  2. Outline • Introduction of home networking • Home networking technologies • Choosing operating system for home networking • Conclusion

  3. Introduction What is home networking? • The collection of elements that process, manage, transport, and store information, enabling the connection and integration of computing, controlling, monitoring, and communication devices in the home. • Two or more computers interconnected to form a local area network (LAN) within home.

  4. Introduction (cont’d) Why home networking? • Share peripheral devices such as printers, Zip drive. • Transfer data from one PC to another • Share Internet services via single fast Internet connection

  5. Introduction (cont’d) Driving forces for home networking • Home based small businesses • 13 million or 12.6 percent of all US residents hold a business • PC-Based households • 9.4 million households have two or more PCs • Non-PC devices that require networking • Smart appliances, home-security systems

  6. Introduction (cont’d) Key requirements for home network • Easy to install and less Maintenance • Cost effective • Reliability

  7. Home networking technologies 1. Wired home network 2. Wireless home network

  8. 1. Wired home network • Twisted Copper-Pair or Coaxial-Based Transport Systems (Ethernet) • Most widely installed LAN technology • Requires network interface card (NIC) • High speed (10 Mbps to 100 Mbps) • High reliability • Expensive

  9. 1. Wired home network (cont’d) • Twisted Copper-Pair-Based Systems (Phone Line) • Based on existing phone lines • Relatively low speed ( 1 Mbps to 10 Mbps) • Alternating Current Power line-Based Transport Element • Readily available power line • Send and receive frequency based control, monitoring and communications signals to smart devices

  10. 2. Wireless home network The Radio Frequency (RF) Transport Network • Use RF waves to transmit through walls and floors • Bring in incomparable mobility • Limited range(800 feet) • Low speed (2 Mbps) • Potential interference from other wireless devices

  11. Choosing operating systems for home network y Support in system as supplied x Support available as extra N Support not available

  12. Picking an operating system • Windows NT/2000 • Graphic User Interface (GUI) • Expensive • Windows 95/98 • Limited networking • Need additional software to perform server functions • Often crashes

  13. Picking an operating system • Linux • Network friendly • Open source (free) • Support different computer architectures • Reliable • Simple • Unix • Well established • Designed for network • Reliable • Relatively complex • Expensive

  14. Home networking with Linux • Runs on any 386/486/586/Pentium, Dec Alpha, Sun SPARC and MIPS. • Support most protocols. • Provide a gateway to the internet for the rest of PCs. • Provide firewall service to protect the network

  15. Home networking with Linux • Provide mail server allowing as many e-mail • addresses as required • Provide printer and file server functions • Provide NFS (mount disk drives on remote • machines) service at distribution • Provide web-server and Java development system

  16. Conclusions • Home networking is expected to grow in the near future • Exciting wireless technology makes home network more mobile and flexible • Linux is an extremely capable operating system for home networking being one of the least expensive yet the most powerful.

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