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RGV can help you get your office or home networked and everyone online
at the same time!
RGV will share with you all of
the different methods you can use to create a office or home network and
help you decide which method is right for you needs.
Office
Networking:
Save $ by networking
Staff can be more productive
Don't have to wait for other
users
Share a single printer
between computers
Use a
single Internet connection
Share
files such as images, spreadsheets and documents
Send the
output of a device like a DVD player or Webcam to your other computer(s)
Home
Networking:
At the end of 2000, according to
International Data Corp. (IDC), about half of all U.S.
households had a computer, and more than 20 million of
those had more than one computer. In fact, market research
shows that current PC owners are buying most of the new
computers. This means that multi-computer households are
becoming pretty common.
If you are one these multiple-PC owners,
you have probably thought about how great it would be if
your computers could talk to each other. With your
computers connected, you could:
Share a single printer
between computers
Use a
single Internet connection
Share
files such as images, spreadsheets and documents
Play
games that allow multiple users at different computers
Send the
output of a device like a DVD player or Webcam to your other computer(s)
Ways
to Connect:
You can connect your home computers in a variety of
ways:
Wire your
house with data cables
Run
cables across the floor between computers in the same room
Install
some form of wireless networking (see How Wireless Networking Works for
details)
Link your
computers through your power lines
Link your
computers through your phone lines
Each of these methods has advantages and
disadvantages. But all of these methods (except physically
carrying diskettes) require you to configure your
computers to share printers, files and an Internet
connection and to set up some level of security. This
configuration process is common to any form of networking.
Good resource for home networking
information:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
Rockbridge Global
Village, Inc.
30 Crossing Lane, Suite 206
Lexington, VA 24450
540-463-4451
info@rockbridge.net
www.rockbridge.net
See our User
Policies for full and detailed information
about guidelines for the use of RGV services.
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