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Knowing You Have Right Cabling Installer - ACCL-Ltd
When you are in the market to have cable installed for your business you want to make sure that the company you hire for the job is up to the task. You need to know that they are on the job and that they are thinking ahead so you get everything you need. Getting your businesses network up to speed requires very specific knowledge and while there are many cabling installer companies to choose from you want the best.
Finding a company to work with for your cable installer needs can be as easy as going to your local phonebook. Your choices will probably be somewhat limited.
If you weren't able to pick someone out to work with by going to your local phonebook then you can probably star asking for recommendations. Start by talking to other local businesses in your area that are likely to have used a similar service company. You can probably get a good idea about the companies they worked with by asking them about their experiences.
Although, you'll still want to form your own opinion. This means that you will still need to do your homework on any company you're considering. You should start by looking into the business with your better business bureau, if there is one in your area.
Once you've done that, you'll still need to interview each of the companies individually to get a good feel for them and what they can do. You can learn quite a bit about a company by interviewing its representatives in person. This will also give you the opportunity to ask them some pretty straightforward questions if you can't decide between a few companies.
Some of the standard questions you should considering asking is about the history of the company such as how long they have been in business and the types of work they have done for other companies. You will also be able to ask about their fee structure and get an estimate.
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How do I extend my father-in-law's WiFi LAN network to my house. (~500ft line of site)?
My father-in-law would like to extend his wireless LAN to my house which is about 500 ft away with clear line of site. He would like to place a network storage device at my house to backup his files to keep them off site. I would like to do the same going to his house, but keeping the LAN's separate. What kind of equipment would we need?
Joel is close to a good answer, it may work...
What I would do is set up a totally independent wireless bridge between the two houses, and have a joined LAN between the two locations, You all share the same internet, same DHCP, and all can access any NAS or whatever.
Some routers can do wireless bridging, some cannot - depends on make and model. I would get two such routers like these (similar to what I run):
http://www.ovislink.ca/WL354AP/WL354AP.htm
that have detachable antennas, and put up external high gain antennas at each end, with the routers configured as a transparent bridge (can be "non-transparent", just a technicality...)
I run a wireless bridge like this for 400ft with two 12dBi flat panel antennas at each end, at full G speeds of around 20mbps. It's not as fast as wired, but good enough for internet.
Some vendors sell 5.8Ghz wireless bridges, like "Ubiquity", that allow you to run at higher speeds, and many vendors have integrated antennas with the router built in (powered over Ethernet cable). If you buy from such a vendor, you can usually get a bit of support for setup, or use their forums for help... Since you want to do some file backups, I would suggest a higher speed link, from some commercial vendor. Many of these bridges are in the $100 range (each), and up to $200 for some higher speed stuff, well within a home user's budget if you really want to bridge two houses together...
40 Years Celebrating Email (readwriteweb)
Yes, it is hard to believe, but email turned 40 last month. No one can
question that email has transformed the way business is conducted. According
to Radicati group, the average worker processes more than a hundred daily
emails, and business email accounts make up only about a quarter of the total
of more than 3 billion. Sometime in the next few years, Radicati predicts that
the number of IM accounts will exceed email for the first time.
Email and my own working life have been closely intertwined as well. I started
using email in 1983 and over the years I have used more than three dozen
different systems and sent thousands of messages. So I thought I would put
together some important milestones of my own usage and show you how email has
changed from those early days. In my working life, I published my first book
on corporate email use (seen at left), published a weekly email newsletter and
wrote many articles about various email products for dozens of publications,
including this one.
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And, yes, I still try to have less than ten messages at the end of each day in
my inbox.
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Wireless Network versus fixed LAN cables
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