How to set up a Home Network

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It is likely that if you read, you at least have a computer and a TV mostly flat. It is equally likely that you have digital content available, whether music, photos or video. Generally, you are already equipped with a second computer, a second TV and other digital devices such as hard disk media, a game console or a video recorder. But your problem, like everyone else in your case, is to exchange data between these devices. We all feel that the era of MP3 CDs burned to be read on a player lounge is gone and old-fashioned, because frankly impractical. Today, our requirements are different and we want access to everything, everywhere and immediately. In addition, the need to be connected.

The Internet has become something as ordinary as the telephone. When we need information, it is on the web we will seek. Become a natural reflex, and mail and messaging followed the same path. Do not have an email address has become unthinkable in our modern world and discusses a teenager now on instant messaging as he eats or drinks. All this put together, it appears that one must be connected at all times and requires a home network.


It is the simplest and most obvious way to follow. It's just that the network has not yet entered into the mores of the building such as electricity or the telephone. Because the wire is a problem only if it is added in the future. All that the world of network you currently sell in stores is based on the concept of addition. He would come to anyone building a house without electricity grid or running water! And yet it is still very rare pre-wire the network! Thus, the first advice given here for the home network is to build with. The costs are minimal and you'll not only enjoy the comfort that results but also be aware that the resale, this is a weighty argument.

This is extremely simple if you build a house or if you renovate the existing by adding a double wall insulation. Even in an apartment or a house already built, all is not lost if it is recent and well finished. For in this case, the ducts are laid so as to accommodate a new thread. If you decide for an integrated network for the construction, also to double over with audio taken to have speakers in every room and even on the terrace if you have one. Again, it is much easier to distribute music through it.

Returning to the wired network in the walls. At all locations and at least one place each, made to install a network alongside that of the current. Do not forget to put next to the telephone socket for Internet access and next to the TV antenna. To connect the cable of Category 5 you will reach speeds of 100 Mbits / s or 1Gbit / s. The plugs are standard RJ45 Ethernet. The construction cost is extremely low because a cable passing over the duct is sufficient and it is cheap, as are taken. It takes between 60 and 80 cents in the meter. Once installation is done, all you have to do is to connect the devices to connect to the wall outlet.

Regularly build a new home is still rare and most of the time, we must be content with what exists. In this case, it is true that the son is our worst enemies. But we should not eliminate them automatically provided. As long as it is to connect two devices in a room, pulling a cable is often the best solution. How can we ensure that this is not apparent? We must change the baseboards, which requires DIY but avoids any break. You can also ask skirting over existing ones. In all DIY self-respecting, you sell plinths that allow cables to pass it. Then, each place of connection, just install a above which can bind to the wall without drilling a big hole. If this is not possible or desirable and not to move from one room to another, it will rely on wireless solutions, or rather the existing son. Until it is useful to move away from an electrical outlet, avoid WiFi that whatever may be said, is still at one time or another a connection problem.

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For any device connected to an electrical outlet, power line carrier (PLC) must always be privileged. This is simply to use the electrical installation of the home to pass the data. The benefits are many. There is no software installation or security required, and especially it works every time, simply plug in! In fact, for oversimplification, it is a traditional wired network from a catch and comes to another, an extension in a way. Simply connect the device and it works as a traditional wired network. You just need to connect a PLC to one side on the 220V current and the other on the network port of a device. And you can multiply the catch on the same network that will act as extensions.

If there are several different speeds, we recommend you the 200 Mbits / s, even if you feel that this is beyond your needs. The actual flow is around 30 Mbits, which is necessary and sufficient to copy files from large size and transit of HD video. And one day, you come to such use. Save a few euros on the acquisition for a lower speed is a miscalculation because they are not compatible with the fastest. And even taken to 200 Mbits, it is necessary that the standard is identical, preferably HomePlug AV. The best is to buy the catch from the same manufacturer but in case of conflict, change the plug is sufficient. However, the CPL can cause problems even if it is exceptional. If the installation is really obsolete, the loss may be such that the signal no longer but it is very rare. In general, any house up to 200 square meters will be covered without any problem. Furthermore, the signal stops at the electric meter. If you have joined two apartments with two distinct, this does not happen.

The new trend is to sell you taken to secure encrypt the signal by simply pressing a button. Note that in 99% of cases it is absolutely unnecessary as to hack your data as long as someone is interested, it would plug into an outlet in your home. The only time shown is when the meter is not in your apartment which is becoming rare. Most problems are in fact multiprises. If you can not dedicate a CPL to buy an auxiliary taken. Plug in the CPL and the camera. If there are several, plug the strip on the doubler and it should not be a problem. Avoid Multiple three francs six sous which often pose problems. If indeed, you must have many appliances on one outlet, there are now secure multiprises which include direct CPL, then the best solution.

However, we strongly recommend that you add WiFi to your home network mainly for Internet access on a laptop anywhere in the home, on the terrace or in the garden. Because it is still not comfortable hanging wire to the leg in this case. For the standard, now live the G and N. The first
provides 54 Mbps theoretical but in fact it most often revolve around ten real. This is sufficient for the Web but not for large files and video if it is HD. In this case, N is required with 300 Mbit / s theoretical, 30 rem. The choice really depends on your usage. If everything is digital content on the PC or on an external disk and the laptop will serve as the Web, G suffice. Especially if he himself is fitted in the standard. In contrast, the G and N are interoperable, so you can choose a facility that works with N devices in G. For a wireless network, you must a router because the point to point never works properly.

We shall return to the installation of a router in the house. To share the Web, you'll most often a box that can be WiFi or not. If it is, it's done. Otherwise, you need a modem / router that connects to the telephone jack for ADSL. It will therefore be chosen in WiFi and physically located near the Telecom. Note that you can make WiFi modem / router or a box by adding an access point that simply plugs into one of the Ethernet jack. For the same WiFi box is often a good idea because of the WiFi box is generally complicated to implement. If you do not, adding an access point is a good solution. Then the device is connected to WiFi. For a computer that is not, simply connect a USB WiFi just. Avoid alternatives such as the internal card for desktop PC. It is more complicated and does not work better.

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The router is the hub of your network. It is he who divides the data. Already know that if you're ADSL box all ISPs act as router. It will be installed where there is a phone jack. If you do not but you are ADSL, you need a modem / router that you will take direct N WiFi because you're not going to change all four mornings. If the box is not WiFi, we recommend that you actually connect to a WiFi N router rather than an access point. It will be easier to set up the box and more reliable. Simply connect a network to catch the box enough. If by chance you did not have Internet access through ADSL, but by the cable operator will provide you a modem / router specific or at least a modem to connect to a router.

In all cases, we are in the position of a router or a box that is located near the physical connection to the phone or cable. Already at this point if you have any devices to connect to network, simply connect them by a single network cable fitted with RJ45 sockets standards. In addition, the router will be connected to the CPL of the house very easily by a suitable linked to one of its ports network router RJ45. Connection with all CPL taken from the house will be automatic. For WiFi, the router must be connected to all WiFi devices in the air. If the distance is too large what can happen, including a terrace or garden, or if the walls there are problems with a wire mesh, there are signal amplifiers that serve as relays and just install it in joining them at the current between the router and connect the device.

Has your home is now equipped with a network with at least one box or a router connected to the Web and that is WiFi. The first operation is to connect the main PC in the house. Either fixed or mobile, we strongly advise you to connect to a PLC which will ensure a permanent liaison, including the Web and immediately operational in the lighting of the computer. On this PC, you will download and store your multimedia content: music, photos and videos. Remember to organize content simply and then find it easily on other devices that you connect. The simplest is to select a directory for each content type and then organize by sub-directories.

We must not forget to set the PC to other devices that can access, which is done in the Network and Sharing Center of Windows. In addition, the firewall must be set, its role is to prevent intrusion by the Web. Each router or box is equipped with every PC but also by that of Windows. It is recommended to disable it and leave only the router, which should be set to a level of security does not trade in the house. Also protect your wireless network with a WEP key for a G and a key for WPA N. This is done on the WiFi router from the PC connected. We must not forget to enter the password on each computer connected to WiFi. Do it because otherwise, all your neighbors can use your connection!

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If we talked about the uses of basic home network, there are others and begin multiplying broadcasts from any room in the house. I do not know about you but personally, I'm hooked from the small transistor radio to listen in the kitchen or the bathroom. The Internet radio is its modern. Simply plug in current, connect to WiFi network and to the thousands of radio stations all over the world. If you have the means, you can install one in the bathroom, another in the kitchen and there are even radio-alarm to be installed on the bedside table.

Furthermore, most are also able to broadcast the music on any PC connected to the network. If you want to avoid the hazards of WiFi, connect to the radio with a CPL. Otherwise, there are also multi-room solutions for distributing music everywhere. The only barrier is a prohibitive price yet. The most advanced system that uses the wireless network of the house is again that of the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. For even more musical freedom, there is the player Xen X-Fi Creative's ability to read directly the content of PC WiFi anywhere.

Conclusion: Great Results that Exceeded Our Expectations


Once we finished moving, we were finally able to set up our computers and start testing the network. Needless to say, we are thrilled with what our newly installed infrastructure offers. The locations of the wall plates are right where they need to be, and the careful pre-planning we gave to placement was worth the time involved.

There are a lot more features inside your router that can customize your home network’s functionality, but the ones mentioned here are the most common features you’ll likely need to use. Hopefully, these tips have taken the fear away from tweaking your router, and you’ve discovered those gerbils aren’t so rabid after all.