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Home networking explained, Part 3: Taking control of your wires

Editor's note: This post is part 2 of a series. Here are the links to part 1 and part 2.

Now that you have learned about the basics of home networking in Part 1, and how to optimize your Wi-Fi in Part 2, in Part 3, it's time to get your hands dirty and learn how to take control of your network completely.

All home networks start with a network cable. Even if you plan on using all wireless clients, in most cases you will still need at least one cable to connect the wireless router and the … Read more

Home networking explained, Part 2: Optimizing your Wi-Fi network

Editor's note: This post is part 2 of a series. Here are the links to part 1 and part 3.

Since my last post on the basics of home networking, which is Part 1 of this series, I've been flooded with even more e-mails than I had been before (which explains why some of you haven't heard back from me). The good news is that nobody is asking about what a router is anymore. I guess I did an OK job explaining that in my previous post.

Most of the e-mails this time asked about how to … Read more