Satellite DSL One Internet connection path that’s almost always available to you is the one in the sky. Satellite television services offered by DirecPC ...
Hunting for Hosting Now that you understand the difference between the v arious sorts of hosting you can purchase, you're ready to start looking for a ho...
Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) Regardless of the media you decide upon, your ISP will be your true entrance point to the Internet. This may or may not be the same firm th...
How Fast Is Fast? Asymmetric, or unbalanced, refers to the common practice of having two transfer rates: a fast one (typically 768 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps) for info...
Into the Fast Lane Although a home wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network can easily interconnect home-based PCs, the main attraction of having a PC is the wealth ...
Peculiarities of Ad Hoc Networks AHNs imply a completely new approach to networking design and bring the architectures of nodes and transmission protocols very close to the...
Ad Hoc Network Two main advantages, simple yet very valuable, lay the basis for the introduction and the widespread diffusion of wireless local area netwo...
Gateway Services Security Any system granting access to clients should include a separate method for authenticating the user. MAC addresses can be spoofed. The gatew...
Web Hosting Types There are several different kinds of web hosting options, and it is important to understand the difference between them before you begin lo...
Gateway Deployment Strategies At the basic network level, gateways are viewed as servers or end-systems. But gateways create their own overlay networks and may be involv...
Gateway Server Security Gateways are devices that control the flow of traffic into or out of a network. Although definitions differ, for this context a gateway can...
Security of WLAN Application There are two common approaches for user applications in wireless devices: WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and applications based on t...
Wireless Communications Security An obvious problem of wireless communications is that they are very easy to intercept. This implies that some form of encryption is a must ...
Overview of Wireless Network Security More and more applications are being accessed through wireless systems, including commerce, medical, manufacturing, and others. Wireless de...
TCP Congestion Control Model As an example of a network performance study, consider the TCP congestion control algorithm over a wireless link in which a host station A ...
WLAN Performance With higher bandwidths supported by the standards, WLANs are deployed for larger numbers of users and involve applications of e-mail, Web b...
Network Performance Issues One of the basic requirements of a computer network is connectivity. Without a connected network, the computers may not communicate with on...