Frequently asked Questions

• Who built your website?
• What is a home network?
• What are the benefits of a network?
• How do you know if you need a network?
• What types of networks are there?
• What’s the difference between wired and wireless?

Who built your website?

This website was done by Netricks, Inc.

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What is a home network?

A network allows the PCs in your home or office to be connected so they can communicate with each other and share resources, such as printers, drives, files/folders and Internet services.

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What are the benefits of a network?

With a network, you and the others in your household can:
Explore different Web sites simultaneously without the need of multiple modems, phone lines, or ISP (Internet Services Provider) accounts.
Share a printer and other peripherals that are connected to your network. You can save money by sharing peripherals.
Transfer files over the network easily, instead of running disks to and from each of your PCs.
Share files/folders simultaneously.
Access files/folders remotely.
Create secure and private access to files an folders on the Network.
Centralize network resources and management.

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How do you know if you need a network?

Ask yourself these questions:
Do people in your office ever need to access the Internet at the same time?
Do you need to schedule time to use a computer with a printer connected?
Do you ever want to resources between systems?
Do you ever want to share files/program folders between computers?
Do you ever need to transfer large files from one PC to another?
If you answered 'YES' to any of these questions, you will benefit from a network.

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What types of networks are there?

WIRED—Your PCs and peripherals are connected via wires and cables that run from one computer to another.
WIRELESS—Your PCs and peripherals are connected via products that use wireless technology, thereby eliminating the need for any wires or cables.

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What’s the difference between wired and wireless?

A wired network requires wires and cables to run from computer to computer. To share broadband access, files and other networked peripherals such as printers and scanners you need an Ethernet Switch and an Ethernet networking card for each device, desktop or laptop you are networking.
If you are networking computers in different rooms or on different floors, you might want the convenience of a wireless solution. It gives you greater flexibility to move your computers anywhere you want in your home or office (and still have them be networked). A wireless network uses no wires but requires a wireless networking card to be installed in each PC in order to be connected to the network. It also requires a wireless access point or router, which acts as a wireless bridge for your network.


Of course, you can also mix and match wired and wireless technology based on your specific needs.

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