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Dual WAN/Internet Router – Load-balance or Failover using two Internet connections

Image credit: Al Wilson. This picture is published under this creative commons license. What is a Dual WAN/Internet router? There are situations when our Internet capacity is not sufficient or our Internet connection is unstable. If you need access to the net continuously, you might consider getting two Internet lines. But, most of the...
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UTM/Firewall for a Small Business : SonicWALL TZ 100/200/210

What is a UTM? A UTM (Unified Threat Management) device is actually similar to a firewall, but it has certain additional features to protect your small business/home premises. For example, UTM comes with (optional) gateway level anti-virus for filtering virus laden mail attachments, URL filtering for blocking websites of certain categories, VPN for secure...
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You can use a Wireless Range Extender to get better Wi-Fi coverage over long distances

Wireless router owners sometimes complain that they are not able to get a good wireless signal strength at certain locations of their home/office. These locations may be at a considerable distance from the wireless router or there may be too many obstructions between the router and wireless clients (like walls, partitions, etc). In such...
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Product review – Dlink DAP-1522 Extreme Dual band Wireless-N Bridge/Access Point

The Dlink DAP-1522 Extreme Wireless N Bridge/Access Point is a dual band access point that works both in the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz spectrum. It supports the latest IEEE 802.11 ‘n’ standard and hence one can expect speeds up to 300 Mbps and twice the range (distance coverage) of older 802.11 ‘g’ access...
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Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n – Best Wi-Fi router for home/small business?

Is the Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Wireless router, the best option for home/small business? It depends on what you are looking for. There are definitely cheaper Wi-Fi routers available in the market that support many more features than the Airport Extreme. But the Airport Extreme does stand out for certain reasons like dual radio...
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Dlink DGS-1008G 8 port Gigabit desktop Switch – Product review

The Dlink DGS-1008G desktop switch is an 8-port gigabit switch that supports 10/100/1000 Mbps in all its ports. It can be used both at homes and small businesses. This switch is an unmanaged layer-2 switch and hence the installation is pretty much plug and play. All that one needs to do, is to power...
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Axis M1031-W Wireless Day/Night Indoor Network Camera for Home/Shops

The Axis M1031-W is a wireless enabled day/night indoor network camera that has microphone/speakers to allow two-way audio communications,...
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Wireless Landline Phone Headset – Plantronics CS540 and HL10 Remote handset lifter

A lot of executives and their secretaries often find themselves attending phone (land-line) calls very frequently and for a...
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Polycom Communicator C100S USB Speaker Phone for Skype – Review

The Polycom Communicator C100S is a speaker phone that allows you connect to your PC/laptop (using the USB port)...
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Digium Single Span 1-Port PRI/E1/T1/J1 Card in United States

The Digium single span/ single port PRI/E1/T1/J1 card can be inserted into a Computer/Server loaded with a VOIP soft-switch...
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Best value Business Projector – Epson EX 5210/7210/3210 LCD Projectors

This review is for Epson EX5210 Business projector, but the other two projectors are very similar to this model...
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Reduce your monthly phone bills with Ooma Telo VOIP service

Highlights of the Ooma Telo VOIP service: Analog telephone adapter & VOIP subscription (for the first year) included Make...
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Options for Enterprise Inter Branch connectivity over a Wide Area Network (WAN)

Options for Enterprise Inter Branch connectivity over a Wide Area Network (WAN)

Most of the companies have multiple branches and more often than not, they would want a good network connectivity (Wide Area Network) across these branches. So, let us look at some of the popular options available for such geographically spread enterprises to connect with other branches or head office. We have given a brief...

A Basic Enterprise LAN Network Architecture – Block Diagram and Components

A Basic Enterprise LAN Network Architecture – Block Diagram and Components

Have you ever wondered about what could be the various networking components that make an enterprise LAN (Computer Network / Local Area Network)? The above diagram shows you the connectivity architecture of the major components that form an enterprise network. We have also included a brief description of the individual components below:

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