Education?

Hi.

I've recently posted up here with network problems which may or may not be
sorted out now. Basically, I'm a complete ignoramous when it comes to home
networking of the wireless variety. My router's mannual is double dutch to
me, and I don't think they do a very good job of explaining anything in
there. I know the very basics, but there are a lot of things I don't
understand to do with terminology and proceedure. IP addresses I just about
get, but DCHP or whatever the bloody initials are, I've got no clue. I'm
finding it hard to find a decent resource, website, forum whatever, where I
can educate myself so that I don't have to keep coming up against brick
walls. Anyone know of a good place to learn about wireless networks,
routers, and what half the terms in my router's mannual actually mean?
Thanks.

The Crow wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've recently posted up here with network problems which may or may
> not be sorted out now. Basically, I'm a complete ignoramous when it
> comes to home networking of the wireless variety. My router's
> mannual is double dutch to me, and I don't think they do a very good
> job of explaining anything in there. I know the very basics, but
> there are a lot of things I don't understand to do with terminology
> and proceedure. IP addresses I just about get, but DCHP or whatever
> the bloody initials are, I've got no clue. I'm finding it hard to
> find a decent resource, website, forum whatever, where I can educate
> myself so that I don't have to keep coming up against brick walls.
> Anyone know of a good place to learn about wireless networks,
> routers, and what half the terms in my router's mannual actually
> mean? Thanks.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ has tutorials for most networking.
http://www.broadbandreports.com has networking FAQs and a forum.

Q

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:57:30 +0100, "The Crow"
<crappy.mesh-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I've recently posted up here with network problems which may or may not be
>sorted out now. Basically, I'm a complete ignoramous when it comes to home
>networking of the wireless variety. My router's mannual is double dutch to
>me, and I don't think they do a very good job of explaining anything in
>there. I know the very basics, but there are a lot of things I don't
>understand to do with terminology and proceedure. IP addresses I just about
>get, but DCHP or whatever the bloody initials are, I've got no clue. I'm
>finding it hard to find a decent resource, website, forum whatever, where I
>can educate myself so that I don't have to keep coming up against brick
>walls. Anyone know of a good place to learn about wireless networks,
>routers, and what half the terms in my router's mannual actually mean?

Sigh. Well, your first step is to learn about 200 assorted acronyms
and buzzwords. It's hard to explain anything without first
understanding the vocabulary. Try:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
(How home networking works)

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network.htm
(How wi-fi works)

http://www.tomsnetworking.com
(See the "Need to Know" and "How To" links)

http://www.practicallynetworked.com
(See "Backgrounders" and "Tutorials")

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/
(See the various tutorials)

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1428
(Beginners Guide to Home Wireless Networking)

Most of the above are many pages long and will keep you busy for a
while. If you absorb at least the basic stuff, you'll be ahead of the
game.


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