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Home connectivity

Home connectivity. Skills : none IT concepts : local area network (LAN), LAN connectivity options, home-to-Internet connectivity options, wired and wireless links. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Where does this topic fit?.

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Home connectivity

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  1. Home connectivity Skills: none IT concepts: local area network (LAN), LAN connectivity options, home-to-Internet connectivity options, wired and wireless links This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

  2. Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts • Applications • Technology (communication) • Implications • Internet skills • Application development • Content creation

  3. Internet connectivity • Home • Mobile and portable • Organization • Backbone

  4. Connectivity within the home LAN How does the LAN connect to the Internet? The Internet LAN How are the computers connected inside the LAN?

  5. Every Jetblue reservation agent telecommutes

  6. Home local area network To and from the Internet

  7. Home LAN connectivity technologies

  8. Wired (cat 5 cable) access point links To and from the Internet

  9. Wireless (WiFi) access point links To and from the Internet

  10. TV and music equipment will be networked To and from the Internet

  11. Typical home Internet access point Plugs for the Internet connection, four wired PCs or other Ethernet devices, and a WiFi radio

  12. Other home LAN connectivity technologies

  13. Connectivity between the home and the Internet How does the LAN connect to the Internet? The Internet LAN How are the computers connected inside the LAN?

  14. Computer components CPU Input devices Memory Output Devices Internet download Internet upload Storage devices

  15. Connectivity speed in context CPU 8 GB/s Internet download 4 Mb/s Memory 1 Mb/s Internet upload 32 MB/s Storage device

  16. Most common urban link technologies

  17. Follow the wires from home to your ISP

  18. A telephone company central office Look for your central office

  19. Inside the central office

  20. Fiber to the neighborhood node or home AT&T video ready access device – fiber in, fiber or copper out.

  21. Cable today DSL today Fiber is the future

  22. We will eventually have fiber to our homes The question is who will own and control it?

  23. Who owns your other utilities? Gas Water Sewer Electricity Telephone Television

  24. Wireless options for home links

  25. Terrestrial wireless outside of Austin TX This antenna is used for a radio link to an ISP in town There are thousands of wireless ISPs in rural and poor areas Sprint hopes to be a nationwide player competing with wired solutions

  26. Satellite for deeply rural areas

  27. Satellite is slow and expensive, but may be the only possibility This dish will probably serve a village or rural Internet kiosk.

  28. A few questions

  29. What is the speed of the connection between your home and the Internet? Which technology is used in the connection between your home and the Internet? Do you have WiFi connectivity within your home? Do you have wired connectivity within your home? Is your TV set connected to your home LAN? Is your music system connected to your home LAN?

  30. Home connectivity Skills: none IT concepts: local area network (LAN), LAN connectivity options, home-to-Internet connectivity options, wired and wireless links This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

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