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UTP Cabling Pinouts

There are many UTP cables for sale in your favorite computer store, but, it is good to know how to make them. First, there are two standards for the UTP cabling pinouts as defined by the TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) as well as by EIA (Electronics Industry Alliance). These standards are called: T568A and T568B. [...]

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OSI Reference Model

The OSI Reference Model consists of 7 layers. Each layer defines a set of functions required to interconnect hosts in a LAN or over the Internet.

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More about TCP/IP and OSI

We finished our last post writing about the Transport Layer of the OSI Reference Model of the network. Now, I’m going to summarize the Internet & Network layers of such model. Internet Layer. The Internet layer primarily defines the Internet Protocol (IP) and defines IP addressing, so, that devices can have its own unique IP. [...]

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Tune up my wireless connection

I was studying the book: “802.11 (Wi-Fi) Networking Handbook” by Neil Reid and Ron Seide plus a lot of user’s posts in forums… I did it mainly because my home network connection was very slow and because I wanted to improve my knowledge in wireless connections. I realized that I made the right decision. I [...]

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TCP/IP and OSI

An introduction to TCP/IP and OSI networking models.

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