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Home Toys
June 2004
Carl Bowman |
The Central Nervous System of the Digital Home --- Structured Wiring Remember, structured wiring is all about being able to use not only today's technologies, but also tomorrow's. Done right, structured wiring will immeasurably improve the liveability of a home for a modest price.   |
This Old House
Steve Hayes |
Future-proof Wiring Feeding your home's ever-growing need for information-carrying capacity... |
Home Toys
February 2003
Stefan Willmert |
Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Perry Somers |
IPowerline Networking Powerline Networking uses the existing electrical wiring in a building to send data, share broadband and network computers turning normal plugs and power outlets into live network jacks. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Prasanna M. Shah |
Structured Wiring For Whole House Music Distribution This article describes ways of taking advantage of structured wiring for whole-house music distribution. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Integrated Home Networks The focus of this article is the computer network as part of the integrated home network. |
This Old House
Ian Austen |
On the Same Wavelength A home computer network means there's no waiting in line to get online. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
Home Toys
April 2005
Steve Faber |
How to Wire Your Home for Modern Entertainment and Control Systems As content delivery over broadband increases, especially with the advent of HDTV, bandwidth demands will skyrocket. Using a wired network will help ensure uninterrupted delivery of your favorite programming. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009 |
How to Ditch Wi-Fi for a High-Speed, Ethernet-Wired Home It turns out that nothing beats a hard-wired connection for setup simplicity, reliability and speed. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Ted Archer |
For High-Speed Home Retrofitting, Look to Coax As in-home IP networking needs increase, installers and homeowners will benefit from using a home's existing infrastructure. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
This Old House
Tim Snyder |
Adding a Second Phone Line Upgrade a phone system without shelling out big bucks to the phone company |
PC Magazine
July 22, 2008
Griffith & Rist |
Build a Future-Proof Home Network Enter a new age of digital entertainment -- and avoid unnecessary upgrades and hassles -- by future-proofing your home network with the fastest high-end technology available. |
PC World
September 2002
Yardena Arar |
Buyers' Guide to Home Networking Gear Wired and wireless choices abound, and prices are falling. Selecting the right type of network (or a hybrid) is key. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Maury French |
Structured Wiring Why home builder support for structured wiring is needed in the low-end new home |
Home Toys
February 2005
Jack Andresen |
Running 10BaseT Ethernet Over Existing but Unused Coax Cable Cable companies have, over the years, installed a lot of coaxial cable that is no longer in use, such as households that have installed or plan to install some version of DSL to bring video over the telephone line. Along with the video they get data, typically 10BaseT Ethernet. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2004
Stephanie Chang |
Home Networking: From the Ground Up With blueprints in hand, we give the new home of contributing editors Bruce and Marge Brown a networking makeover. See what technologies we recommend for their home--and yours. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Putting Home Theater In Every Room Despite its flaws, Microsoft's Media Center Extender is a breakthrough product. At least for those who can meet its tough bandwidth requirements, it really does deliver on the much-promised convergence of entertainment and computing. |
Macworld
May 2001
Michael Penwarden |
Your High-Tech Home Macworld's guide to creating a networked house of the future... |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
Eric S. Fellen |
Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Stephen Cass |
Mobile Broadband's Boom Are wired data connections going the way of phone landlines? |
PC World
August 24, 2006
Jeff Bertolucci |
The Best Broadband ISPs in America Both cable and DSL connections are getting faster and cheaper, but you may not have the best one. To find out how your ISP rates, see what customers say about their providers. |
Home Toys
February 2004
Frank Koditek |
Selecting a Structured Cabling System for Home Networking, Automation and Entertainment It makes sound business sense for homeowners to take the time to research the residential cabling system marketplace and apply the same value-based thinking to selecting a cabling system as they do in selecting their home. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Craig Slawson |
Home Management Systems Today and Tomorrow: What to look for, what to buy? Today's fully integrated home management systems bridge legacy serial home and A/V controllers with rapidly emerging IP-based home networks and broadband world networks. |
Home Toys
October 2003
John Stagl |
Standards Schmandards Cabling standards provide a level playing field for both the builder and the installer. They also provide a uniform and predictable infrastructure for the customer. The question is not whether standards will become universal, but when. |
PC Magazine
February 3, 2004
Bill Howard |
No Cords, No Hands With the money you're saving using 3-cent-a-minute long-distance service, invest in a decent cordless headset for your wired phones. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Bruce Gutman |
The Structured Channeling Manifesto Structured channeling prepares you for the future and allows you to install new technologies wherever you want. By embracing structured channeling, you not only meet today's needs, but tomorrow's as well. |
PC World
May 2002
Paul Heltzel |
The No-Hassle Networking Guide Ready to connect your PCs quickly and securely, with no new wires? The time is right -- and we've got answers to all your questions... |
PC World
November 16, 2001
Tom Spring |
Home Network Choices Grow Comdex product showcase helps sort out the emerging standards... |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
New Product Makes Cordless Wall Phones Truly Cordless The Out-of-Sight PowerJack cordless phone jack provides a standard 4-wire telephone jack with a low-voltage power supply from its own built-in transformer, so you don't need to install the phone close to an AC outlet. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2005
Sascha Segan |
Uniden ELBT595 A great phone for home workers who use both wired and cellular phones... Motorola RAZR V3... |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
Presto! Your Desk Phone Is A Cell Phone You can have landline and cell service from all the phone jacks in your home. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Smart Home Networks Wiring for communications, entertainment, and security |
BusinessWeek
October 24, 2005
Larry Armstrong |
Less Dashing To Find The Cell Phone New cordless gear lets you pick up your mobile from any set in the house. |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Spencer Reiss |
James Murdoch on Satellite TV, His Google Deal, and What Mogul Means Media can't be too fast or too rich according to the executive director of British Sky Broadcasting. |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
Loyd Case |
Speed Limits Wired and wireless features of routers are logically different parts of the hardware, so it is possible to have different speeds with the router. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Song Zun Huang |
CAT 5 is not just for Networking Anymore Even if the homeowner doesn't have a particular use for CAT 5 today, the low cost of the wire and the future uses make it easy to see why you would want to "future-proof" your house by installing CAT 5. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Leviton Stuctured Media Center and QuickPort Snap-In Modules Leviton makes everything you need for a structured wiring installation and the equipment is available almost everywhere, including Home Depot. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to install and how reasonably priced it can be. |
Home Toys
April 2003
William Black |
Structured Wiring A career in the installation of structured wiring can be profitable and fun. |
InternetNews
September 2, 2009 |
Major U.S. ISPs Want Low-End Broadband Standards Advocates and the nation's largest Internet providers clash as the FCC weighs the definition of broadband. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Davis D. Janowski |
Tying It All Together If adding multimedia to your home network seems daunting, read on. |
PC World
June 20, 2007
Jeff Bertolucci |
The Best and Worst ISPs Companies that provide the best and worst service. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2006
Pike et al. |
Pump Up Your Home Network We have a plan for your LAN. Find out how to surf, stream, and access files faster, as well as add cool features... Favorite wireless routers... Securing your router... Streaming high definition TV wirelessly... etc. |
Home Toys
April 2004
Teger & Waks |
Translating Theory to Reality: Broadband Lessons Learned Our goal was to match affordable broadband products and services with the wonderful design created by architect Sarah Susanka, and to demonstrate that these technologies can enable families to live more enjoyable, convenient and productive lives. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Cheryl Currid |
Siemens Gigaset 8825 System A cordless small business telephone system with the right stuff. This system connects up to two telephone lines and support up to eight cordless handsets. Only the base station needs to connect to the phone lines, then it sends the calls to the cordless handsets. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Costello & Verna |
Structured Wiring Panel: The Heart of Today's Home Just as the human heart serves as the primary organ in the body, the structured wiring panel too shares that role in a house and it needs to be regarded as such. It requires a small degree of care and a reasonable amount of placement consideration. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Superfast Broadband Is Coming Your Way There will soon be many ways to get a superfast connection, and most don't require expensive fiber-optic cable pulls. |
Macworld
September 10, 2007
Glenn Fleishman |
AirPort Extreme Base Station with Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit ethernet speeds up Apple's base station. |
PC World
January 2004
Ramon G. McLeod |
Inexpensive, Speedy Gigabit Networking SMC Networks' two multiport adapter and switch options help small wired networks transfer data fast. |
