A common ancillary service in Chicago that is found in many homes is a home computer network. Home computer networks have changed very much over the last few years; this is a result in most cases to a drop in the price of hardware that is required to support the network and the ease of which it can be set up. Home networks have proliferated as a result of the increase in laptop computers or amore recently smart phones and tablets. There are currently four types of home networks; wireless, personal area network, LAN and VPN, virtual private network.
Perhaps the most common ancillary service in Chicago that suppliers and installers are asked to get involved in is wireless networks. With internet service available in almost every home in the country, all it takes is a wireless router and wireless LAN connections in every device that wants to be connected to the network. The task of the wireless router is to distribute the incoming signal to every device upon demand. This means that in a typical wireless home network all users can connect to each other as well as the internet, they can share printers, scanners and other peripherals that not long ago were needed at every workstation.
A personal area network is very much the same as a wireless system but the devices are connected by hard wiring. A typical installation will see the addition of network outlets to the home telephone system. This arrangement allows everyone in the home to connect to the network through the use of an Ethernet cable which is cables that are designed to transmit lots of data at very high speeds.
A LAN, local area network is a very popular method of setting up a home based business where complex computer technology and processing power is needed. A typical LAN uses a powerful central computer known as a server; it is the server that is used to store large amounts of data as well as acting as the central repository for applications which are needed to run the business. In this arrangement, work stations that are available to employees are actually directly connected to and dependent on the central server.
The reason for the installation of a home network as an ancillary service in Chicago is simplicity. It becomes easy to share files, printers and gain access to the internet, the overall cost of home computing has been brought well into the realm of possibility for most families.