Home Networking

What is it?
Home networking connects your home computers, like computers are connected in modern offices, so that they can share files, printers, and Internet access using wired or wireless technology. Most of the home networks Coastal Carolina Audio Video installs combine wired connections for desktop machines and other fixed location devices with wireless capabilities for portable devices like laptop computers and touch screen controllers.

Home networking enables you to:

• Share files, pictures, and music between computers. It's great for synchronizing your laptop and desktop machines.
• Share high speed Internet access among several computers from services such as cable modems, ISDN, or DSL.
• Share a printer in one room with computers in other rooms.
• Use devices such as movie and music servers (Audio ReQuest, Fireball) and hard drive video recorders (TiVo, ReplayTV) through Internet connections to retrieve program guides, table of contents information, and cover art, as well as automatic software updates.

How does it work?
We will install computer jacks throughout your home on the same wall plates as your phone outlets, or on additional wall plates if you desire. These jacks provide access for desktop computers and devices wired into the network and can also serve as wireless access points for laptops and other portable devices. We will then run high-speed cable from each jack to a central panel, normally located in a place like your garage or utility room. We plug the individual cables from each jack into a network hub or switch. The hub creates the link between the computers, printers, and the Internet access devices such as your cable modem. Then we configure the individual computers and devices to communicate with each other over the network.