Show Notes - Episode 6


SERIES: Lab Rats

EPISODE #: 6

RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2005

TITLE: How to Setup a Basic Home Network

RUN TIME: 14:41:13

HOSTS: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers

PRODUCER: Matt Harris

EDITOR: Sean Carruthers

SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep6.html

 

NOTES:

- Previewed the episode #5 on the iPod

- Apple iPod 60GB Video:

    - $399 US

    - $499 Canadian

Andy's Book:

Absolute Beginners Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, and Viruses

Available at a Bookstore near you and Amazon.ca / Amazon.com

Internet Connection Types:

- Select either Dial-Up or Broadband Connection:

  1. Dial-Up
    1. No Home Network Required
    2. V.92 Modems
    3. Speed Peaks at 53 kbps (kilobytes per second)
    4. Most Users Achieve Slightly Less
  2. Broadband:
    1. Cable:
      1. Uses the leftover bandwidth from your TV connection
      2. Speeds normally 5 mbps (megabits per second)
      3. Roughly 100 times faster than dial-up
    2. DSL:
      1. Digital Subscriber Line
      2. Uses your normal telephone line
      3. Speeds normally 5 mbps (megabits per second)
      4. Roughly 90 times faster than dial-up
      5. ADSL - Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
        1. Most Common Type of DSL
        2. Download Speed Faster than Upload Speed

Broadband Sharing Router:

- Will work with either Cable or DSL

- Everyone on a Home Network would connect to the router

- The router connects to the ISP (Internet Service Provider)

- Uses a number called an IP Address to identify each computer on the network trying to connect

- Router Types:

  1. Wired Routers = About $30
  2. Wireless Routers = About $50

How to Connect Devices:

- Connect modem to WAN port of the router

    - WAN - Wide Area Network

- Plug the Ethernet cable from your pc to one of LAN ports on the router

    - LAN - Local Area Network

- Configure the software on the router

- Congratulations You Now Have A Home Network

Configuring Software on the Router: ( we used a DI-524 D-Link Router )

- Open your Web Browser

- Type in your internal IP Address assigned to the router (varies by manufacturer)

    D-Link - http://192.168.0.1/

    Linksys - http://192.168.1.1/

    Netgear - http://192.168.1.1/

- Prompted for a password

    Default User ID and Password (varies by manufacturer)

      User ID: ADMIN

      Password: admin OR leave it blank

- Cable Modem user you're done

- DSL User follow the next instructions:

  1. Click Home
  2. Click WAN Tab
  3. Click PPPoE (Point to Point Protocal Over Ethernet
  4. Fill in your User ID and Password (provided by DSL provider)
  5. Reboot your router by clicking apply
  6. Then the WAN light on the router should blink telling the user that there is data coming in and out of your connection

- To ensure your connection is working open your web browser, go to http://www.labrats.tv OR any website you’d like

To Connect More Computers Just Repeat The Steps

Wired OR Wireless:

- Wired

  1. RJ-45 cable (ethernet)
  2. Up to hundreds of meters long

- Wireless

    - Stay tuned to be covered in a future episode

- Both Services Use Standard 10/100 Ethernet Jack For Output

- Ethernet Jacks on laptop and desktop computers are the same

- Cable internet is, essentially, a huge always on-local area network. It just connects home, not cubicles.

- Speed will decrease with more users (Neighbors) on the network

DHCP - Dynamic Host Control Protocol:

    - Hands out IP Addresses from the router

    - these IP address are dynamic meaning:

    - they can change in minutes or months

No Biffs Were Harmed During The Filming Of This Show

CREDITS

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Title Graphics by Steve Huntriss (AKA ‘Tackie’)

Theme Music by Dee Long

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SonyStyle.ca

Canon Canada

Apple Canada

Geo Perdis

Mediaworks.ca

Eileen

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Show Notes by Michael Britton