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Establishing a Home Network
A Complete Home Network
Introduction
When establishing a home network it is important that you evaluate the needs you have for all of the users in your household as well as backup options and how we will connect to the network and the security of your network. I will be looking at developing such a network for my home using the given budget of $1,000 and explain why my choices will meet my networking needs as well as looking to see what changes could be made over time if given a larger budget to work with.
Elements of the Network
When establishing a home network there are many great resources available even to novices in the field online that outline some of the core essentials that were covered in this course of what one should include starting out in developing a network. (Connected: Your Complete Guide to Home Networking) As I began looking at purchasing the hardware for my home network, I chose to use the popular online retailer of Amazon.com due to the fact that I can compare and contrast different products and obtain user reviews from the products I am researching as well. (Amazon)
Hardware
Model
Cost
Retailer
Router
ASUS Dual-Band Wireless-N 600 Router (RT-N56U)
$87.99
Amazon.com
PC
HP Pavilion 23-g010 23-Inch All-in-One Desktop (Used)
$354.00
Amazon.com
Laptop
ASUS 15.6-Inch Intel Dual Core Celeron 2.16 Ghz Laptop
$249.00
Amazon.com
Printer
HP Photosmart 7520 Wireless Color Photo Printer
$89.99
Amazon.com
Storage
WD My Cloud WDBCTL0020HWT 2TB Personal Cloud Storage
$139.99
Amazon.com Total
$920.97

For my home network, I have chosen to gravitate towards a wireless based approach for connecting my PCs, my printer and my storage. The network will be composed of 2 computers with a profile setup for 4 users to access either device; one device is a desktop and the other is a Laptop PC. The wireless aspect will also allow for easy additions of other devices such as tablets and mobile devices as well as gaming devices as the needs of my


References: Connected: Your Complete Guide to Home Networking. Retrieved from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/connected-complete-guide-home-networking/ Amazon. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com
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