Another fundamental of networking basics lies at the subnet. A subnet is a group of computers, separate from another network. A subnet can be extremely large or very small, harboring just one machine. Your ISP uses a large subnet to serve the needs of residential customers with Internet service. Your home network is a smaller subnet.
Archives for April 2014
Setup Quality of Service (QoS) Rules in Tomato Firmware
Quality of Server (QoS) is a more advanced home network setup. But the benefits QoS provides make it one of the most sought after features of Tomato firmware. QoS prioritizes the traffic coming into your network based on the type of traffic it is. This way, you’re not dropping important VOIP calls, just because your kids are upstairs playing an online game.
Setup a VPN Proxy To Secure Browsing Activity
Tomato VPN is awesome for so many reasons. For one, you can use it as a VPN proxy. This way, when you are connected to those WiFI hotspots at your local coffee shop, you can re-route your Internet activity through your Tomato VPN server at your home office. What’s so cool about that? Well, whatever goes through the tunnel is encrypted.
What is Bandwidth? And What is Latency?
One of the most misunderstood concepts in networking is bandwidth and latency. The term “band-width” refers to how wide your data pipe is. The term “late-n-cy” refers to time, but more specifically –delay. All too often, it is the misinformation (or lack of information), that hinders a persons understanding of minor networking basics such as this.
Setup a Bandwidth Limiter to Monitor and Control Bandwidth
A bandwidth limiter puts a cap on the amount of bandwidth a computer can use. Some people get confused between the bandwidth limiter, and QoS rules. A bandwidth limiter simply “caps” the bandwidth. QoS prioritizes traffic based on the type of traffic that is coming into the network. The bandwidth limiter doesn’t care what type of traffic it is.
