Overview
Homeplug is a system for carrying data on a conductor also used for electric power transmission. Many devices have HomePlug built in and to connect them to a network all one has to do is to plug the device into the wall in a home with other HomePlug devices.

• Port Forwarding
• System Buses & Bandwidth

Overview
A hardware device providing the interconnection between networked devices. It is called a hub because the network wiring can be sketched like a spoked wheel with the hub at the center. Hubs differ in the number of ports they have and in large networks multiple hubs can be bridged together. Much like routers, switches split large networks into small segments, decreasing the number of users sharing the same network resources and bandwidth. This helps prevent data collisions and reduces network congestion, increasing network performance.

• Port Forwarding
• System Buses & Bandwidth
• VoIP Communications

Overview
Commonly known as NIC, these are expansion boards you insert into your computer so the computer can be connected to a network. Most NICs are designed for a particular type of network, protocol, and media, although some can serve multiple networks. Recently the release of USB devices has enabled systems with no free PCI slots to be networked.

• Gigabytes and Gibibytes
• Port Forwarding
• System Buses & Bandwidth

Overview
Network Cable is the medium through which information usually moves from one network device to another. Most networks today run using the CAT5e cable and provide speeds of 100 Mb/s which is great for internal gaming, and sharing internet connections.

• Port Forwarding
• Home Networking
• Wi-Fi
• VoIP Communications

Overview
A print server is a dedicated server that manages printers

• Gigabytes and Gibibytes
• Port Forwarding
• System Buses & Bandwidth
• Wi-Fi
• Wi-Fi Security

Overview
A network-attached storage (NAS) device is a server that is dedicated purely to file sharing. This allows more hard disk storage space to be added to a network that already utilizes servers without shutting them down for maintenance and upgrades.

• Gigabytes and Gibibytes
• Das & Nas
• Filesystems
• RAID