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IT has improved a lot during last 2 decades, until few years ago most of the companies had a full IT department which consists of a team of an IT manager, System administrators, Network Administrators and IT Support Assistant. Since the system has been improved a lot and most of the things are being handled by the system instead of humans so IT department has been reduced from a group of teams to one or two people or in some cases no in house IT department/team. To overcome IT needs an IT Annual Maintenance Contracts are in placed with third party to handle all IT needs on call or visits basis.
This is the most affordable solution these days you do no need to manage your own IT department, it’s the third company who is outsourced to perform this task. Whether it is your laptop, desktop computer, server, email, printers, firewalls, NAS/SAN, Wi-Fi, routers, switches, CCTV cameras any thing which is connected to your network/internet can be managed.
How to setup multiple routers in a house and office:
Most of house of offices have multiple rooms/partitions. A single router’s Wi-Fi singles does not cover all areas. To overcome this issue,
we need to install additional routers/access points. Generally, router is a common word for access point also, but both are separate devices practically there should be one router which is called main router and all others must be configured as access points (most of the latest routers have built in access point mode). We need to identify the points where the additional routers need to be setup. Best practice is to setup router/access point in such a way that it should be installed in the middle of the room/office because Wi-Fi signals are distributed
in the form of radius. Ideally each room should have a dedicated access points installed in the middle of the ceiling of the room.
Which Wi-Fi routers/access points are best and affordable?
Most of the routers which have both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz bands are affordable and perfect for home and office use. 2.4 Ghz router/access point gives approximately upto 80 Mbps and 5 Ghz band gives upto 400 Mbps provided if the router has all Gigabit ports (LAN & WAN Ports). One more common mistake is we do not check if router has Gigabit port or not, if not then router will not serve speed more then 100 Mbps even if you are using 5 Ghz band.
What is Wi-Fi Mesh Network?
Wi-Fi Mesh Network is very famous these days. We
have been listening about this network everywhere. This Wi-Fi Networks consist
of multiple devices which are connected with each other through Wi-Fi or wire connection
(whichever is available). These Wi-Fi Mesh Devices has three bands, two of 5
Ghz and one 2.4 Ghz, one of the 5 Ghz is dedicated for the Mesh connectivity with
other nodes and remaining two (5 Ghz and 2.4 Ghz) are dedicated for device connectivity.
Since there is a dedicated band to connect with other devices so there is no drop
in speed if number of users grow. Linksys, TP-Link, D-Link are major brands
available in the market.