Small Office Networking - Intro (series part 1)
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- First in a series of videos that covers the task of creating a small office network. The series will cover:
1. Basic network connectivity an hardware
2. File sharing
3. adding a shared printer
4. WiFi access
The goal is to take a potentially complex task and break it into simple chapters. The target audience of this videos (and the series to follow) is non-technical people who need to build a computer network quickly without all the technical details and theory.
You might think of this as a "networking for dummies". But, that certainly doesn't imply there is anything dumb about people who are trying to find a way to do things themselves!
If you are watching this because you find network and telecommunications interesting, you might be wondering if this field could be a career for you. If so, you might be very interested in my other channel where I have started a series for people considering becoming network and telecom professionals • Network-Telecom Career...
Before you rush out and buy the Netgear switches, the Linksys routers, etc, take a some time to watch this video and othrers like it to understand the parts and techniques that make up a small office network. This will prevent you from over-spending or buy equipment you don't need.
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I really wish other tutorials are like this. Showing the actual procedures. Great video!
Thanks Lorna 😊
I CAN'T believe 125 viewers DIDN'T like/enjoy this EXCELLENT FREE, FREE, FREE knowledge given to them .
ha! Thanks James. I'll take the compliment. :-)
Yes, that's TH-cam for you. Lots of trolls out there.
Thanks for the feedback sir!
Thank you for doing a "simply" video to follow. Took me hours of searching for something just like this. Every other video tries to hard to sound smart. thanks again
I certainly appreciate the compliment. And what you say is exactly what I aim for - making complex knowledge easy to understand 😊
I just started out on my network n telecom career and your vids got the best explanations 💯
Thank you for the compliment. Good luck with that path!
I have another channel you might find useful
TH-cam.com/diytelecom 🙂
lol oh man. I love this. Reading material can only get you so far. This video and your explanation/demonstration really helps and much needed!!! thanks.
Thank you very much, my aunt wants me to set up a network at her small office and i saw this video, i easily got 200 bucks from her because of this video! Thank you!
good for you friend! i love to hear about success stories like that!! 😁
@@NetworkAdvisor how to connect? Do I need configuration? How?
This old video was recommended to me by TH-cam.
I watched it from beginning to end and, yeah. It was worth it.
So well explained, I just suscribed. I will watch the video series at least one video per day. Thank you!.
I’ll take the compliment. Thank you. :-)
Finally an actual hardware video victory... Thanks for your time.. Much appreciated ✌️🙌👍💪👌
Thanks Ron. Glad you found it useful! 😊
Great Video. Very informative especially for this first time networker. Made my life much easier. Thanks.
This is really practical. I am enjoying this video so so much. Very simple and absolutely real. Woow
Thank you. I have been thinking about remaking it since I know so much more about video production now day ( almost 7 years later) 😊
@@NetworkAdvisor that I think would be perfect sir. I think that'd go a long way to improve our technical skill and as well enlighten us on the latest way of doing things. I'd like to follow your page on Instagram, thus if you got one sir...
Ive been looking for a holistic series like this, thank you so much...
Your welcome. I wish I had more time to do it better. YT is not my Day business. 😊
this is very informative. thank you. coming from a computer networking student here!
Excellent Credo. Glad to help. Good luck! :-D
Nice sir I want to job but computer networking certificate
Excellent. Appreciate you sharing the video and teaching how to make the network for your own business
Good deal. Thanks for commenting. Glad I could help.😁
Thank you for making this video. just enough technical info to set up my office without confusing me like so many other videos did :) thanks from czech republic
Me too
All the way from uganda
So happy to hear I am helping people all over the world! 😄
All my life this is best video tutorial i have ever watched very explanatory.
is there a video for setting up a firewall to a server
Wow Chris, that’s quite a compliment. Thanks for bearing with the subpar audio. I made that video back in the early days and didn’t understand as much as I do now about good audio recording. 😊
Great video, I will use for my project
Steve, despite the sound quality at the start, this is great information.
We especially like the table top demo that simplified the component and connection concepts.
How would you approach installing and updating a small home network, when the house has been wired with RG-6 coaxial cable?
The present configuration has internet introduced with a coaxial cable into the house; this terminates at a 1 to 4 way splitter with a single coaxial run to each room outlet.
We were told coaxial cable would restrict our internet speed.
Thanks for your understanding about the sound quality. Those were my early days. I’ve gotten to be a much better videographer in recent times.
Ideally running a Category 6 cable to each room from the router location would be the best. Assuming that’s not an option, here are my 3 other choices:
1. A high quality mesh wifi network (wifi6 802.11ax) where only one access point needs a hard connection. And the other units are just wifi repeaters.
2. They make MoCA units that allow you to use the coax cable as a Ethernet conduit. The speeds are pretty respectable.
3. Power-line Ethernet adapters which convert your Ethernet into an RF which travels over the electrical wiring in your home. Speed is just OK, but it’s consistent. And, works well where hardwire and wifi are not an option.
Option 1 is probably the easiest. And don’t scoff at wifi because its not a hardwired connection. Wifi6 has made huge improvements in speed and multi-user capability.
Good luck on that journey. And thanks for watching my channel. 😊
Very informative and simple to understand. Saved me hundreds of $$$. Thank you.
The best and most instructive video. Keep it up!!!Thanks to this video I did install my small office network though I am not well versed on Internet stuff. Thanks and kind regards.
man! that's go great to hear. Good for you sir! :-)
Simple and to the point!
That’s my goal. Thanks for the feedback 😁
Really like this series so far!
Hi, great video, quick question, I have a small office network without a router and coax cablemodem but with all other network elements in your video (switch, patch panel), but I'm having problems finding my network printer, all my devices have assigned IP addresses. My question is: Is it absolutely necessary to have a router in my network?
Well, you must already have a router of some sort in your network somewhere to even have basic functionality like you describe. It possible the the router is just not obvious. meanwhile, about the network printer. On some of those there is a way you can get it to printout information about the connection details (IP address, Netbios name, etc). Like for instance on my Brother 2170W, if I press the big white button on the front a a few times, it prints out 3 pages of information. Maybe that could help? Good luck with that. And, thanks for watching!
Hy how are you baby
Thank you so much great video
You are so welcome!
Love your channel man. Keep it up! Learning alot from your channel!
That's great. You might like my other channel th-cam.com/users/DIYTelecom
Good luck with your learning. :-D
Already one step ahead of you :-)
Thank you so much...
Now I really understand how to setup network.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
makes me happy to see comments like this from you! :)
@@NetworkAdvisor Thank you for your reply.
Hi thanks for this video ... everything has more sense... but in my office we wired all and the network can't share the internet speed as we have ... we have 300x50 or something like that... and always when we run speed test shows 50x25 or something like that sorry I do remember exactly.. our conexión is modem - router - switch - computers .. may you please help me or give me an advise what I doing wrong
Question? would you have to plug every port from the rack to the ports on the switch? or just one from the rack to the switch. example is if i have about 15 Ethernet ports on the rack that are used would i have to plug all 15 into the switch or just one from the rack to the switch
very useful and easy to understand video.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Vinny. Glad you found it useful! Thanks for letting me know. :-)
thanks for this video.
I am wiring a house and it help me a lot.
Fantastic video as an introduction. Thanks Michael
Very well constructed video! Kudos!
I remember being a kid before wireless got big. Taking a cable modem to a powered switch to have a wired laptop and a wired desktop computer.
yes, prior to the yr 2000, WiFi was not really that common. Now, it's hard to imagine a world with out it. :-o
great video! im still l not sure so what about the other modem that has 4 ethernet ports, would you still need a router for that one ? or you can just get ethernet cables and connect them directly to the computers? so if i have 3 more ethernet ports on my modem can i just get another ethernet cable connected to one of those ethernet ports and connect it directly to my other tv? or would i need to get a routher?
thank you!
I know this is a month old.
Anyways, for the majority of small networks, you only need 1 router. You can add multiple routers if you really want, but that will greatly increase the complexity of the network. Like you mentioned, your router has 4 ethernet ports. If you need more ports, you would plug a network switch into an available port on the router. Any device you plug into the switch will get network and internet access. No need for another router.
nice video sir I love it am just starting the network class I hope I will benefit from your videoz
Thank you very much it’s really useful for beginners ❤️👏🏻👏🏻
Glad you found it helpful. 😊
Great and amazing video.
Thank you. Glad it was helpful.
The video was very educated for which I would like to thank you very much!
great video. very informative
Very nice and useful tutorial
But I have one question
WTF is just happening in back ground in 6:32
Near the red laptop
The Devil has touched the panel....
Will the switch board make my internet slower on a pc if I only have one running at a time? I imagine that if I have two it would, but what about only one?
No, if the switch has available bandwidth greater than you internet connection you shouldn't see a difference.
when i first saw you i thought you hijacked the channel, thanks for clarifying
what if i don't use router but the switch instead, can i have a internet connection?
A router at at some point in your network is requires unless you only intend to connect one networkable device to the internet. Its possible the equipment your internet service provider installed has a router built into it (this is becoming common) in that case, a switch would work. 😀
Thank you. Very nice job. Questions, can you just go directly into the switch and not use the patch panel?
+Franklin Gorora yes, you certainly could do that. Patch panels make more sense when you need a formalized distribution infrastructure. Great question! 😊
Nice, clear, easy understand, but I do not see firewall, ids (intrusion detection sensor). Please make another video include this and configure these device also. Thanks
excellent tutorial. cant complain.!
Looks like I found my mentor. :) Thanks :)
ok, i would like to build a 4g network, wireless out in ranch country for ranch connection to other ranches and camera viewing for poachers. what do i need at the base camp? there is virtually no internet out there now and it can stay that way.... i have a nvr camera dvr system that is working great but want to expand it and other ranchers in my area. what do i need to put in at the home base to get this going. right now the nvr is the only thing working out there..... thanks
Beautifully explained sir, thanks a lot...
you are very welcome, sir! 😄
6:33 someone rises from behind the lap! ghost in the room.!
I noticed that too. I was like "WTF?"
Stellar!
wow that was very good explanation thank you very much
Thank you Nabeel. Thanks for the feedback. :-D
Thank you! Learned a lot
Glad to hear it! 😊
Should I implement a firewall to this and where would I put it?
many routers contain firewalls already. but if you if want to add a separate, physical firewall appliance, it would go between your router and your switch.
Thanks sir you had explained very easily
I love this video. Thanks
so why do you have to connect from the modem to the router then the switch? Why can't you connect from the modem to the switch?
that is exactly what i wanted to ask
Great video, sound quality is absolutely fine. Building my own small business network/server, any tips or recommended videos other than this series?
thats great Mark. no, I haven’t made anything on file servers yet. If I may suggest before you run out and spend a bunch of money on hardware and Windows server software, you might want to consider if some type of cloud solution might be easier and cheaper. i.e. DropBox or MS 365. or Google for Enterprise.
good luck!!
Hi we thank you about ur work wonderfull.. can I ask pls if dont mind? I have 5 office do u can tell me what I can to do with them pls for instalation pls
5 offices in separate locations? VPN would be a good solution.
I have a ISP router for WIFI and i bought a switch to distribute the LAN with the patch panels but it is not allowing the switch to see multiple connections, do i need to buy a modem? if so why? i know i am missing something but i do not know what exactly. someone please help?????
thanks very insightful, I am thinking of startup a small biz. I got two questions, first how much I should charge my clients ( my client will be small or mid size biz), second question, how to get cable go though ceiling and wall, any trick and tips. thanks
Well good luck with that David.
1. how much to charge. A lot will depend on the area. And, don't make the mistake of trying to charge less to get more customers. All you end up with is a bunch of cheap customers that will drive you mad! But, here's some examples: in the northeast US (NYC, Hartford, Boston), the going rate is about $100-$150 per hour. In the south, Orlando, Houston, Phoenix $90-125. LA and SF are on the high side like NYC. More rural areas away from big cities may be as little as $50-$75.
Don't get trapped in the notion that because your customers are small, they should therefore get a smaller price tag. If they balk at your prices, offer a flat-rate per project.
2. This YT channel has many of techniques you'll need to be a be a network installer/repair person. But, also check out my other channel th-cam.com/users/DIYtelecom
3. Lastly, if you're considering starting your own business. I've been doing this for years. I've created a channel to help others start their own biz. th-cam.com/users/contractor911
Good luck!
I came with scenario that previous engineer have configured Wi-Fi router 192.168.1.0/24 and their LAN
network is 10.10.10.0/24.While logging into Wi-Fi router, i found 10.10.10.6(one of LAN segment IP not
actual gateway) has been configured as Wi-Fi router Gateway IP Address. Laptop users connects LAN or Wi-
Fi as per their wish.The time they connect to Wi-Fi , they get an ip address like 192.168.1.24 and works
fine. I am able to ping 10.10.10.0/24 IP address without any issue. But, the question is I am NOT able to
ping the same ip address 192.168.1.24 from 10.10.10.0/24 LAN segment? It is a small setup where L3
capable device is NOT available.I m wondering Wi-Fi users does not face any issue like AD,DNS etc and
everything works fine. Why Wi-Fi users face NO issue if I am not able to ping 192.168.1.24 from LAN
segment?
I am unable to find all the videos in the sequence. Can someone please share the links ?
Small Office Networking th-cam.com/play/PLYB-6f0WQTucXoFQPzQV79j4E-AzRFupa.html
I think the A,B,C in the video names is throwing you off.
thanks for watching 😃
Will you do video's on large office (200~ users) networking? Currently working in one, and the last guy (my boss now) has made a total mess with everything, atleast our servers are virtual
Just realised you said this was for "non" technical people, nevermind my question :D
+Z_Zeay yeah, I was pondering your question. I could go there, but I don't have the things you would need to see like an AD server, a layer 3 switch, or Exchange.
if i have wifi modem only and a switch netgear do i need to configure the switch? and how to configure.
Kindly share links for the rest of the series .
Nice video! with that said....you really need to work on the audio of your videos. A lavalier mic would do wonders.
Ditto
Or just some acoustic panels. It sounds like an echo problem more than a mic problem.
I know. That was like 6yrs ago. Learned a lot about vi production since then.
I made this video recently which is pretty similar. Better sound too.
th-cam.com/video/AWE6hb56QvY/w-d-xo.html
How do I make a wireless network for small business? Can you please help me in this?
exactly the info i needed
Glad to help. I know it's not perfect, but should help most beginners get going in the right direction. :-)
Thanks a bunch! Very clear.
That's great feedback! thanks
Thanks.
appreciate for the video mate.
thanks for the feedback! :)
RJ11 for PBX/phone lines are smaller connectors so they would pull out of the RJ45 connectors and wouldnt stay in.
This is good, but the sound has echoes and is bad quality
Def agree the sound is bad. Didn't realize the sound problem until after the shoot. By, then was too late to setup again.
But, thanks for the feedback.
Network Advisor
Listening on smartphone with headset. The sound is pretty audible to me. Excellent explanation!
This could be resolved using a Wireless Lavalier Mic or a Fixed shotgun Mic over the top where you're standing. Love the info and videos! :D
ur videos are v good for beginners! Cheers!
Thanks Thomas. Yes, the do-it-yourselfers and beginners are what I try to help. Glad to get the feed back from people like you! 😀
You might also like my other channel /diytelecom.
what would be a good wired router for a home office setup with nas? < no-wifi
Thanks sir
Thanks. If you a beginner you might like this one too
th-cam.com/video/AWE6hb56QvY/w-d-xo.html
thanks but where is the two part of this video?
th-cam.com/video/ckhphr-nI88/w-d-xo.html
thanks a lot...
As soon as I heard the voice, I thought it was Bob Odenkirk talking. :-)
I get that a lot from viewers. I've even watched Breaking Bad and I didn't notice that. Maybe I'll have to ask my wife if she agrees.
Thanks for watching and commenting! :-D
Thank you sir. Good tutorial !
can you make a video explaining how get started as a network field service technician?
That's a great suggestion! I currently have a channel that leans a little bit towards that now. If I do make such a video (which is likely), I'll be putting it on that other channel. Go check it out at
th-cam.com/users/DIYITelecom
can I add a printer and smart tv's to the network also?
yes
Thank you for the video!
There is a slight mix up between router and modem. The modem is the one connecting to the internet and the router is the one in between device. One cannot connect the router to the internet cable.
hey, thanks for the comment. And, thanks for watching! :-)
is there a combo? router and modem?
Tony ruano yeah. gateway
Modems and routers in SOHO environments are often one device that provides both functions. You absolutely can connect a router to an RJ45 "internet" cable.
sunny side up is wrong and doesn't know what she's talking about.
Hello man,
One question, why at minute 05:43 you had to connect the modem directly to a router?
Is that best practices, couldn't you just connect it to the switch, since the modem has an integrated router too ?
Thanks
Hi Esteban, It is best practices to add a router. You always want to separate your Private network from ANY public network. i.e. your ISP. I always use the analogy of a front door. You never want to have a house without a front door, it's your front door that keeps the public out. So think of your router as the front door of your network. and keep everyone out. I hope that helps.
does it work without a modem?
Carl, at the very least you need some type of converter to bring the Wider Area Network signal (Cable, DSL, T-1, Satellite, Fiber) into an Ethernet connection. Often times that is referred-to as a "modem", but the converting devices can go by other names.
its good tuto. can u just make video on installation of network for campus or for some small area fields by using sort of prototypes like u use on this tuto.
Abraham, I am working on a video for expanding networks with Fiber Optics. A campus network is a classic use-case for fiber. I suspect it will come out this weekend or next.
Thanks for watching. 😀
thank you soo much
This is good and thank you for teching
Thankyou so much
Great job, tell me how long did it take to pick an 'echo' chamber to conduct this video in? Does anybody know anything about audio?
yep, aware of the echo problem. At the time, that was the best spot I had available to make that video. I suspected it was echo-y, so I hung big terry-cloth towels from the ceiling before I shot the clips. Guess that didn't help enough. I plan to re-make that video again at some point.
thanks for watching. Appreciate the feedback. Sorry about the audio. :-)
Please make a demonstration using a desktop.
Ok. I will make more networking videos soon😁
what is easier and less expensive; patch panel or buy a switch
+Tony ruano hi Tony, maybe I am not understanding your question right. A patch panel and a switch are not interchangeable. They do two different functions. It is certainly more professional and neater to have a patch panel, but not required. A switch is required if your router doesn't already have one built in. See my video entitled "wiring a small office network". It might help. :-)
very helpful, thank you .
exellent intro. thank you
thanks Brian. :-)
ok great, if you do make one it would be great appreciated if could gear it towards the entrepreneurial aspect
thanks,
Yep, I got entrepreneurial info by the bucket full. I've been a self-employed IT/Telecom contractor half my adult life. The other half spent working for IBM and a couple of Dot.COM companies.
Great looking forward to the motivation, inspiration, education...
I m connecting 3 computer a b c using 4port switch ip assign 192.168.1.10,20,30 a & c ping correct but b&c not firewall off all three computer
06:34 was magic
Ahahaha. Yeah, a lot if people notice that magic box floating up on its own. 😆
magic behind laptop at 6:34
great, thank you
Wow very very qt