Social networking websites have become part and parcel of our daily lives. And with a multitude of different services available to us, the choice is endless.
Combined with an increase in cheap broadband packages now available to us, more of us are now using the internet to keep in keeping in contact with friends and family, finding employment and just generally sharing silly pictures.
For others it can become an obsession – with some worrying about who could possibly be leaving comments on their message boards, becoming conscious about e-mails and updating their status every five minutes or so.
And as broadband connections are becoming more widely available to us, more of us are making use of these sites. But studies have shown that, whilst our attitudes towards social networking may have changed, our awareness of the risks of putting our personal details online still remains one of the grey areas of such services.
A recent study carried out by OFCOM has helped to shed some light on the trends of social networking. The results showed that it was mostly young people who made use of the services available on social networking sites, with an estimated 49% of children aged 8-17 having a profile online.
And with broadband services becoming more widespread, there are calls for greater awareness and promotion of online safety for surfers of all ages.
Coupled with the recent Byron Report, which focused on the influence of internet content and computer games on young people, parents are now being advised to keep an eye on information their children may be posting online.
And with more of us now putting personal details on our profiles, it could be seen as an easy target for cyber criminals and marketing associations.
There is now pressure on the world of social networking to ensure that children are protected, calling for a use of age verification, better profile security for young people and access to ‘panic buttons’ which can be used to report suspicious activity while surfing the internet.
As levels of cyber crime and identify theft are on the increase, there is a growing call to take steps to protect our personal details online, be it through social networking or spam e-mails.
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#1 by Hairdresser4you on September 22nd, 2009
The best place to start is
decide what bandwidths you need at each site based on what traffic you will know is going to come from / go to the site. i.e. Core Site, Branch Site, OUtlook mail etc etc
Determine the topology for example you can have hub and spoke (star topology (Recommended) can be fully or partially meshed)) or a chained (ring) topology each site has one connection to its neighbour site until the last site connects back up to the first
Determine what hardware and /or technologies you will use to connect (routers, Switches, frame relay, ATM, MPLS Ethernet etc)
Determine IP connectivity (IP addressing etc) probably to low level for what you are after
#2 by one.miel i on September 22nd, 2009
4 buildings 4 routers unless you are an ISP then you can put as many as you want.
but in realitiy one router for each building.. ISP does the connection b/t the buildings not you.
you are not building a WAN your attempting to set up VPN access. this is very easy to do. if you want more help let me know. how many people in each building?
i'm sorry to contradict the last poster but no walmart router will "interconnect" 4 buildings. you as saying you want all 4 offices to see the same server which is in one location. we do this all the time. You want a GOOD vpn router… not a netgear or linksys but a router with some horsepower and with good SSL encryption.
let me know if you have more questions
#3 by Kumosaki on September 23rd, 2009
lan – network within your home / business
Wan – network between you and your buddy across the country
or the largest network know to man the web
wan = web
goodluck
Dee
#4 by alfia_09 on September 23rd, 2009
LANs have no latency and operate at bandwidths of 10Mbps and greater. WAN connections tend to be much less than 10Mbps and vary depending on what type of circuit you have, i.e. a T-1 is 1.5444 Mbps and the latency will vary depending on how many hops are between you and the resources you want to get to.
#5 by Albert on September 24th, 2009
#6 by show on September 24th, 2009
Yep.. create a T1 crossover cable.
The wiring is:
1 — 4
2 — 5
4 — 1
5 — 2
Works like a champ! Always keep one in the lab!
#7 by Gilad K on September 24th, 2009