In this era of Computers and Internet, life in every patch of civilization is embracing the benefits of internet service while the technology is spreading into several kinds to ensure nobody is left out of touch. Internet networking technologies now are catering the demands of people in various forms.
But we have to be aware of the fact that not every networking technology would support every type of connections. Here we have collected the five most popular connection types of networks today.
- Fixed Broadband Internet
The term broadband is associated with the concept of the high-speed Internet service that is installed in a particular place. It includes Private networks we get to see in offices, institutions, homes. The Fixed Broadband Internet works on the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable Internet technology. Fixed wireless broadband services are primarily based on microwave radio transmitters. It involves tower-to-tower communication on cellular networks and even comes a kind of wireless fixed broadband system which is popularly known as the wi-fi technology.
- Mobile Internet
We all use internet through our smartphones on the go and what keeps us connected to the internet while we are moving is the Satellite Internet services which is a higher-speed alternative technology invented to replace the traditional dial-up Internet. Though the speed of mobile internet is far behind the high performance of the fixed broadband, they continue to serve us, because of its mobility. With several upgrades the mobile internet in newer generations are able to provide satisfactory speed with its latest communication protocols like the 3G, 4G and (future) 5G standards.
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology that is comprised of a combination of hardware, software, and connections to support the protected client-server network communications over the public network infrastructure through a process called tunneling. VPNs allow its subscribers to navigate through the Internet with the help of the servers in different countries, as it can bypass the geolocation restrictions.
- Dial-up networks
We all grew up with the traditional Dial-up network connections that has to be enabled with TCP/IP communications based on the ordinary telephone lines.
Devices that worked on dial-up networks used to have analog modems that could call a set of designated telephone numbers to establish a connection. It could send or receive messages through X.25 protocols and sometimes would even transfer data from the dial-up connections between long distances.
- Local Area Network (LAN)
Computer networking has been associated with LANs more than with any other type of network connection. A local network can be seen as a collection of devices that are located in close proximity to each other and are connected to the shared network equipment like a broadband router or network switches. It makes the devices communicate with each other and even with outside networks. Most of the modern wired LANs use Ethernet while all the wireless local networks use Wi-Fi.
Summing Up
To sum up, these are the basic knowledge on the popular Internet Networking Technologies knowing which would help the internet users to understand the system and make better use of it.
