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As defined by Wikipedia & TechEncyclopedia the definitions of a "Home Network" and a Small Office / Home Office "SOHO Network" are as follows:

Home Network / hLAN - (home Local Area Network)

Home networks interconnect two or more computers within a home allowing for shared resources and shared broadband Internet access by all computers. Home networks are often smaller scale versions of similarly designed Ethernet networks used by companies.

SOHO Network

A SOHO network is a Small office/Home office local area network. Generally SOHO networks are used to share files and other resources as well as broadband Internet access by all computers. A SOHO network may also have a server, which is a high powered computer used by other computers on the network for central data access, central data backup, etc. SOHO networks generally are confined to a single building or single room within a building.

Similarities Between Home & SOHO networks:

Generally both networks use a combination of several devices including: routers, ethernet switches or hubs, cat 5 or cat 6 ethernet cables and broadband modems. Both networks are also beginning to heavily incorporate "Wi-Fi" Wireless accessibility into their network design. Wireless technology offers the main advantage of mobility (networking without wires), but as the technology is fairly new and posses significant security concerns, it is not the preferred method of network design.

Differences Between Home & SOHO networks:

The major distinguishing design factor between Home and SOHO ("business") networks being that home networks are usually configured as one network, whereas business networks may have many sub-networks for traffic and security purposes.

We define our SOHO networks as having a maximum of 20 computers.

Now that you understand the kind of computer networks that we service, check out our services page for more information.