Computer Repair Cumbria -Pc Support-Maintenance-Networking

Welcome to Computer Repair Cumbria your one stop shop for Laptop, Pc, Computer repair, support maintenance and wireless network installation in the Cumbria region including the major cities and towns listed below. 

Computer Repair Cumbria Area Coverage

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Computer Repair Cumbria - Priority Call Out

If your computer will not boot up (start) or you are getting a blue screen and you need a  PRIORITY CALL OUT in the Cumbria area

 

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A local repair professional will contact you as soon as possible.

If your computer is running slow or your worried about your computer speed make sure you read our fixing a slow computer guide before arranging a call out.

Computer or Laptop Just Running Slow?

If your computer is just running slowly we advise that you downloaded and run our recommended system repair software if you have not done so already.

Invariably we find that many problems are only software related and this will help you avoid paying for uneccessary call out charges.

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Cumbria Computer Services Range From:

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Cumbria Computer Support Self Help

First things first! Prior to doing a call out make sure you have checked all you cables etc. Often a failure can be caused by an incorrectly fitted cable or device. Also make that you have checked the power cable and the fuse to ensure it is not just a simple power problem. You could also check the socket by plugging in a lamp etc.

Cumbria Computer Repair Call Out

Computer Repair UK has teamed up with PCIQ for local help in the Cumbria area.  PCIQ is the UK's national network of computer repair professionals. No matter if your requirement is for preventative, essential ongoing maintenance, or you need to solve a specific problems your local agent will assess your particular requirements.

This service is available for both for HOME USERS and BUSINESS USERS .

If your company offers computer repair , Pc repair or laptop repair in Cumbria and the surrounding Cumbria area, and you are able to help local customers, to advertise your company on this page please contact us.

Cumbria Computer Support - Computer Tips

Home Networking - Networking 101

A network is like a spider web, the basic reason that the Internet is often called that. It's a series of lines (called routes) that have intermediate and end points (called nodes) that connect devices together. Those connections and routes are what allow the devices to share, input or output information across the network.

Along those routes, signals flow that contain information of interest to the network users. Like a trapped fly that tugs on a part of the web, the disturbance is sent down the line, through nodes, to the spider at another point on the web. Unfortunately for the fly, the spider often sends back a reply.

Unlike a spider web, though, a computer network sends and receives those disturbances in the form of something called packets. There are other ways to perform the same function, but today almost all computer networking operates as explained below.

Software and hardware on the network cooperate to pass those packets. Packets are chunks of information containing your data wrapped in control information. That control data at the front and back of your data allows routers and computers to know where and how to send your data.

In most commercial and home wireless networks, the method uses something called IP, or Internet Protocol. Every device on the network gets assigned an address in the form of what is called a dotted octet, such as 209.131.36.158. In the home, those addresses are usually in a range of:

10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255, or
172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255, or
192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255

Those constitute what are called Private Addresses, since they can't be sent unmodified over the public networks that form the Internet. They're used by routers, computers and peripherals in your home network.

Private commercial networks, such as those inside companies large and small also use these same address ranges. Something called network address translation, NAT, at a device called a boundary router allows many companies and homes to use the same range without accidentally passing information to and from one another over the Internet.

Note that your home computer may have a very different address, such as 70.31.192.243. This is often the case because a single computer connected to the Internet gets an address assigned by the ISP, Internet Service Provider. You then don't really have just a home network, but are a paying customer of a commercial network.

When each device - each computer, router, printer,... - is assigned its own address, the software and hardware can figure out where data is coming from and should go to. It's what makes possible communication without confusion.

The router software and/or hardware, in cooperation with networking hardware and software in each device, routes the data to and from the proper devices using those addresses. The method is in principle the same as that used by the postal system to route letters from one home or business to another.

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