Wired Home Networking
A wired network has:
Lower cost
Faster speed—up to 1000 megabits per second (Mbps )
Longer possible range
A secured connection
Wired networks have been around for years. They use the most affordable products and provide the fastest speeds for data transmission.
Wired networks also can span greater distances – 300 feet with Cat 5 Ethernet cable and 1800 feet with fiber optics. A computer in the game room on the lower level can be networked to one in a first floor office, another in the kitchen on the other side of the house, and even others in your bedroom and kids’ bedrooms.
The most efficient network for moving large amounts of data at high speeds – like professional-quality multimedia –- is a wired network.
In addition, a computer hacker cannot easily get into a wired network, although it can be done. A hacker would have a much easier time getting into your wireless network – he/she simply can sit outside your home and access files and other computer resources. The reason this is so easy is that wireless networks operate on radio waves, like cordless phones and cell phones. Those radio waves can get crossed and deliver mixed signals.