It is rare to walk into a restaurant or a store — or even someone’s home — and not be prompted on your smartphone to connect to their wireless network. Perhaps it is a sign of the times; the number of Internet-connected devices is ever expanding and for those devices to work to their full potential, they need to be backed up by a robust network.
Networking is getting a reputation for being the most important skill for a modern-day technician to have in the residential industry. It’s a fact: The residential network is rapidly becoming the backbone of virtually every low-voltage subsystem in the home. What once was used just for printer sharing and low-stakes Internet access now is handling voice, data, entertainment, surveillance, medical sensors, telepresence, system control, and more. The opportunities are really endless.