Friday, April 11, 2008

Lawn Sprinklers - How Often Do You Need To Water?

One of the biggest issues in using lawn sprinklers is also one of the most obvious. How often do you need to water your yard? How do you know, other than seeing the grass turn brown? There are several key factors that go into knowing how often to water your lawn. Here are some quick tips to help you in knowing how often to water.

1. Your Grass

The type of grass your lawn has will be one big factor in knowing how often to turn on the lawn sprinkler. Grasses such as Bermuda or other hot weather grasses will not require as much watering as cool weather grass like bluegrass. Although I must say that this is not always the case with every type of grass. You need to know what type of grass you have and then asses what its watering needs require.

2. Your ground

The type of soil in your yard is another important point. Sandy soil will require you to water the grass more often than clay soil.

Sand allows water to quickly soak through, whereas clay will hold in the moisture much longer.

3. sun Or Shade

Does your lawn get plenty of shade from tall trees or does it sit in full sunlight all day? This will certainly determine how frequently you'll need to water.

4. Mowing

How short do you mow your lawn? If you cut your grass short then you will need to water more often.

5. Weather

This is perhaps the biggest factor in determining how often to water your grass. The hotter the weather the more often grass will need watering.

Also, windy and less humid areas will need more frequent watering as well. Of course, if you happen to be in an area which sees a lot of rainfall you won't have to water as often either.

You can find much more information on How Often To Water With A Lawn Sprinkler as well as more information on all types of sprinklers at http://www.SprinklersA-z.com

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Wireless Access Points: Thin vs Fat

Wireless LAN Switches: The Best Solution

There are two types of wireless access points Intelligent (Fat) and Thin wireless Access points. A fat wireless access point has everything it needs to handle wireless clients. A Thin wireless access point is basically a radio and antenna that is controlled by a wireless switch. If you deploy several Fat wireless access points they need to be configured individually. With thin wireless access points the entire configuration takes place at the switch saving you time and money.

Wireless LAN Switches provide many benefits:

Wireless Mobility Intelligent access arent managed in a central location which means there is no third party monitoring the movement of a user. If a user moves to another work area traditional wireless access points have a hard time passing off the user to the new access point. Thin wireless access points are controlled be the wireless LAN switch who will manage the users movement.

Security- Using the wireless LAN switch the administrator can check logs, configure is security settings, make group polices for wireless users all in one spot. Also built in to many wireless LAN switches are RADIUS servers which will give another layer of security on top of your encryption policies. In enterprise wireless networks the administrators biggest fear is rogue wireless access points. Wireless LAN switches can detect when a new wireless access point comes into the area and decide if it is a trusted or non-trusted device.

Placement Power over Ethernet is another great feature of wireless LAN Switches. Power over Ethernet eliminates the need for an power outlet to be near the wireless access point. This saves your company money by not having to install new power outlets. Also this improves security by not having the wireless access points within easy reach of passerbys.

If you are deploying a wireless LAN for a company I would be scared if you dont utilize wireless LAN switches and wireless thin access points. The upfront costs of these products are more but your total cost of ownership will be less than having to administer each wireless access point separately. To sum it up home owners should stick with Fat access points and businesses should use thin.

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