Home Networking For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Having a network in your home increases work efficiency and minimizes confusion. If you want to set up a network in your home but you’re not quite sure where to start, then Home Networking for Dummies makes it easy for you to become your household’s network administrator. Now fully updated with information on the newest technology in networking available, this quick and to-the-point walkthrough will show you how to install Web connections in your entire home, whether by wires, cables, or WiFi. This resourceful guide illustrates:

• Planning and installing your network
• The differences between Ethernet cable, phone lines, and wireless technology
• Configuring computer sharing
• Setting up and managing users
• Installing, managing, and troubleshooting the network printer
• Understanding UNC format, mapping drives, and traveling on the network
• Working with remote files
• Securing your network from viruses, spyware, and other baddies

Along with the basics, this book introduces fun ways to use your network, including sharing music, keeping shopping lists, creating photo albums, setting up a family budget, and instant messaging. It also provides ways to keep your network safe for kids, such as talking to your child about the Internet, creating site filters, and ISP E-mail filtering features. With this trusty guide your home will be fully connected and you’ll be working more efficiently in no time!

From the Back Cover

Integrate a Vista PC into your existing XP network

Share the Internet and work more efficiently from anywhere in your home!

Ready to become the administrator of your own home network? This bestselling guide has been fully updated to walk you through all the newest options in wired and wireless networking. From planning to installation to maintenance, all steps are explained in plain English to help you connect computers, share files and printers, and lock out any snoops!

Kathy Ivens, Senior Contributing Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine, has been a computer consultant since 1984. She has installed hundreds of corporate and private networks.

• Plan and install your network

• Configure computer sharing

• Manage users and profiles

• Make your network secure

• Retrieve data when disaster strikes

• Connect other devices to your network

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 4 edition (March 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470118067
• ISBN-13: 978-0470118061
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #404,732 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic, October 5, 2002

By	Cooperstown39 (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

This book is very simplistic. It covers basic topics and not in a logical order. In other words, this is not a how-to book. I was specifically looking to gain an understanding of neworking a home computers with a broadband Internet connection. This book could offer no help and had only one paragraph on routers (which wasn't very helpful). If you are just trying to understand what a home network is about then maybe this book will be helpful, but this will not help you set up a network.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All The Right Info, October 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

I opened this book as soon as it arrived and started following the well-done, easy to understand, instructions. I was able to connect all the computers in my house into a network. My 12 year old son worked with me, and by following all the steps in the book we were able to move files between computers, print using the same printer, and all 3 people in the household got on the internet at the same time.

I've never seen such clear, easy to follow, instructions about hardware and software settings, which usually scare me.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, October 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Home Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

This book does exactly what the title implies, it shows how to network your home computers. The hints about cabling and the well illustrated directions for installing hardware made it impossible to fail. I had a home network up and going in about an hour, and since then I carried this book to friends' homes and installed their networks. You could start a business with the help of this book.