| | |  | Wireless Security | Home » » Home Networking For Dummies | | | | | | | 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! | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Kathy Ivens | | Paperback:
| 360 pages | | Publisher:
| For Dummies | | Publication Date:
| March 26, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0470118067 | | Product Length:
| 9.22 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.77 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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59 of 63 found the following review helpful:
 SimplisticOct 05, 2002
By Cooperstown39
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.
23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 All The Right InfoOct 31, 2002
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 found the following review helpful:
PerfectOct 25, 2002
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.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Disorganized overview of home networking.Jun 10, 2006
By A. Brown
"abmedic"
Agree with a previous reviewer. Ms. Ivens' approach is disorganized and lacking in any cogent, "how-to" information. The book does provide a good overview of what home networks are, and why an individual may want a home network. But I was looking for a complete "how-to" book that would provide information on how to use what I already own. That is, I am a moderately proficient PC and Mac user. I already have a desktop PC (WinXP, wired) and Mac notebook (OS-X, wireless) which both utilize the same wireless router to access my broadband connection. I purchased this book because I wanted was a way to network the two devices to share files and a printer. This book did not provide that information.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Very Good Basic OverviewMar 25, 2007
By John Matlock
"Gunny"
This new fourth edition of Ms. Ivens best selling book has been expanded to cover the new Windows Vista operating system which has major changes and is up to date on Windows XP Service Pack 2 which again made changes in areas like security that could effect how your network runs.
This is a basic introductory book that begins with what a network is and why you might need one. It starts with simple things like cables and NICs and goes on from there to start talking about the software, using Windows XP and Vista. (No Linux discussion.)
It seems to me that there are three main reasons for having a home network: sharing printers, sharing files, and sharing a high speed internet connection. Chapter 9 is titles Printing Across the Network. Chapter 11 is Using Files from Other Computers.
There's a little bit here and there on sharing an internet connection, but Ms. Ivens, should you read this, I suggest that in your Fifth edition you put in a special chapter on connecting to DSL/Cable. You can explain about the need for a high speed modem, a router/switch, etc. Yes, I know, the material for this is basically there, but a single chapter tieing it all together would be a help.
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