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PC Magazine Guide to Home Networking

Name: PC Magazine Guide to Home Networking
Author: Les Freed
ISBN: 9780764544736

by Les Freed

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Overview

Networking—it's not just for the office any more. Here's how to get all your electronic devices on the same team

Ready to plunge into creating your own home network? You couldn't ask for a better guide through the networking maze than PC Magazine contributing editor Les Freed. From why you should network to whether you need a switch or a hub and how to hook in your Playstation, reading this book is like having Les drop by and set the whole thing up for you. And you don't even need to move those back issues of PC Magazine off the couch.

* With expert advice, you can't go wrong

* Check out all the advantages of a home network

* Get a crash course in networking technology

* Design the network that fits your needs and your budget

* Compare wired and wireless products

* Learn how to prepare your computers for networking

* Whip up a specialized recipe from the Home Networking Cookbook

* Protect your investment with troubleshooting tips

* Build a network using the existing wiring in your home

* Discover how to keep your private information private

* Make all your home entertainment devices part of the network

Visit www.wiley.com/compbooks/pcmag

Synopsis

Networking--it's not just for the office any more. Here's how to get all your electronic devices on the same team

Ready to plunge into creating your own home network? You couldn't ask for a better guide through the networking maze than PC Magazine contributing editor Les Freed. From why you should network to whether you need a switch or a hub and how to hook in your Playstation, reading this book is like having Les drop by and set the whole thing up for you. And you don't even need to move those back issues of PC Magazine off the couch.
* With expert advice, you can't go wrong
* Check out all the advantages of a home network
* Get a crash course in networking technology
* Design the network that fits your needs and your budget
* Compare wired and wireless products
* Learn how to prepare your computers for networking
* Whip up a specialized recipe from the Home Networking Cookbook
* Protect your investment with troubleshooting tips
* Build a network using the existing wiring in your home
* Discover how to keep your private information private
* Make all your home entertainment devices part of the network

Visit www.wiley.com/compbooks/pcmag

About the Author, Les Freed

LES FREED has been a PC Magazine contributing editor since

1994. He installed his first home network in the late 1980s, and is the author

or coauthor of fourteen books on networking, computing, and digital

photography. With his long-time collaborator Frank Derfler, Les shared a

Computer Press Association award in 1993 for How Networks Work, now in its

sixth edition.

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Library Journal

Home networks are becoming increasingly popular (see also Computer Media, LJ 10/1/02) as the technology becomes more affordable and easier to set up and as households begin accumulating multiple PCs and other devices. For new users, PC Magazine presents a fairly nonthreatening guide to installing and configuring a new wired or wireless home network (although some sections are a little too background-heavy for absolute beginners). Screen shots, diagrams, and images help clarify concepts, while the discussion of how and why to network various devices illustrates the advantages of connection; appendixes covering multiple network layouts and troubleshooting are particularly helpful. Recommended for all libraries. For beginning to intermediate users, Bible is nicely thorough, yet its very comprehensiveness may overwhelm new networkers. Step-by-step instructions and straightforward prose, explanatory figures and screen shots, clear tips, and appendixes on troubleshooting and telecommuting highly recommend this guide to anyone setting up a home network. Particularly appropriate for larger public libraries serving telecommuters, home businesses, and others needing more heavy-duty networking advice. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.