Home Networking For Dummies

Home Networking For Dummies
Author: Kathy Ivens
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2007-06-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470144807

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!

Home Networking

Home Networking
Author: Scott Lowe
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2005-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 059600558X

Explores the benefits of a home networking system--both wireless and wired--from the process of setting up through administration, with a special section on how readers can cable their home without destroying it.

Home Networking

Home Networking
Author: Khaldoun Al Agha
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2008-03-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387772162

The Home Networking Conference 2007 provided an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia everywhere in the world to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing researches in home networking. The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured.

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies
Author: Danny Briere
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2006-04-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0471929395

Get hooked up without getting tangled up in cords, wires, cables or techno mumbo. With Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, you can go wireless without going mad. It shows you how to plan, install, secure, and use a wireless home network for PCs or Macs. See how easy it is to share your Internet connection, files, folders, printers, and other peripherals. Put your gaming console on your wireless network and play multiuser computer games—­even online. With lots of helpful diagrams, screen shots, and step-by-step instructions, this guide: Gives you the info you need to make wise wireless buying and connecting decisions Covers the latest security issues and hardware as well as today's wireless standards, including Wi-Fi/802.11 (a, b, g, e, and i), Bluetooth, UWB (Universal Wide Band), WiMAX, and ZigBee Tells you how to use an inexpensive networking kit to connect your gaming console to a broadband Internet connection and speed up your commands; that’s often a matter of virtual life and death Discusses alternatives to wireless networking, including Bluetooth, HPNA, and Home Plug Learn how to network your entertainment center for all kinds of options. Whether you have a $300 TV set or a $25,000 home theater system, you can wireless enable almost any type of A/V equipment. Then you can use your PC to store audio and video tracks for playback on your TV and through your stereo, stream movies from the Internet and play them on your big screen, load pictures from your digital camera on your PC and view them on the TV, and more. This book will show you how to make your home entertainment system much more entertaining, with: Info on plugging into wireless with wireless A/V adapters The latest on wireless media servers like the Sonos Music System The scoop on the ultimate home theater PC (HTPC) that plays CDs and DVDs, acts as a PVR (personal video recorder); lets you play video games on the big screen, and more Tips for buying wireless bridges, along with some specific products and their Web sites Find out about how to go wireless wherever you go, with info on public wireless hot spots and types of free and for-pay networks. Delve into the whole-home wireless revolution and see how you can add smart home devices to your network, connect to your car or your home security video monitors, use your cell phone as a remote control, and more. Wireless Home Networking For Dummies even gives you a look into the not-so-distant future and the wireless wonders in the works!

Home Networking Bible

Home Networking Bible
Author: Sue Plumley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2004-07-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0764569082

Everything you need to know to set up a home network Is a home network for you? This comprehensive guide coverseverything from deciding what type of network meets your needs tosetting up the hardware and software, connecting differentoperating systems, installing the necessary applications, managingthe network, and even adding home entertainment devices. Fullyupdated with new material on all the latest systems and methods,it's just what you need to set up your network and keep it runningsafely and successfully. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of home networking * Compare the advantages and disadvantages of wired and wirelessnetworks * Understand how to choose between workgroup and client/servernetworking * Learn how to install and set up cables and routers and how toinstall and configure networking software * Share files, printers, and a single Internet connection * Back up files and secure your network * Set up your own home intranet and understand the technologiesinvolved in creating a Web page * Manage your network and learn to use tools for locating andrepairing problems * Expand your home network to include your digital camera, scanner,TV, sound system, and even game consoles * Explore SmartHome technology that allows you to automate varioushousehold functions * Investigate how your network can enable tele-commuting and otherremote access capabilities

Home Networking Technologies and Standards

Home Networking Technologies and Standards
Author: Theodore B. Zahariadis
Publisher: Artech House
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781580536493

Here is a thorough treatment of distortion in RF power amplifiers. This unique resource offers expert guidance in designing easily linearizable systems that have low memory effects. It offers you a detailed understanding of how the matching impedances of a power amplifier and other RF circuits can be tuned to minimize overall distortion. What's more, you see how to build models that can be used for distortion simulations. A new measurement methodology enables you to gauge the amplitude and phase of distortion components and recognize memory effects. The book explains that by killing memory effects, it is possible to use simple linearizers, such as analog predistortion, and still achieve sufficient performance. You learn a distortion analysis technique that allows you to repeat the analysis with other amplifier structures. Including over 120 equations and more than 110 illustrations, this practical reference provides you with the assistance you need to create amplifiers suitable for linear transmitters, and offers you new views of semiconductor modeling.

Home Networking Basis

Home Networking Basis
Author: Walter Y. Chen
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2004
Genre: Computer networks
ISBN: 9780130165114

A complete reference resource for the emerging Home Networking industry, this title includes executable examples in Matlab and Simulink, as well some examples in PC executable code. Numerous technical transmission methods are explained in detail.

Technologies for Home Networking

Technologies for Home Networking
Author: Sudhir Dixit
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2007-12-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470196521

A broad overview of the home networking field, ranging from wireless technologies to practical applications In the future, it is expected that private networks (e.g., home networks) will become part of the global network ecosystem, participating in sharing their own content, running IP-based services, and possibly becoming service providers themselves. This is already happening in the so-called "social networks" and peer-to-peer file sharing networks on the Internet—making this emerging topic one of the most active research areas in the wireless communications field. This book bridges the gap between wireless networking and service research communities, which, until now, have confined their work to their respective fields. Here, a number of industry professionals and academic experts have contributed chapters on various aspects of the subject to present an overview of home networking technologies with a special emphasis on the user as the center of all activities. Coverage includes: Networked home use cases and scenarios Media format, media exchange, and media interoperability Location-aware device and service discovery Security in smart homes Secure service discovery protocol implementation for wireless ad-hoc networks Multimedia content protection in consumer networks Mobile device connectivity in home networks Unlicensed mobile access/generic access network Wireless sensor networks in the home Ultra-wideband and sensor networking in the home environment With a balanced mix of practice and theory, Technologies for Home Networking focuses on the latest technologies for speedier, more reliable wireless networking and explains how to facilitate workable end-to-end solutions from a user's perspective. This book is an ideal resource for practicing engineers, designers, and managers with an interest in home networking and also serves as a valuable text for graduate students.