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	by Jim Aspinwall Sales Rank: 281755	$19.46 At Amazon on 9-27-2008.

*Features* Cover Type: Paperback with 173 pages Published by: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Edition: 1st Edition December 13, 2007 Written in: English ISBN 10 Number: 0071486623 ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071486620 Book Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches Weighs: 15.2 ounces *Product Description* Set up a high-speed home network Network the computers and peripheral devices in your home or small office with the fun and practical projects packed inside this hands-on guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to create a wired or wireless network so you can share files, printers, and other resources. You'll also learn to set up a server and secure and expand your network. Inside, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photographs and screenshots. CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Networking Projects takes you from beginning through advanced tasks with ease! Control other PCs remotely Share network storage without a server Set up a webcam server Enable and share a cellular data connection Watch live TV from anywhere via a Sling Media bridge Integrate IM and VoIP applications into your network Run your own PC weather station Connect TiVo to your home network *About The Author* Jim Aspinwall is the author of six books covering topics from introduction to PCs through troubleshooting, configuration references, wireless networking, and PC hacking and mods. *Reader Reviews* Warning: This book is for home-networking beginners, or "N00bs" (NetSpeak for Newbies). Intermediate or advanced users will scoff at this book and judge it a complete waste of time. Move along. Nothing to see here. Now...if you're a "N00b" and wished you could figger out how to do some of that there cool home-networking stuff, this text just might be a good starting point for teaching yourself. This book contains 24 home networking projects, and is broken up into three sections, each building on the preceeding section. Section 1, Easy, contains 9 very basic "projects," such as how to hook up and configure a DSL modem, installing/configuring a wireless router, enabling simple file & printer sharing between computers, how to hook up an external USB drive, and how to use TiVO and Sling Media Bridge -- rediculously simple stuff which can easily confound non tech-saavy users. The Advanced section has ten projects such as sharing your DSL/Broadband connection (install a Router), configuring router firewalls and software firewalls, establishing home networking workgroups, creating windows user accounts, controlling other windows computers with Remote Desktop, and streaming your own multimedia content over the internet. The "Challenging" section contains 5 projects, such as expanding your home network with a wireless bridge, and building your own home server, and being able to access your TiVO files anytime anywhere. Really, everything contained in this book is very, very basic home networking 101, but for the techno-phobe beginner, this might be just the book to lead them by the hand and show them, step by step, how to do the things they've always wanted to do, and take the 98% of the fear out of it. This book is very Windows-centric, but most folks still use some flavor Windows, and Linux still isn't as newbie-friendly as it needs to be, so Linux isn't discussed anywhere here. One thing I do like about this book is that it shows you how to set up a very simple home network, and then shows you how to expand further upon it, both wired and wirelessly, project by project. Overall, not a bad little book, though I find it rather thin (173 pages) for the list price of $25. Personally, I think "Home Networking for Dummies, 4th Ed." (371 pages for $22) is a much better deal, but suit yourself. If (like me) you're an IT Geek with n00b/technophobe friends and family members constantly calling you up asking how to do this and that, this book might be the perfect Christmas/Birthday gift, along with "Home Networking for Dummies, 4th Ed." .Steven Hildebrand. Back To Top
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