Linksys Networks: The Official Guide, Third Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 472 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 3rd Edition January 26, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072258586
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072258585
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Description
Build a wired or wireless Linksys network in your home or office easily with help from this one-stop guide. Inside, you’ll find details on selecting the right hardware and components for your needs, installing your network, connecting to the Internet, implementing security measures, and troubleshooting. Then you’ll learn how easy it is to share resources between computers including high-speed Internet access, data, music, games, and much more.

Back Cover Copy
Fully endorsed by the #1 name in home and small office networking equipment. The only authorized guide to Linksys connectivity solutions.

The only authorized guide to Linksys connectivity solutions

Build a wired or wireless Linksys network in your home or office easily with help from this one-stop guide. Inside, you'll find details on selecting the right hardware and components for your needs, installing your network, connecting to the Internet, implementing security measures, and troubleshooting. Then you’ll learn how easy it is to share resources between computers including high-speed Internet access, data, music, games, and much more.

• Select the proper hardware and configure your network
• Choose a network connection method -- Ethernet cable, wireless, electrical, or phoneline
• Connect to the Internet using dial up, cable modem, DSL, or satellite
• Share network resources -- files, folders, drives, printers, and multimedia
• Maximize Linksys entertainment features with the Wireless-B Music System and Media Adapter
• Secure your network from viruses, pop-ups, spyware, and other intrusions

Reader Reviews
This is very much a how-to book. There is little on network principles. The other side of that is it misses little in how to install, bring to life, and manage a home network. If you have Linksys hardware, you'll find the content directly addresses your needs; yet, despite its name, the book is not that Linksys specific. Glenn covers four topics especially well: network security, resource sharing, tips and troubleshooting, and advanced network tools. The latter, in an appendix, presents Windows graphical and command-line network tools. It makes Windows XP network diagnostic tools available to just about anyone, even those with no technical exposure to networking. If you just want the practical details on how to set up a wired or wireless network, you would probably give Linksys Networks five stars. I wanted more on principles.