Home networking : the missing manual / Scott Lowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, Scott.

Series:

Missing manual

The missing manual Home networking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home computer networks.

Local area networks (Computer networks).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Millions of computers around the world today are connected by the Internet, so why is it still so hard to hook up a few PCs in you own home? Whether you want to share an Internet connection, install WiFi, or maybe just cut down on the number of printers you own, home networks are supposed to help make your life easier. Instead, most aspiring home networkers get lost in a confusing maze of terms and technologies: 802.11g, Fast Ethernet, Cat 5 cable (or was it Cat 5e?), Powerline, and on and confusingly on. That's where Home Networking: The Missing Manual comes in. Using cl

Contents:

Home Networking: The Missing Manual; The Missing Credits; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; About This Book; Part Two; About ? These ? Arrows; About MissingManuals.com; Safari Enabled; I. Setting Up Your Network; 1.2. Home Networking Software; 1.3. Wired Networks; 1.4. Wireless Networks; 1.5. Choosing Between Wired and Wireless; 2. Creating a Wired Network the Ethernet Way; 2.1.1.2. Ethernet router and switch shopping list; 2.1.2. Network Adapters; 2.1.3. Installing a Network Adapter Card; 2.1.4. Ethernet Cables; 2.2. A Basic Network Setup

2.3. Manually Configuring Your Router2.3.1.2. Subnet mask; 2.3.1.3. Default gateway; 2.3.1.4. Domain Name Services servers; 2.3.2. Information PPPoE People Need; 2.3.3. Configuring Your Router from the Web; 2.3.3.2. Step 2: Open a Web browser; 2.3.3.3. Step 3: Connect to the Netgear RP614 (or whatever router you bought); 2.3.3.4. Step 4: Go to the configuration window; 2.3.3.5. Step 5a: Enter all your IP address information.; 2.3.3.6. Step 5b: Type in PPPoE information; 2.4. Going Hybrid?; 3. Setting Up a Wireless Network; 3.2. Time to Learn Your A-B-Gs; 3.2.1.2. Speed; 3.2.1.3. Range

3.2.2. Making the Choice3.3. Picking Out Your Wireless Hardware; 3.3.2. A Quick Bite of the Apple; 3.3.3. The Wireless Router Shopping List; 3.3.4. The Wireless Network Adapter Card; 3.4. Setting Up a Basic Wireless Network; 3.4.2. Going Wireless on a Macintosh; 3.5. Manually Configuring Your Router; 3.5.1.2. Subnet mask; 3.5.1.3. Default gateway; 3.5.1.4. Domain Name Services servers; 3.5.2. Information PPPoE People Need; 3.5.3. Configuring Your Router with a Browser; 3.5.3.2. Step 2: Open a Web browser; 3.5.3.3. Step 3: Connect to the Linksys WRT54G (or whatever router you&ve got)

3.5.3.4. Step 4: Get to the configuration window3.5.3.5. Step 5a: Provide IP addressing information; 3.5.3.6. Step 5b: Provide PPPoE login information; 3.6. Securing Your Wireless Network; 3.6.1.2. Authentication; 3.6.1.3. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP); 3.6.2. Securing Your Router; 3.6.3. Adjusting Your PC&s Security Settings; 3.6.3.2. Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000; 3.6.3.3. Mac OS X; 3.6.3.4. Mac OS 9; 3.6.4. Security on Apple Base Stations; 3.7. Going Hybrid?; 4. Setting Up a Powerline Network; 4.2. Picking Out Powerline Hardware; 4.2.2. A Router with a Built-in Ethernet Switch

4.2.3. Cables4.3. Setting Up a Basic Powerline Network; 4.4. Securing Your Powerline Network; 4.5. Going Hybrid?; II. Using Your Network; 5.1.1.2. Older versions of Windows; 5.1.2. Setting Up the Workgroup Name; 5.1.2.2. Older versions of Windows; 5.2. Creating and Managing User Accounts; 5.2.2. Managing Accounts in Windows XP; 5.2.2.2. Editing an account; 5.2.2.3. Deleting an account; 5.2.2.4. The Guest account; 5.2.3. Managing Accounts in Windows 2000; 5.2.3.2. Editing an account; 5.2.3.3. Deleting an account; 5.2.3.4. The Guest account; 5.2.4. Managing Accounts in Windows 95, 98, and ME

5.2.4.2. Editing an account

Notes:

"For Macintosh & Windows"--Cover.

"Link computers, share your Internet connection"--Cover.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596520816

0596520816

9780596550585

0596550588

OCLC:

609841283