Home Networking For Dummies 4th Edition by Kathy Ivens (PDF)

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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 networkThe differences between Ethernet cable, phone lines, and wireless technologyConfiguring computer sharingSetting up and managing usersInstalling, managing, and troubleshooting the network printerUnderstanding UNC format, mapping drives, and traveling on the networkWorking with remote filesSecuring your network from viruses, spyware, and other baddiesAlong 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!

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Integrate a Vista PC into your existing XP networkShare the Internet and work more efficiently from anywhere in your home!Ready to become the administrator of your own home network? This bestselling guide has been fully updated to walk you through all the newest options in wired and wireless networking. From planning to installation to maintenance, all steps are explained in plain English to help you connect computers, share files and printers, and lock out any snoops!Kathy Ivens, Senior Contributing Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine, has been a computer consultant since 1984. She has installed hundreds of corporate and private networks.Plan and install your networkConfigure computer sharingManage users and profilesMake your network secureRetrieve data when disaster strikesConnect other devices to your network From the Back Cover Integrate a Vista PC into your existing XP networkShare the Internet and work more efficiently from anywhere in your home!Ready to become the administrator of your own home network? This bestselling guide has been fully updated to walk you through all the newest options in wired and wireless networking. From planning to installation to maintenance, all steps are explained in plain English to help you connect computers, share files and printers, and lock out any snoops!Kathy Ivens, Senior Contributing Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine, has been a computer consultant since 1984. She has installed hundreds of corporate and private networks.Plan and install your networkConfigure computer sharingManage users and profilesMake your network secureRetrieve data when disaster strikesConnect other devices to your network About the Author Kathy Ivens has written more than 50 books about computers and has spent lots of years installing corporate networks. She’s a Senior Contributing Editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine and runs multiple computer networks in her own home. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Agree with a previous reviewer. Ms. Ivens’ approach is disorganized and lacking in any cogent, “how-to” information. The book does provide a good overview of what home networks are, and why an individual may want a home network. But I was looking for a complete “how-to” book that would provide information on how to use what I already own. That is, I am a moderately proficient PC and Mac user. I already have a desktop PC (WinXP, wired) and Mac notebook (OS-X, wireless) which both utilize the same wireless router to access my broadband connection. I purchased this book because I wanted was a way to network the two devices to share files and a printer. This book did not provide that information.

⭐Useless in 2019.

⭐Little outdated at this point, but good beginning point for anyone interested in basic computer networking in a home or small business environment.

⭐My experience is that the book’s title is somewhat misleading in that most of the content deals with network facets and WiFi issues not normally encountered by a typical homeowner. Hence I could make no use of it at all.

⭐The title should be “Home Networking for Dummies that still use Windoz!” If you are looking for a book on the general subject of “Home Networking” this is not the one, look elsewhere.

⭐This new fourth edition of Ms. Ivens best selling book has been expanded to cover the new Windows Vista operating system which has major changes and is up to date on Windows XP Service Pack 2 which again made changes in areas like security that could effect how your network runs.This is a basic introductory book that begins with what a network is and why you might need one. It starts with simple things like cables and NICs and goes on from there to start talking about the software, using Windows XP and Vista. (No Linux discussion.)It seems to me that there are three main reasons for having a home network: sharing printers, sharing files, and sharing a high speed internet connection. Chapter 9 is titles Printing Across the Network. Chapter 11 is Using Files from Other Computers.There’s a little bit here and there on sharing an internet connection, but Ms. Ivens, should you read this, I suggest that in your Fifth edition you put in a special chapter on connecting to DSL/Cable. You can explain about the need for a high speed modem, a router/switch, etc. Yes, I know, the material for this is basically there, but a single chapter tieing it all together would be a help.

⭐Great copy. Awesome delivery time. Just as described!

⭐Everything from cables to equipment, this book will walk you through the process of getting your home network set up.

⭐I’m not a computer buff, seeing PCs as nothing more than a modern extension of paper, pencil, calculator and library, but I found this very clearly written and extremely easy to follow, allowing me to set up a home network within an evening, including a desktop, two laptops with wireless access and a shared printer running a mixture of Win XP and Vista. Thoroughly recommended.

⭐Needs signficant revision

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