The Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking Your Home

This book emphasizes simple explanations, valuable tips on avoiding common pitfalls, and easy-to-follow instructions to get you up and running quickly. Covers the basics and benefits of home networking, as well as media selection considerations, ethernet cabling, ethernet cards, wireless network setup and cards, phoneline networking, Windows networking, file sharing, printer sharing, sharing other peripherals, networking your home office, multi-player gaming, connecting your network to the Internet, and protecting your network from the world. Home automation, security, entertainment, and home networking trends are also addressed.