Chapter 11

Working Well with Networks

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Considering the benefits of a network

Bullet Choosing between wired and wireless networks

Bullet Sharing an Internet connection

Bullet Gathering the stuff you need to network

Bullet Making the network connection

Bullet Using your network

Bullet Protecting your iMac with a firewall

In my opinion, network access ranks right up there with air conditioning and the microwave oven. Like other “I can’t imagine life without them” kinds of technologies, it’s hard to imagine sharing data from your iMac with others around you without a network. I guess you could still use a sneakernet (the old-fashioned term for running back and forth between computers with a floppy disk), but these days, Apple computers don’t even have floppy drives. (Even with a high-capacity USB-C external drive, ...

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