Microsoft® Windows 7 Unleashed

Chapter 26. Accessing and Using Your Network

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• Accessing Shared Network Resources

• Mapping a Network Folder to a Local Drive Letter

• Creating a Network Location for a Remote Folder

• Accessing a Shared Printer

• Sharing Resources with the Network

• Working with Network Files Offline

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	I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the machinery of civilized life?
	--William Allingham

Many home and small office networks exist for no other reason than to share a broadband Internet connection. The administrators of those networks attach a broadband modem to a router, configure the router, run some Ethernet cable (or set up wireless connections), ...