Windows 10 Inside Out

Chapter 5. Networking essentials

Getting started with Windows 10 networking

Checking your network’s status

Setting network locations

Connecting to a wireless network

Sharing files, digital media, and printers in a homegroup

Modern computing is defined by our ability to communicate and share with one another by using devices of all shapes and sizes. These days, most of that activity happens over the world’s largest global network, the Internet, using a variety of widely accepted hardware and software standards. The Internet is also the driving force behind cloud-based services, which are transforming the way we work and play.

The same network standards that allow connections to the Internet can also be used to create a local area network (LAN), ...