Planning Your Network
You must plan your network around your own particular needs. What do you expect from a network? The following tasks are some you might want your network to perform:
• Share printers, files, optical (Blu-ray, DVD, and CD) drives, music and videos
• Share an Internet connection
• Provide wireless Internet access to laptops and mobile devices
• Receive faxes directly in one computer and print or route them to individuals automatically
• Provide access to another network at another location
• Provide remote access so that you can reach your LAN from elsewhere, via a modem or via the Internet
• Host a website
• Operate a database server
• Play multiuser games
You should make a list of your networking goals. You need to provide ...
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