Book description
Wireless Home Networking Simplified
The full-color, fully illustrated, simple guide to wireless home networking
Step-by-step instructions: Plan, install, secure, optimize, and troubleshoot your wireless network
Discover all the fun things you can do with your wireless network
Jim Doherty
Neil Anderson
Using today’s wireless networks, you can save money, become more productive, and even have more fun! Now, there’s an easy, fully illustrated step-by-step guide to wireless networking for your home: Wireless Home Networking Simplified.
This plain-English guide teaches you everything you need to know to set up a wireless network at home, even if you do not have a technical background. You’ll find simple, easy-to-follow guidance on selecting the right equipment, installing your network devices properly, connecting to the Internet, safeguarding your information, fixing problems, and much more.
Understand how wireless home networks work
Compare today’s wireless standards, and choose the right one for you
Design your wireless network for maximum convenience, reliability, and simplicity
Secure your network, step by step–and keep it secure
Troubleshoot failed connections, poor coverage, and slow performance
Temporarily allow guests onto your network without exposing your data
Use your network to listen to music, view video, and play video games anywhere in your home
Preview and prepare for tomorrow’s wireless technologies
Wireless Home Networking Simplified cuts through the confusion, demystifies the technologies, and helps you make the most of wireless… quickly, simply, painlessly.
This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems®.
Category: Networking
Covers: Home Networking
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Authors
- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. How Does It Work
- Part II. What You Should Know
- Part III. How Do I Set It Up?
- Part IV. “Honey, This Stupid Wireless Thing Is Not Working”
- Part V. Bells and Whistles
- Appendixes
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Wireless Home Networking Simplified
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2006
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9780133034844
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