12. Connecting a Home Server

In This Chapter

• What Is a Home Server, and Why Do You Need One?

• Exploring the Many Uses of a Home Server

• Home Server or NAS: What’s in a Name?

• Shopping for a Home Server or NAS

• Configuring Your Server

• Using Your Server for Media Storage

• Backing Up to a Home Server

• Connecting to Your Server from the Internet

Chances are you have multiple computers connected to your wireless network. You also probably have lots and lots of media files—digital photos, music, and videos—stored on each of these computers.

Although one of the advantages of a home network is sharing media files of this sort, it’s difficult to do when those files are scattered across multiple computers. Even though all of your computers ...

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