Beginner Level Users.
Fully revised for the latest technologies, this book is the ideal starting place for the many home PC users who want to build their own network.
This series sets the standard for reference on beginning network. This book, along with 'big brother', 'Networking For Dummies', rank at the top of must-read lists for first timers. This is one of the only books that focuses on setting up a home network capable of serving different computing platforms and different operating systems.
The book walks readers through setting up the cards and cables needed for a home network and getting it running to share files, printers and Internet connections. It has been fully updated to cover networking features in Windows Me and Windows 2000, as well as sharing a broadband Internet hook-up.