It meant you were probably a computer hobbyist with Ethernet cables strung
down the hallway in pursuit of some arcane form of machine-to-machine connectivity.
Not anymore.
Today??™s home network revolution was built on the ???Three E??™s?????”ease, entertainment,
and elegance.
Ease of installation meant networks became at least comprehensible if not quite
???plug and play,??? and the ease with which they share a broadband connection in the
home is like magic. Entertainment is supercharged by a network??™s ability to bring all
the audio and video in a home together for enjoyment in any room. And the elegance
of Wi-Fi utterly changed the game; running wires through walls and under carpets had
kept most of us at bay.
In this book we start with some fundamentals like connection sharing and printer
sharing. These are the bread-and-butter parts of a network and gratifying to use every
day. A little more advanced are projects that involve powerful security settings that lie
within the network router, and setting up servers that live on the home network. You??™ll
also find a constant TV-watching thread throughout, as we show you how to master
and extend products like TiVo and Slingbox on your home network.
Home networks don??™t seem like such a technological luxury any more. They do
such useful and indispensable services it??™s easy to imagine a day when they are a standard
technology in almost every home. Until then, this book will keep you ahead of
the curve.
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