Underdahl Wi-Fi Home Networking Just the Steps For Dummies

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-04409-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Wi-Fi Home Networking Just the Steps For Dummies is the wayto go if you're ready to go wireless and install your ownwireless home network. The book's easy-to-navigate designfeatures two columns, with numbered step-by-step instructions onone side and corresponding illustrations, screen shots, or photoson the other. There's no fluff, just the vitalstuff--Just The Steps you need to get up to speed fast.This guide covers common networking tasks, including:
* Setting up wireless access points and configuring yournetwork
* Adding wireless devices to your network
* Activating Wi-Fi Security, managing firewalls, and preventingunauthorized network users
You don't have to leave WI-Fi behind when you leave home;this practical reference tells you how to find public hotspotswhere you can use your Wi-Fi-equipped portable computer and how tonetwork wirelessly with your pocket PC. It covers practicalapplications like creating a network bridge or adding wirelessnetwork storage, plus fun ways to use your tech toys to integrateand enhance your digital life, such as:
* Setting up a wireless media center so you can use a computerfor streaming media, as a TV tuner, as a digital video recorder, orto integrate with your TV and home entertainment system
* Turning your pocket PC into a remote control
* Adding a wireless camera to your network
Even if your current system with its cables, wires, andconvoluted connections works, it's time to cut the cord.Going wireless gives you many advantages and new options. So takethe first step--get this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Underdahl, Keith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Starting a Wireless Network.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Wireless Access Points.
Chapter 2: Configuring Your Network.
Chapter 3: Adding Wireless Devices to Your Network.
Chapter 4: Using Your Wireless Network.
Chapter 5: Wireless Networking with Your Mac.
Part II: Securing Your Network.
Chapter 6: Activating Wi-Fi Security.
Chapter 7: Managing Firewalls and Network Security.
Chapter 8: Preventing Unauthorized Network Users.
Part III: Improving Your Network's Performance.
Chapter 9: Monitoring Network Performance.
Chapter 10: Improving the Speed and Range of Your Network.
Chapter 11: Troubleshooting Network Problems.
Part IV: Using Someone Else's Network.
Chapter 12: Finding and Using Public Hotspots.
Chapter 13: Making Ad Hoc Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connections.
Chapter 14: Using Bluetooth Devices.
Chapter 15: Networking Wirelessly with Your Pocket PC.
Part V: Practical Applications.
Chapter 16: Project: Creating a Network Bridge.
Chapter 17: Project: Networking a Game Console.
Chapter 18: Project: Setting Up a Wireless Media Center.
Chapter 19: Project: Adding Wireless Network Storage.
Chapter 20: Project: Connecting to a Digital Media Receiver.
Chapter 21: Project: Turning Your Pocket PC into a RemoteControl.
Chapter 22: Project: Adding a Wireless Print Server to YourNetwork.
Chapter 23: Project: Setting Up Your Own Hotspot.
Chapter 24: Project: Voice Chatting With Your WirelessNetwork.
Chapter 25: Project: Adding a Wireless Camera to YourNetwork.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Underdahl is an electronic publishing specialist, network administrator, and freelance writer from Oregon. He has written numerous books, including 50 Fast Windows XP Techniques, Digital Video For Dummies, 4th Edition, Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies, and more.