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Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 3rd Edition
by Danny Briere, Pat Hurley, Edward Ferris
Product Group: Book
Publisher: For Dummies (2008-04-07)
ISBN: 0470258896
EAN: 9780470258897
Dewey Decimal #: 004.62
Binding/Media: Paperback - 408 pages
Edition: 3
SKU: 102309-0518
Condition: New
Comments: 0470258896 Brand new, may have wear on cover, we have a HUGE selection of computer books at great prices! All discs included if issued by publisher. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Wireless home networks are better than ever! The emergence of new industry standards has made them easier, more convenient, less expensive to own and operate. Still, you need to know what to look for (and look out for), and the expert guidance you’ll find in Wireless Home Networks For Dummies, 3rd Edition helps you ensure that your wire-free life is also a hassle-free life! This user-friendly, plain-English guide delivers all of the tips, tricks, and knowledge you need to plan your wireless home network, evaluate and select the equipment that will work best for you, install and configure your wireless network, and much more. You’ll find out how to share your Internet connection over your network, as well as files, printers, and other peripherals. And, you’ll learn how to avoid the “gotchas” that can creep in when you least expect them. Discover how to: - Choose the right networking equipment
- Install and configure your wireless network
- Integrate Bluetooth into your network
- Work with servers, gateways, routers, and switches
- Connect audiovisual equipment to your wireless network
- Play wireless, multiuser computer games
- Establish and maintain your network’s security
- Troubleshoot networking problems
- Improve network performance
- Understand 802.11n
Whether you’re working with Windows PCs, Mac OS X machines, or both Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 3rd Edition, makes it fast and easy to get your wireless network up and running—and keep it that way!
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Customer Reviews
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Good book for WiFi beginner
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-02-08
Step by step help for people who interested in WiFi network. I found it's perfect for a idiot like me.
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Good Book
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-10-26
A well written and easy to understand book. Does not get dry or boring and fairly easy to find what you need. Also some good info on related technologies. A glaring omission however, is a lack of detailed info on how windows handles wireless logons. For most users however, this book has more than enough, and I would recommend it.
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Excellent resource!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-09-11
A tremendous amount of help in setting up an effective home wireless network. Easy to read, with sufficient detail, and just enough humor to keep you interested, all in the great tradition of the "For Dummies" series.
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Not of good value to me
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-10-30
1 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have little knowledge on the subject, but the book was of no value to me. If you know anything about wireless home networking, you probably don't need this book.
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Not a bad intro to home wireless networking.
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-14
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read this out of curiosity and found it to be a decent little introduction to wireless for non-networking people.
Do get the second edition as it is updated and it had the router I have been using.
The first part of the book deals with an introduction to wireless home networking, 802.11a, g, b and Bluetooth networks. There is even a little explanation to where the Bluetooth name comes from.
The sections about configuring your PCs and Macs is pretty basic and it should be pretty easy to use as support material if you are trying to hook one up to the network.
There is a section about internetworking sharing but I am wondering if people even need to do that considering the price of routers these days.
There remaining sections dealt with using and securing the wireless network. The security stuff is written well for the beginner who doesn't want to become a master of security. It explains what is involved and what it needed to set up. However, it keeps it high level as to not completely bore a person who is not interested in this stuff(ie encryption theory). In particular a gaming and a home entertainment system. There was an example of a connected jacuzzi which only costs twelve thousand dollars. :)
Other examples included a phone, a refrigerator, chipping your pets and children. The last part seems like a good idea these days but I wonder the "big brother" implications it would present.
Some of the sites mentioned in the book are interesting. I never heard of netstumbler and have found it useful.
There is always the Part of Tens section and it's ok. Nothing new for me this time.
Overall; it's a decent little book for a noob wanting to grasp the concepts of wireless networking and what is involved with running one.
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