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: <ul>
<li>Choose the right networking equipment</li> <li>Install and configure your wireless network</li> <li>Integrate Bluetooth into your network</li> <li>Work with servers, gateways, routers, and switches</li> <li>Connect audiovisual equipment to your wireless network</li> <li>Play wireless, multiuser computer games</li> <li>Establish and maintain your network’s security</li> <li>Troubleshoot networking problems</li> <li>Improve network performance</li> <li>Understand 802.11n</li> </ul>
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!

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Computers & Technology

Danny Briere

Pat Hurley

Edward Ferris

Networking & Cloud Computing

For Dummies

A how to mini book that gives you the information you need when purchasing and setting up your HDTV.

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Engineering

wiley

The perennial bestseller shows you how share your files and Internet connection across a wireless network Fully updated for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard, this new edition of this bestseller returns with all the latest in wireless standards and security. This fun and friendly guide shows you how to integrate your iPhone, iPod touch, smartphone, or gaming system into your home network. Veteran authors escort you through the various financial and logisitical considerations that you need to take into account before building a wireless network at home. <ul>
<li>Covers the basics of planning, installing, and using wireless LANs</li> <li>Reviews essential information on the latest security issues</li> <li>Delivers valuable tips on how to stay current with fast-moving technology</li> <li>Discusses how to share resources such as printers, scanners, an Internet connection, files, and more with multiple computers on one network</li> </ul>
Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 4th Edition skips the technical jargon and gets you connected with need-to-know information on building a wireless home network.

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 4th Edition

Get hooked up without getting tangled up in cords, wires, cables or techno mumbo. With Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, you can go wireless without going mad. It shows you how to plan, install, secure, and use a wireless home network for PCs or Macs. See how easy it is to share your Internet connection, files, folders, printers, and other peripherals. Put your gaming console on your wireless network and play multiuser computer games—even online. With lots of helpful diagrams, screen shots, and step-by-step instructions, this guide: 
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<li>Gives you the info you need to make wise wireless buying and connecting decisions</li> <li>Covers the latest security issues and hardware as well as today's wireless standards, including Wi-Fi/802.11 (a, b, g, e, and i), Bluetooth, UWB (Universal Wide Band), WiMAX, and ZigBee</li> <li>Tells you how to use an inexpensive networking kit to connect your gaming console to a broadband Internet connection and speed up your commands; that’s often a matter of virtual life and death</li> <li>Discusses alternatives to wireless networking, including Bluetooth, HPNA, and Home Plug</li> </ul>
Learn how to network your entertainment center for all kinds of options. Whether you have a $300 TV set or a $25,000 home theater system, you can wireless enable almost any type of A/V equipment. Then you can use your PC to store audio and video tracks for playback on your TV and through your stereo, stream movies from the Internet and play them on your big screen, load pictures from your digital camera on your PC and view them on the TV, and more. This book will show you how to make your home entertainment system much more entertaining, with: <ul>
<li>Info on plugging into wireless with wireless A/V adapters</li> <li>The latest on wireless media servers like the Sonos Music System</li> <li>The scoop on the ultimate home theater PC (HTPC) that plays CDs and DVDs, acts as a PVR (personal video recorder); lets you play video games on the big screen, and more</li> <li>Tips for buying wireless bridges, along with some specific products and their Web sites</li> </ul>
Find out about how to go wireless wherever you go, with info on public wireless hot spots and types of free and for-pay networks. Delve into the whole-home wireless revolution and see how you can add smart home devices to your network, connect to your car or your home security video monitors, use your cell phone as a remote control, and more. Wireless Home Networking For Dummies even gives you a look into the not-so-distant future and the wireless wonders in the works!

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