HOME NETWORKING: FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE
ABOUT THIS BOOK CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHAT YOU DON’T NEED TO READ FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: NETWORK BASICS PART II: CONFIGURING COMPUTERS FOR NETWORKING PART III: COMMUNICATING ACROSS THE NETWORK PART IV: NETWORK SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE PART V: THE PART OF TENS ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE WHY WOULD I WANT A HOME NETWORK? NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS (NOTHING TO DO WITH SURGERY) NETWORK TYPES — JUST LIKE PERSONALITY TYPES CLIENT/SERVER NETWORKS FOR CONTROL FREAKS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS ARE MORE RELAXED ABOUT CONTROLS MIXED NETWORKS FIT ALL TYPES THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF HARDWARE NETWORK CONNECTION TYPES CONNECTIONS: CABLES, WIRES, AND THIN AIR SAVING TIME, TROUBLE, AND MONEY WHEN YOU BUY HARDWARE DOING YOUR HOMEWORK: JUST LIKE BEING IN SCHOOL PLUNKING DOWN THE MONEY: TIPS FOR BUYING IT’S OKAY TO MIX AND MATCH NICS ADDING USB CONNECTORS — EASY AS PIE INSTALLING LAPTOP ADAPTERS TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK ADAPTERS NO ADAPTER ICON ON THE TASKBAR TWO ADAPTER ICONS? CABLE UNPLUGGED ERROR NO SIGNAL CAN BE FOUND ERROR READY, SET, RUN ETHERNET CABLE HAS MANY ALIASES CONCERNING THE CONCENTRATOR DECIDING WHERE TO PUT THE CONCENTRATOR CONCENTRATORS ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FUSSY CONCENTRATORS ARE INNATELY POWERLESS DISTANCE DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO MEASURE HANDLING CABLE CORRECTLY CONNECTING TWO PATCH CABLES MAKING YOUR OWN PATCH CABLES THE CHASE IS ON: RUNNING THE CABLE CABLING WITHIN A ROOM CABLING BETWEEN ADJACENT ROOMS CABLING BETWEEN NONADJACENT ROOMS ON THE SAME FLOOR CABLING BETWEEN FLOORS BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE DECORATOR ADDING CABLE FACEPLATES USING FLOOR CABLE COVERS CURING YOUR NETWORK’S GROWING PAINS GETTING INTO THE ZONE ONE STANDARD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND NETWORKING FOR ALL TAPPING INTO PHONE LINES TO CONNECT A NETWORK WHERE DO I PLUG IN PHONES? GANGING THE NETWORK AND THE TELEPHONE GANGING THE NETWORK, THE TELEPHONE, AND AN EXTERNAL MODEM GANGING THE NETWORK, THE TELEPHONE, AND AN INTERNAL MODEM TOO MANY COMPUTERS, NOT ENOUGH PHONE JACKS? PHONELINE NETWORKS AND DSL SERVICE SHARING AN INTERNET CONNECTION ON A PHONELINE NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING PHONELINE NETWORKS POWERING UP YOUR NETWORK WITH THE ELECTRIC COMPANY USING USB POWERLINE ADAPTERS USING YOUR BUILT-IN ETHERNET ADAPTER POWERLINE NETWORKS AND INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING DSL POWERLINE KITS POWERLINE SECURITY TROUBLESHOOTING POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS TRANSLATING THE GEEK-SPEAK OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY RADIO FREQUENCY: HELLO, DEN? KITCHEN HERE WIRELESS STANDARDS — ALPHABET SOUP POSITIONING COMPUTERS HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? DETOURING AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS EMPOWER YOUR NETWORK WITH HARDWARE DOOHICKEYS WIRELESS ROUTERS ACCESS POINTS SIGNAL BOOSTERS UNDERSTANDING WIRELESS NETWORK SECURITY SSIDS BROADCASTING ACROSS THE AIRWAVES DATA ENCRYPTION WIRELESS HOTSPOTS FOR PUBLIC USE PREP YOUR NETWORK DEVICES INSTALLING DRIVERS FOR NETWORK ADAPTERS PREPARING OTHER NETWORK HARDWARE CONNECTING WIRELESS DOOHICKEYS TO AN ETHERNET ADAPTER CONFIGURING ROUTERS CONFIGURING ACCESS POINTS MANUALLY SETTING UP THE NETWORK WELCOME THE COMPUTER TO YOUR NETWORK SHARING A CONNECTION WITH A ROUTER SHARING A TELEPHONE MODEM USING THE WINDOWS HOME NETWORKING WIZARDS WINDOWS XP NETWORK SETUP WIZARD WINDOWS XP WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP WIZARD WINDOWS VISTA WIRELESS NETWORK SETUP WIZARD MACINTOSH CAN JOIN THE FAMILY, TOO UNDERSTANDING HIERARCHY: SHARES HAVE PARENTS AND CHILDREN SHARING A HARD DRIVE SHARING A HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP SHARING A HARD DRIVE IN WINDOWS VISTA SHARING REMOVABLE DRIVES SHARING FOLDERS WINDOWS XP SHARING SECURITY — SORTING OUT THE CONFUSION SHARING THE PRE-SHARED DOCUMENTS FOLDER SHARING THE SHARED DOCUMENTS FOLDER IN WINDOWS XP SHARING THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS FOLDER IN WINDOWS VISTA USING HIDDEN SHARES CREATING A HIDDEN SHARE GETTING TO YOUR HIDDEN SHARE FROM A REMOTE COMPUTER KEEPING THE SECRET A SECRET MANAGING USERS AND PROFILES IN WINDOWS XP CREATING USERS IN WINDOWS XP CHANGING PASSWORDS IN WINDOWS XP MANAGING WINDOWS XP USER PROFILES MANAGING USERS AND PROFILES IN WINDOWS VISTA CREATING USERS IN WINDOWS VISTA CHANGING PASSWORDS IN WINDOWS VISTA MANAGING WINDOWS VISTA USER PROFILES DUPLICATING USERS ON REMOTE COMPUTERS SETTING UP SHARED PRINTERS ENABLING PRINTER SHARING SHARING THE PRINTERS PROVIDING PRINTER DRIVERS INSTALLING A REMOTE PRINTER CHOOSING AN INSTALLATION METHOD RUNNING THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE CREATING A DEFAULT PRINTER RENAMING NETWORK PRINTERS USING BOTH LOCAL AND NETWORK PRINTERS DEVISING SCHEMES FOR USING MULTIPLE PRINTERS MANAGING NETWORK PRINTING UNDERSTANDING THE SPOOLER MANIPULATING PRINT JOBS PRINTING TRICKS AND TIPS USING A PRINTER SHORTCUT ON THE DESKTOP USING SEPARATOR PAGES TO IDENTIFY USERS CREATING PRINTER CLONES FOR SPECIFIC FEATURES OTHER REASONS TO CLONE PRINTERS USING A HARDWARE PRINT SERVER ATTACHING A PRINT SERVER INSTALLING A PRINT SERVER TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK PRINTING CHECK THE PRINT SERVER CHECK THE PRINTER CHECK THE NETWORK CABLE CHECK THE FIREWALL TRAVELING ON THE NETWORK CALLING ON MY NETWORK PLACES IN WINDOWS XP VISITING THE NETWORK IN WINDOWS VISTA MANAGING THE ICONS IN THE MY NETWORK PLACES WINDOW VIEWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS EXPLORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN OTHER WINDOWS WINDOWS SAY UNC-LE: UNDERSTANDING UNCS NAMING YOUR COMPUTERS AND SHARED RESOURCES UNDERSTANDING THE UNC FORMAT DISPLAYING UNCS OPENING A SHARE BY TYPING THE UNC CREATING UNC SHORTCUTS MAPPING DRIVES UNDERSTANDING DRIVE LETTERS MAPPING A UNC VIEWING AND USING MAPPED DRIVES RECONNECTING MAPPED DRIVES CONNECTING WHEN RECONNECTION FAILS WORKING WITH MAPPED DRIVES IN THE COMPUTER FOLDER WORKING WITH MAPPED DRIVES AT THE COMMAND LINE WORKING WITH REMOTE FILES MAKING WINDOWS EXPLORER EASY TO ACCESS MAKE WINDOWS EXPLORER OPEN WITH DRIVE C DISPLAYED COPYING FILES BETWEEN COMPUTERS RELOCATING (MOVING) FILES DELETING FILES FROM REMOTE COMPUTERS OPENING REMOTE FILES IN SOFTWARE WINDOWS OPENING DISTANT FILES SAVING REMOTE FILES UH OH, TWO DOCUMENTS WITH THE SAME NAME UNDERSTANDING DOCUMENTS IN USE FILES THAT SHOULD NEVER BE OPENED ACROSS A NETWORK LICENSES AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS HOW ABOUT INCLUDING MY MACINTOSH? MAC, MEET DAVE FROM A PC LAN TO A PC MACLAN ALL ABOUT VIRUSES FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES SYSTEM AND BOOT INFECTORS MACRO VIRUSES TROJAN HORSES WORMS ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS: FOR PREVENTION AND CURE COMMON SENSE: PART OF YOUR ARSENAL DEVELOP E-MAIL PARANOIA DEVELOP INTERNET DOWNLOAD PARANOIA VIRUS HOAXES FIREWALLS: DEFENSE FOR INTERNET ATTACKS WHY DO YOU NEED A FIREWALL? WHAT A FIREWALL DOES WINDOWS XP FIREWALL TROUBLESHOOTING THE WINDOWS XP FIREWALL WINDOWS VISTA FIREWALL HARDWARE FIREWALLS IN ROUTERS TROUBLESHOOTING ROUTER FIREWALLS SPYWARE WINDOWS SECURITY CENTER WINDOWS DEFENDER AVOIDING ZAPPED COMPUTERS PROTECTING AGAINST ELECTRICAL SURGES PROTECTING AGAINST TELEPHONE LINE SURGES PROTECTING AGAINST LIGHTNING HITS PROTECTING AGAINST POWER LOSS UNDERSTANDING AND FIXING LOW-VOLTAGE PROBLEMS PREVENTING STATIC ELECTRICITY DAMAGE CARING FOR NETWORK HARDWARE CHECKING CONNECTORS CHECKING CABLES CHECKING NICS MONITORING MONITORS PROTECTING PRINTERS ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR BACKING UP DATA DECIDING WHAT TO BACK UP BACK UP DAILY CONFIGURE COMPUTERS FOR EFFICIENT BACKUPS SAFEGUARD SOFTWARE CDS AND DISKS SAFEGUARD BACKUP MEDIA BACKING UP TO NETWORK COMPUTERS COPYING DOCUMENTS FROM THE COMPUTER FOLDER USING THE SEND TO FEATURE USING AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR BACKUPS USING WINDOWS BACKUP SOFTWARE INSTALLING THE BACKUP SOFTWARE CONFIGURING MICROSOFT BACKUP RESTORING A SYSTEM AFTER A DISASTER USING SYSTEM RESTORE PREPARING TO RUN MAINTENANCE TOOLS EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN REMOVING TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES REMOVING TEMPORARY WINDOWS FILES REMOVING MICROSOFT WORD BACKUP FILES CHECKING YOUR HARD DRIVE FOR DAMAGE WHY HARD DRIVES DEVELOP PROBLEMS RUNNING THE ERROR-CHECKING TOOL DEFRAGGING YOUR HARD DRIVE WHY HARD DRIVES GET FRAGGED HOW TO DEFRAG YOUR DRIVE MANAGING DEVICES WITH THE DEVICE MANAGER VIEWING A SPECIFIC DEVICE MANAGING DEVICE PROBLEMS PRINTING A REPORT ABOUT DEVICES DETERMINING WHO’S ON YOUR COMPUTER CLEANING UP FILES WITH DISK CLEANUP WORKING WITH SYSTEM INFORMATION HARDWARE RESOURCES COMPONENTS SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT INTERNET SETTINGS SAVING SYSTEM INFORMATION TO A FILE TROUBLESHOOTING SERIOUS DISK ERRORS SET UP A MESSAGE CENTER CREATING A SHARED FOLDER FOR THE MESSAGE CENTER CREATING INDIVIDUAL MESSAGE BOARDS TESTING THE MESSAGE BOARDS TRICKS AND TIPS FOR USING THE MESSAGE CENTER KEEP A FAMILY SHOPPING LIST CREATING THE SHOPPING LIST USING THE SHOPPING LIST COLLABORATE ON DOCUMENTS SET UP A FAMILY BUDGET SELECTING SOFTWARE FOR YOUR BUDGET SETTING UP AND USING THE BUDGET CENTER SET UP A FAMILY DOCUMENT LIBRARY SET UP A DOWNLOAD CENTER FAMILY BLOGGING I’M IMMING; ARE YOU THERE? CREATE A HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY CREATE VIDEO RECORDS OF YOUR HOUSE PLAY DOWNLOADED MUSIC CREATE A NETWORK MUSIC COLLECTION CONVERT MUSIC FILES CREATE A NETWORK FAMILY PICTURE ALBUM CREATE SLIDE SHOWS OF THE FAMILY ALBUM WATCH TELEVISION ON YOUR COMPUTER WATCH YOUR COMPUTER ON TELEVISION PLAY GAMES OVER WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER SET UP A FAMILY WEB SITE CREATE AN INTERNET TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE INTERNET PLACE YOUR COMPUTERS IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS SET CONTROLS ON CONTENTS PASSWORD PROTECT YOUR SETTINGS USE WINDOWS VISTA PARENTAL CONTROLS CREATE YOUR OWN SITE FILTERS USE SOFTWARE TO FILTER SITES USE ISP RESTRICTIONS AOL PARENTAL CONTROLS MSN PARENTAL CONTROLS COMCAST PARENTAL CONTROLS ISP E-MAIL FILTERING FEATURES BE WARY OF CHAT ROOMS FIND ACCEPTABLE SITES FOR YOUR CHILDREN SET GUIDELINES FOR THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN COMPUTER GAMES