How To Do Everything With Windows XP Home Networking- P2

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How To Do Everything With Windows XP Home Networking- P2 CHAPTER 1: Learn about Home Networks 29 Ethernet over Telephone Lines 1 Several manufacturers also sell devices to carry Ethernet over standard phone lines. These devices currently support data rates of 10 Mbps. Ill 1-15Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. This page intentionally left blankPlease purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Design Your Own Chapter 2 Home NetworkPleaseCopyright © 2004 by McGraw-Hill Companies. www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. purchase PDF Split-Merge on Click here for terms of use. 32 How to Do Everything with Windows XP Home Networking How to… ■ Determine your requirements ■ Choose between wired and wireless ■ Map your physical network ■ Map your logical network ■ Create a utilization plan Y ou’ve read up on the basics of home networking, and now you’re no doubt itching to roll up your sleeves and get started putting in the system. In this chapter we will cover the planning of your network and the selection of appropriate equipment for your design. Mostly what you are going to need are a basic idea of your requirements for your network and a plan of how we are going to satisfy those requirements. We start by creating a list of all the devices you are planning to place on the network. We will determine the best way to connect them and which type of network device to use for the task. We will then map it all out so that you can refer to the plan later when you are installing your network equipment. Determine Your Requirements The first thing you need to do is make a list of all the items you are planning to connect to the network. This list is not as short these days as it once was. In addition to a list of your computers and possibly a printer or two, you can now add your home media equipment, cameras for viewing the front door or back yard, the game console, and even network devices such as storage drives or IP telephones. Some of these devices will include their own network connections; some will need optional networking devices to enable them to connect to the network. Take a look at your documentation on the device to see if it includes an Ethernet port or if it supports TCP/IP networking. List Your Computers The first devices to list are your computers. They were the first residents of networks and will continue to be the main network devices for some time yet. Create a simple list of computers by name of computer. This list can be done on your computer andPlease purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. CHAPTER 2: Design Your Own Home Network 33 Network Attached Storage If you require centralized storage for media or document files, you can attach 2 a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to the network. A NAS unit is simply a server optimized for file sharing. It can have one or more disk drives, providing gigabytes of storage space, and can typically be accessed by most operating systems and web browsers on the network. printed for ready reference, or it can be kept on note paper if your computer is still in a box. In most cases this will be the computer name that is configured in Windows XP. Figure 2-1 shows the Windows XP System Properties dialog box with the Computer Name tab displayed. If you have not named your computers yet, you can do so now or use a description instead. FIGURE 2-1 Computer name displayed in System Properties dialog boxPlease purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 34 How to Do Everything with Windows XP Home Networking Change the Name of Your Computer If you still have the default computer name given to you by Windows, usually something that looks like YOUR12E2341, now would be a good time to give your com ...