The Home Network Manual: The Complete Guide to Setting Up, Upgrading, and Securing Your Home Network

✍ Scribed by Marlon Buchanan

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 141
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn everything you need to know about perfecting your home network in one simple guide.

Do you need to build or upgrade your home network, but aren’t sure where to begin? Would you like your home network to be fast, stable, and secure?

After reading The Home Network Manual you’ll know:
- The components that make up a home network
- The right way to set up a home network from scratch
- Which devices will give you the best home network
- Tips for making your home network fast
- How to have reliable Wi-Fi throughout your home
- How to diagnose and fix common home network problems
- How to secure your home network from hackers

…And so much more!

Having a fast, stable, and secure home network is more important now than ever. After reading this book, you'll be equipped with all the tools and information you need to have the trouble-free, fast, and secure home network you need.

If getting every device in your home on your home network has been a chore, or if you’re putting up with situations like your video streaming services buffering every few moments, your online games kicking you because your Wi-Fi drops, or your Zoom sessions fuzzing out and freezing into that impossible to understand robot voice, then you need to read this book!

Keep yourself and your family safe in the digital age. Make sure everything is running the best it can, and learn what you need to know about your home network. Troubleshoot your issues and be the hero that saves your family grief in their day-to-day online experiences.

"A practical, comprehensive, ground-up guide to help you install and/or maintain your home network with confidence." - Reedsy Discovery

"I recommend this book to all people who have/will soon have a network installed in their homes." - Raju Chacko, Engineer and IT Consultant

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
ABOUT THIS BOOK
PART 1:
INTRODUCTION TO HOME NETWORKS
What Is a Home Network?
Why Is a Home Network Important?
Key Components of a Home Network
Common Devices That Connect to a Home Network
How Much Does It Cost to Build a Home Network?
PART 2:
Building Your Home Network from Scratch
Evaluate Your Home Network
What I Do: Evaluating My Home Network
Create Your Home Network Goals
Select Your ISP and Home Network Hardware
Put Together and Configure Your Home Network
Home Network Considerations for a New Home Build
PART 3:
SECURING YOUR HOME NETWORK
The Importance of Protecting Your Home Network
Basic Network Security Tasks
Security Emphasis: Always Update the Firmware of New Routers
Intermediate Network Security Tasks
Advanced Network Security Tasks
Have a Disaster Recovery Plan
Remotely Connecting to Your Home Network Securely
PART 4:
TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTAINING YOUR NETWORK
Keep Your Network Running Smoothly
A Computer on My Network Can’t Access File Shares and Network Printers
Your Computer Can’t Access the Internet
Your Computer’s Network Speeds Are Slow
Fixing Common Wi-Fi Problems
Where to Get Home Network Help
Maintaining Your Home Network
The Future of Home Networking
Appendix A – Sample Home Network Buildouts
Appendix B – Checklists
Appendix C – Network Diagrams
Appendix D – Additional Resources
Glossary
About the Author
Other Books by Marlon Buchanan
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