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30 PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION APRIL 2009
Home Networking: A Refresher Course Rebuilding your home network doesn’t have to be tough, if you follow our steps. By Oliver Rist and Eric Griffith If you’re reading this story, chances are very good that you already have a home network. You’re a PC Magazine reader, after all. So why the refresher course on why you need one and how to set one up? As we all know, the times they are a-changin’ constantly in the tech world, and with so many new products and services being offered, some of you may want to rebuild your home network to accommodate all that you want to do with it. You may also have a home network but have always wondered about its mechanics—like what goes on in the brain of that little router of yours, or how the router’s wireless radio actually works. We’re here to explain what’s going on inside your devices. Beyond the basics of letting you share high-speed Internet access with computers and devices in the house, home networks allow you to control what the kids are doing on the Web, share data and multimedia files, automate backups for all of your PCs, and even use webcams to see what that new puppy is doing in the living room while you’re at work. The bedroom computer upstairs can print to the color printer in the downstairs study, and the media PC in the living room can show a movie on the PC-connected TV in the basement rec room. Adding on network-oriented products and peripherals makes the setup even more useful. Network attached storage (NAS) lets you create shared folders for each family member; these folders can be accessed both from the home network or from the Internet if you’re away from home. NAS devices also make efficient places to store all those backup files. In this story, we’ll review some of the hottest new NAS devices, as well as the newest routers, network printers, and media devices, all for your home network. APRIL 2009 PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION 31
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