Get hooked up without getting tangled up in cords, wires, cablesor techno mumbo. With Wireless Home Networking ForDummies, you can go wireless without going mad. It showsyou how to plan, install, secure, and use a wireless home networkfor PCs or Macs. See how easy it is to share your Internetconnection, files, folders, printers, and other peripherals. Putyour gaming console on your wireless network and play multiusercomputer games---even online. With lots of helpfuldiagrams, screen shots, and step-by-step instructions, this guide: * Gives you the info you need to make wise wireless buying andconnecting decisions * Covers the latest security issues and hardware as well astoday's wireless standards, including Wi-Fi/802.11 (a, b, g, e, andi), Bluetooth, UWB (Universal Wide Band), WiMAX, and ZigBee * Tells you how to use an inexpensive networking kit to connectyour gaming console to a broadband Internet connection and speed upyour commands; that's often a matter of virtual life anddeath * Discusses alternatives to wireless networking, includingBluetooth, HPNA, and Home Plug Learn how to network your entertainment center for all kinds ofoptions. Whether you have a $300 TV set or a $25,000 home theatersystem, you can wireless enable almost any type of A/V equipment.Then you can use your PC to store audio and video tracks forplayback on your TV and through your stereo, stream movies from theInternet and play them on your big screen, load pictures from yourdigital camera on your PC and view them on the TV, and more. Thisbook will show you how to make your home entertainment system muchmore entertaining, with: * Info on plugging into wireless with wireless A/V adapters * The latest on wireless media servers like the Sonos MusicSystem * The scoop on the ultimate home theater PC (HTPC) that plays CDsand DVDs, acts as a PVR (personal video recorder); lets you playvideo games on the big screen, and more * Tips for buying wireless bridges, along with some specificproducts and their Web sites Find out about how to go wireless wherever you go, with info onpublic wireless hot spots and types of free and for-pay networks.Delve into the whole-home wireless revolution and see how you canadd smart home devices to your network, connect to your car or yourhome security video monitors, use your cell phone as a remotecontrol, and more. Wireless Home Networking For Dummies evengives you a look into the not-so-distant future and the wirelesswonders in the works!weiterlesen