Comments on: Build Your Own Home Network

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:22:16 +0000

This book is only useful if you are hooking up PC’s running Windows 98. If you have any other OS or want to connect to a Mac, this book is totally useless.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:11:24 +0000

The title says it all. If you follow the steps given studiously, you should have no problems planning, purchasing and setting up your own home network, provided that you stick to the basic configuration of Win98, Ethernet, and dialup through the phone line/DSL connection. Nothing “fancy” like WLAN here. If this seems incredibly simple to you, there are thicker books out there. This is one book which can be read easily from cover to cover, not least because of the large typeface. I felt very comfortable with it; there is no feeling of being “talked down to”, or being overtaxed with jargon. The many pictures enhance the user-friendliness, apart from those which are rather grainy in quality or which do not convey much useful information due to the lack of creative use of graphics.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:46 +0000

You learn more about networking in computers 101. To say follow the wizards is not enought. There is no help if something goes wrong. The book is not worth the money I will put it in the trash rather than sell it to someome else.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:48 +0000

Very good book visually. A bit older technology than I expected. Would definitely recommend to a novice at setting up a new network at home or in a small office. . .
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:14:57 +0000

Super book. We used this to guide us through networking our home computers. Very easy. Worked like a charm. The pictures helped alot. We just followed the advice,planned ahead and it all fell into place. My thanks to the authors.
Rating: 5 / 5