Ivens Kathy. Home Networking for Dummies

3rd ed. — Wiley, 2005. — 410 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7645-8849-5.Contents at a Glance : Part I: Network Basics - Part II: Configuring Computers for Networking - Part III: Communicating Across the Network - Part IV: Network Security and Maintenance - Part V: The Part of Tens.This book isn’t a novel or a mystery, so you don’t have to start at page one and read every chapter in order — you can’t spoil the ending. This book is meant to be digested on a subject-by-subject, not a chapter-by-chapter, basis. Each chapter is self-contained, covering a specific subject.
However, because the process of creating the network requires that tasks be performed in a certain order, I recommend that you check out the chapters in either Part I or Part II before you go to any of the other chapters.
After you get up to speed on the basics, you can decide which chapters you want to look at next and figure out which network features you want to add
to your home network.