FAQs on Home Networking

ricedg — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:12:23 GMT

Most "how do I" questions come up time and time again, so I thought it was time to produce a page of links.

There are no hardware or software recommendations as they go out of date so quickly.

I hope you find these of use and please feel free to add some of your own.

Hardware
I cannot stress enough that you should invest some money in proper networking kit. It really is very cheap these days.
Buying a router takes all the headaches out of the basics of networking and Internet sharing.
AOL and Tiscali come with issues - make sure any router you buy will support them.

Network Topologies
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/network/index.asp[/url]

Routers & What They Do
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/router-guide/index.asp[/url]

File Sharing Tutorial
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp[/url]

What are Firewalls
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-firewalls.asp[/url]

DMZ's and Port Forwarding (Internet Gaming behind a router).
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/port-forwarding-dmz.asp[/url]
[url]http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/game-behind-router.asp[/url]
Good Guide that gives detailed instructions for all popular routers and games
[url]http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm[/url]

Microsoft ICS
Do yourself a favour and buy a router
But if you must [url]http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/index.asp[/url]

Test Your Security
[url]https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2[/url]

Linux Networking, Implementing NFS.
[url]http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/2684/1/[/url]

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