Survive And Thrive In An Online World

Home networking isn’t just for gamers and geeks anymore. As our home, school, and professional lives increasingly revolve around our home internet connections having a good working knowledge of computer networking is crucial to “surviving and thriving” in an online world. Instead of depending on the neighborhood computer geek why not become a Home Network Ninja and set up an Awesome Home Network you can be proud of?

Do You Really Need An “Awesome Home Network?”

You may not “desperately need” an Awesome Home Network, but you’ll certainly be glad to have one when it’s set up! Why be satisfied with sitting on the porch staring at your laptop when you can access files on your home network from practically anywhere in the world? Why waste time searching everywhere for lost files when you can have everything thing organized, categorized, and backed up on a central computer or NAS? Why run up and down the stairs to get something from the living room computer when you can access and control it remotely?

These are just a few of the things you’ll be able to do as a newly-certified “Home Network Ninja.” Print from anywhere. Copy and move files from computer to computer with ease. Keep it all secure and backed up. Even set up special access permissions for different members of your family. Most people have no idea computers can be so much fun, so interesting, and so empowering. I’ve known it for decades and now I’m sharing it with you in my “Home IT Handbook.”

Table Of Contents

Graphic Illustrations And Screenshots

They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” That’s why I prefer to use screenshots with numbered steps instead of wordy, mind-numbing paragraphs. You can learn much faster and easier this way. Here’s an excerpt from page 241 in the chapter on setting up a NAS. We’re setting up access to folders on a Plex Media Server for members of our imaginary family.

God-Like Powers

In this example, we’re giving the “Administrators” group which includes “Mom” and “Dad” full access to the “Plex” folder. Then we’re giving the “Family Group” which includes everyone in the family including “Boy” and “Girl” read access to the same folder. The result is Mom and Dad can read, add and delete anything they want to in that folder. The kids can only read. They cannot change, add or delete anything. Of course, we provide other folders they can do anything they want to with later.

Now you can see the God-like powers being a Home Network Ninja provides. : ) This can be done quite easily on the Synology NAS I use for the demonstration in the eBook. It’s a little more involved on a Windows computer but it can be done. I cover that in the chapter on File Sharing.

I worked hard on this eBook and I’m proud of it. It took almost 9 months of testing, documenting, and editing to complete it. I wasn’t expecting it to be so big but I kind of got carried away. I love this stuff so it was truly a labor of love. Now that it’s done and the website is up it’s yours FREE. No strings attached except for the occasional pesky emails whenever I have an update or something interesting to say. Pick yours up now before you forget!

“Enjoy the journey.” – Jerry Jones (The WiFi Guy)