If you're a home PC user ready to build your own network,

Home Networking For Dummies, fully revised for the latest technologies, is the ideal starting place. This is one of the only books that focuses on setting up a home network capable of serving different computing platforms and different operating systems. And

Home Networking For Dummies walks you through setting up the cards and cables needed for a home network, plus you'll find everything you need to know about getting it running to share files, printers, and Internet connections.