How does your home network

Once, home networks were primarily the technofil - most familieseither did not or could not afford more than one computer. But now,in addition to computer use for e-mail, people use them for schoolwork, shopping, instant messaging, downloading music andvideos and playing games. For many families, one computer is no longer enough for all. In households with multiple computers on a home network often becomes a necessity rather than a technicaltoy.
Home network is simply a method allows computers to communicate with each other. If you have two or more computersat home, may have a network share:
Files and documents
Internet connection
Printers, print servers and scanners
Stereo, TVs and game systems
CD burner
Different types of networks using different hardware, but all have the same basic components:
More than one computer
Hardware (eg router) and software (either built into the operating system, or as a standalone application) to coordinate theexchange of information
Journey to the information resulting from one computer to another


If you are considering links computers at home, you have severaloptions to explore. In this article you will learn about different types of home computer networks, how they work and what to keep in mind if you are considering creating one.We'll look at the hardware that creates and protects home networks in the next section.