Home networks allow multiple devices in a home to be connected. This saves money and provides conveniences by allowing sharing of resources. There are three main types of wired home networks - Ethernet, power line cable, and phone line networks. Ethernet networks require cables connecting devices to a central hub, which may require running cables through walls. Phone line networks use existing telephone lines, while power line networks use existing electrical lines without additional wiring. Wireless networks also exist, including Home RF and Wi-Fi networks, but they can have interference issues from walls and other devices.

2. Home networking saves money and provides conveniences.

3. Approximately 39 million homes have more than one computer.

5. A phone line network is an easy –to-install and inexpensive network that uses existing telephone lines in the home.

7. A Wi-Fi network sends signals over a wider distance than the Home RF network, which can be up to 1,500 feet in some configurations. Works Cited <br />Deakins, Frank A. Home Networking. New York: Current Press, 2008.<br />Shelly, B. Garry and J. Thomas Cashman. Wired and Wireless Networks. 23 April 2008. <www.scsite.com/wd2007/pr2/wc.htm>. <br />Travis, Mark A. quot;
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Modern Networking (2008): 24-29.<br />____________________<br />i Ethernet “a trademark for a system for exchanging messages between computers on a local area network using coaxial, fiber optic, or twisted-pair cables”<br /> ii Power line cable “a measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy, usually expressed in terms of wattage or horsepower ”.<br />iii Phone line “a telephone line or telephone circuit (or just line or circuit within the industry) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system”.<br /> <br /> <br />