HOME NETWORKING SYSTEM

There are 3 ways to go;
Traditional 10/100,
Phone line,
Or wireless.

The remote access is tougher. The biggest concern is security.

Recomended web sites;
www.homepna.org
www.linksys.com
http://compnetworking.about.com
www.dslreports.com
www.firewall.com
http://grc.com/lt.htm
www.samspade.org
www.sygate.com
www.proxyplus.net

That will give you a start. Some of the choices depend on how complex a network you want / need.

You can also try practicallynetworked.com

http://webcompare.internet.com/cgi-bin/quickcompare.pl
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Mail/
http://www.zope.org/

Turn an old comp , into a server or Internet gateway.
http://www.clarkconnect.org/
Select your operating system here.
http://www.clarkconnect.org/download/index.html

Personal Web Server from , http://www.primocreations.com

http://www.pcmech.com/byos/index.htm

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