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Contents at a Glance

Smart Homes for Dummies is packed with chapters of cool info. Below, you can see the high level Table of Contents, and following is a file which contains the full Table of Contents for the book.

Introduction

1

Part I: Future-Perfect Homes

7

Chapter 1: Mi Casa, Cool Casa

9

Chapter 2: Zen and the Art of Whole-Home Networking

21

Chapter 3: Cool Stuff Home Networks Can Do

41

Chapter 4: Timelines and Budgets

57


Part II: Making Your Home an Entertainment Center


65

Chapter 5: Breaking the Entertainment Bottleneck — Without Breaking the Bank

67

Chapter 6: Getting Video Where You Want It

85

Chapter 7: Wiring a Video Network

99

Chapter 8: Bringing You Music

117

Chapter 9: Running Audio Here, There, and Everywhere

131


Part III: Now We ’re Communicating!


145

Chapter 10: Planning a Phone System

147

Chapter 11: Making the Phone Connection

167


Part IV: Livin’ Off the Fat of the LAN


179

Chapter 12: A Cornucopia of Computers

181

Chapter 13: All Roads Lead to the Net

197

Chapter 14: Designing a Data LAN

215

Chapter 15: Choosing the Parts for a Wired Data LAN

227

Chapter 16: Alternatives to a Wired Data LAN

239


Part V: Keeping the Bad Guys at Bay


255

Chapter 17: Home Security Boot Camp

257

Chapter 18: Wiring a Security System

273


Part VI: Putting It All Together — Home Automation and Control


283

Chapter 19: Home Automation Extravaganza

285

Chapter 20: Making Home Automation a Reality

305


Tens


323

Chapter 21: Ten Common Pitfalls When Building Your Smart Home

325

Chapter 22: Top Ten Toys of the Future

331


Index


343

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