Linux 家庭网络傻瓜书

出版时间：2006-8  出版社：John Wiley & Sons Inc  作者：Cherry, Neil  页数：364  

内容概要

A smart home's a happy home! Teach yours lots of new tricks with Linux. Not only can you arrange automation for lights, appliances, and watering the lawn, you can also build your own TV recorder, pipe music throughout the house, set up a severe weather alert, and control everything from your Web browser. 作者简介：    Neil Cherry has been working with computers, computer electronics, and software since 1978. He has been playing with X10 since 1982. He began automating his home in 1992 when a friend gave him an X10 computer interface, and he started the Linux Home Automation Web site (www.linuxha.com) in 1996. When he’s not riding his bicycle or playing with home automation, he works for AT&T Research Lab South, Middletown, NJ, as a Test Engineer. You can reach him by e-mail at [e-mail].

书籍目录

Introduction Part Ⅰ: Bringing the Future Home   Chapter 1: Exploring the Possibilities of Home Automation   Chapter 2: Filling Your Home Automation Toolkit with Linux Software Part Ⅱ: Connecting Multiple Computers without the Wires   Chapter 3: Going Wireless   Chapter 4: Creating a Wireless Access Point   Chapter 5: Routing Network Traffic for Free Part Ⅲ: Entertaining Your Brain with a Little Help from Linux   Chapter 6: Building a Personal Video Recorder with MythTV   Chapter 7: Streaming Music without the Wires   Chapter 8: Having Fun with a Webcam   Chapter 9: Setting Up a Smart Phone System Part Ⅳ: Keeping a Linux Eye on the Sky   Chapter 10: Letting Linux Watch the Weather For You   Chapter 11: Getting Online Weather Information   Chapter 12: Staying Comfortable with Thermostat Controls Part Ⅴ: X10-ding Your Environment with Home Automation   Chapter 13: Introducing X10 Home Automation   Chapter 14: Going Wireless with X10 Part Ⅵ: Controlling and Securing Your Automation Network   Chapter 15: Controlling Your House with MisterHouse   Chapter 16: Controlling X10 from MisterHouse   Chapter 17: Using the Web Interface for Remote Control   Chapter 18: Remotely Accessing Your MisterHouse Controls Part Ⅶ: The Part of Tens   Chapter 19: (Nearly) Ten Cool Chores You Can Automate   Chapter 20: Ten Gadgets Worth Checking Out Appendix Index