互联网络(Internet)正如火如茶地延伸到家庭。在目前,全球各地数以千万计的家庭用户差不多都是以个人电脑(PC)上网,即通过调制解调器(MODEM)和电话线将个人电脑接入Internet。为了让更多的家庭赶上联网潮流,当前国际上许多厂商正在致力于研制开发成本更低、更易于操作的家庭联网工具或技术,少数公司则已开始提供新的家庭联网服务。Internet在我国已掀起热潮。下面我们来了解一下家庭联网即将出现的新工具和新技术。 The Internet is just reaching out to the family. Till now, tens of millions of home users around the world use their personal computers (PCs) almost exclusively to connect their PCs to the Internet through modems and telephone lines. In order to make more families catch up with the trend of networking, many international manufacturers are currently working on developing home networking tools or technologies that are cheaper and easier to operate, and a few companies have begun to provide new home networking services. Internet has set off a boom in our country. Let’s take a look at some of the new tools and technologies coming up in the home network.