Chapter 2. Preparing a Network

It is important to learn how your network works, especially if you plan to connect your Raspberry Pi to the Internet. A home user will typically use an Internet package designed to browse websites and read e-mails. Business packages, on the other hand, need to do a lot more than you think. These two different ISP packages usually carry important technical differences that dictate how your network can be reached.

In this chapter, you will learn how to connect to the Internet and look at how to solve some common problems for home users. You will also learn how to benchmark your network and try to isolate any network-related issues.