A simple network will allow the members of the family to access the Internet or resources such as printers. Products are available to restrict or monitor access to sites which you may wish to supervise.

A server can allow users to:

• archive seldom used documents off their machines to free up hard disk space ,
• store pages received from the internet to speed up downloads next time
• access to shared resources such as CD and Zip drives
• share applications to save costs
• run your own mail servers and web servers.