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Network and System Integration for Dummies (With CD-ROM)
Network and System Integration for Dummies - With CD-ROM Author:Michael Bellomo, James Marchetti Mixed networks confuse, infuriate, and often ruin the days and haunt the nights of network administrators everywhere. If you’ve been tasked with building or administering a mixed network, you know what it takes to get computers running competing operating systems—such as Windows, Mac and Linux, for instance—working together. It... more » requires expert advice, up-to-the-minute technical information and tested-in-the-trenches solutions. A survival guide for anyone called upon to build or manage a mixed network, Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you all that and more. With this ready reference in your corner, you’ll have the confidence and know-how needed to:
Design and set up a mixed network in less time and with fewer headaches
Understand and master the differences between dueling platforms
Get your machines communicating like old chums
Anticipate problems before they happen
Troub leshoot your system
Administer your network from any location
Be prepared with proven solutions to most mixed network challenges
Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you easy-to-understand answers to all your questions about resource sharing, connectivity protocols, and other critical issues, including:
How competing operating systems work
Adding a new NOS to an old network
Testing network connectivity
Networking concepts that all machines can handle
Sharing files and printers across platforms
Using Message Transfer Agents to deliver email
Setting up printers, external drives and other networked devices
Centralizing control with Auditing Server Resources
Managing users on a mixed network
Securing a mixed network
And just to make your job that much easier, this book comes with a bonus CD-ROM featuring:
Diskcheck—a drive space monitoring utility
Tripwire 2.0 for Linux—a security program
NWQuota—a NetWare utility form managing the size of home directories
Offering proven solutions to most mixed network headaches, this book is a lifeline for network administrators at the frontlines of the battle for network and system integration.« less