• Author:
  • Bellomo, Michael
  • Marchetti, James
• Subject:
  Computer Communications & Networking
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  01/11/2000
• Price:
  $37.99
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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 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.

Michael Bellomo is a network administrator whose books include Linux Administration For Dummies(r). James Marchetti is a seasoned network professional.

Introduction.

PART I: The NOS Isn't Nitrous Oxide!

Chapter 1: Networked Operating Systems: What They Are and What You Need to Run Them.

Chapter 2: Selecting Operating Systems.

Chapter 3: Ground Zero -
Clearing the Way with a Plan.

PART II: Building a Network from the Ground Up.

Chapter 4: Wiring -
Like Spaghetti but with Fewer Calories.

Chapter 5: Clients: Like People, They're All a Little Different.

Chapter 6: Saving the Work That You Do and Printing Those Documents Too.

PART III: System Administration Basics.

Chapter 7: Booting Up the Big Boys.

Chapter 8: Taking Charge.

Chapter 9: Passwords: Pain or Pleasure?

Chapter 10: Utilities, Tools, Help Files -
Your Best Friends.

PART IV: Administering Networked Communications and Files.

Chapter 11: Tawk Amongst Yourselves: UDP, TCP, and IPX/SPX.

Chapter 12: Network Connectivity: Testing and Verifying the Roads.

Chapter 13: Centralizing Control with Auditing Server Resources.

Chapter 14: File System Integration.

PART V: E-Mail and News.

Chapter 15: Message Transport Agents (MTAs) -
Superfast Delivery Without Stamps.

Chapter 16: E-Mail in a Mixed-Network Environment.

Chapter 17: Configuring News Clients in a Sensible Manner.

PART VI: Security and Troubleshooting.

Chapter 18: File and Network Security -
Building Your Silicon Fort Knox.

Chapter 19: Crash and Burn? Not if You Prepare and Plan.

Chapter 20: Troubleshooting.

PART VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Resources for Windows and NetWare Administration.

Chapter 22: Ten Resources for Linux and Unix Administration.

Chapter 23: Ten Truths (Or Constants) about System Integration.

PART VIII: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Glossary.

Appendix B: About the CD.

Appendix C: H-E-L-P and Where to Find It.

Appendix D: Creating and Using Boot/Rescue Disks.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.

Installation Instructions.

Book Registration Information.