| 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.
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