Network and System Integration for Dummies - Brossura

Bellomo, Michael; Marchetti, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0764507745 ISBN 13: 9780764507748

Casa editrice: For Dummies, 2000

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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

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Diskcheck, Tripwire 2.0 for Linux, and other network utilities on CD-ROM

Get savvy tips on setting up e-mail in a mixed network

The fun and easy way(r) to build a high-performance hybrid network Windows(r). Linux(r). UNIX(r). NetWare(r). Whether you're updating an existing network or building a new one, multiple network operating systems are a fact of life. This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to make these competing systems work together, from configuration and resource-sharing basics to connectivity protocols, security, and troubleshooting. all this on the bonus CD-ROM Diskcheck, a utility to monitor drive space Tripwire 2.0 for Linux, a security program NwQuota, a NetWare utility to help manage the size of home directories PC running Windows 2000, Solaris 2.5, or Red Hat Linus 6.1 or later. See About the CD Appendix for further requirements and details.

Discover how to: Add a new NOS to an old network Administer a mixed network Test network connectivity Share files and printers across platforms Use Message Transfer Agents to deliver e-mail Handle security issues

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: For Dummies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0764507745
• ISBN 13: 9780764507748
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Danilo Gaviraghi; 0039 02 733142; danilo.gaviraghi@hoepli.it; ; Via Hoepli 5; Milano; 20121; Italia