Chapter 1: Making Networks Make Sense

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Overview

If you've ever used a cell phone or watched a TV show, you've used a network, perhaps without even realizing it. Much of the world's modern communications infrastructure, including wired and wireless telephones, cable and broadcast TV, and the Internet, depends on networks.

Windows Server 2003 needs a network, too. Because servers exist to provide file, print, directory, Web, security, and other services to clients across a network, using Windows Server 2003 without a network is like using a telephone that's not plugged into the wall. Although that phone may have some value as abstract art, its real value comes from its capability to connect you with other people or services. The same is true for Windows Server 2003.

In this chapter, we introduce you to the various components that make up a Windows Server 2003-based network and briefly discuss how each one works.

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Windows Server 2003 for Dummies
Windows Server 2003 for Dummies
ISBN: 0764516337
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 195

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