Networking For Dummies
- Table of Contents
- Back Cover
- Networking for Dummies, 8th Edition
- Introduction
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- What You Don t Need to Read
- Foolish Assumptions
- How This Book Is Organized
- Icons Used in This Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part I: Let s Network
- Chapter 1: Networks Will Not Take Over the World, and Other Network Basics
- Why Bother with a Network?
- Servers and Clients
- Dedicated Servers and Peers
- What Makes a Network Tick?
- It s Not a Personal Computer Anymore
- The Network Administrator
- What Have They Got That You Don t Got?
- Chapter 2: Life on the Network
- What s in a Name?
- Logging On to the Network
- Understanding Shared Folders
- Four Good Uses for a Shared Folder
- Oh, the Network Places You ll Go
- Mapping Network Drives
- Using a Network Printer
- Logging Off the Network
- Chapter 3: More Ways to Use Your Network
- Sharing a Folder
- Using the Public Folder in Windows Vista
- Sharing a Printer
- Using Microsoft Office on a Network
- Working with Offline Files
- Part II: Building Your Own Network
- Chapter 4: Planning Your Network
- Being Purposeful
- Taking Stock
- To Dedicate, or Not to Dedicate: That Is the Question
- Looking at Different Types of Servers
- Choosing a Server Operating System
- Planning the Infrastructure
- Drawing Diagrams
- Sample Network Plans
- Chapter 5: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave-Cables, Adapters, and Other Stuff
- All about Cable
- Hubs and Switches
- Network Interface Cards
- Other Network Devices
- Chapter 6: Dealing with TCPIP
- Introducing IP Addresses
- Classifying IP Addresses
- Subnetting
- Understanding Network Address Translation
- Configuring Your Network for DHCP
- Managing a Windows Server 2003 DHCP Server
- Configuring a Windows DHCP Client
- Using DNS
- Working with the Windows DNS Server
- Configuring a Windows DNS Client
- Chapter 7: Setting Up a Server
- Understanding Windows Server 2003 Versions
- Other Server Operating Systems
- The Many Ways to Install a Network Operating System
- Gathering Your Stuff
- Making Informed Decisions
- Making Final Preparations
- Installing a Network Operating System
- Life after Setup
- Configuring Server Roles
- Chapter 8: Configuring Windows XP and Vista Clients
- Configuring Client Computer Identification
- Configuring Network Logon
- Chapter 9: Wireless Networking
- A Little High School Electronics
- Eight-Oh-Two-Dot-Eleventy Something? (Or, Understanding Wireless Standards)
- Home on the Range
- Wireless Network Adapters
- Wireless Access Points
- Roaming
- Configuring a Wireless Access Point
- Configuring Windows for Wireless Networking
- Part III: Getting Connected
- Chapter 10: Connecting Your Network to the Internet
- Securing Your Connection with a Firewall
- Chapter 11: Running a Mail Server
- Managing Mailboxes
- Configuring Outlook for Exchange
- Viewing Another Mailbox
- Chapter 12: Creating an Intranet
- What Do You Use an Intranet For?
- What You Need to Set Up an Intranet
- How to Set Up an IIS Web Server
- How to Create a Simple Intranet Page
- Managing IIS
- Chapter 13: Is It a Phone or a Computer? (Or, Understanding VoIP and Convergence)
- Advantages of VoIP
- Disadvantages of VoIP
- Popular VoIP Providers
- Chapter 14: Connecting from Home
- Using a Virtual Private Network
- Part IV: Network Management For Dummies
- Chapter 15: Welcome to Network Management
- Picking a Part-Time Administrator and Providing the Right Resources
- Documenting the Network
- Performing Routine Chores
- Managing Network Users
- Acquiring Software Tools for Network Administrators
- Building a Library
- Pursuing Certification
- Chapter 16: Managing User Accounts with Active Directory
- Creating a New User
- Setting User Properties
- Resetting User Passwords
- Disabling and Enabling User Accounts
- Deleting a User
- Working with Groups
- Creating a Logon Script
- Chapter 17: Managing Network Storage
- Understanding Permissions
- Understanding Shares
- Configuring the File Server Role
- Managing Your File Server
- Chapter 18: Network Performance Anxiety
- What Exactly Is a Bottleneck?
- The Five Most Common Network Bottlenecks
- Tune Your Network the Compulsive Way
- Monitor Network Performance
- Creating Performance Logs
- More Performance Tips
- Chapter 19: Solving Network Problems
- When Bad Things Happen to Good Computers
- How to Fix Dead Computers
- Ways to Check a Network Connection
- A Bunch of Error Messages Just Flew By
- Double-Check Your Network Settings
- Time to Experiment
- Who s on First
- How to Restart a Client Computer
- How to Restart Network Services
- How to Restart a Network Server
- Look at Event Logs
- Document Your Trials and Tribulations
- Chapter 20: How to Stay on Top of Your Network and Keep Its Users Off Your Back
- Organize a Library
- Keep Up with the Computer Industry
- Remember That the Guru Needs a Guru
- Spew Helpful Bluffs and Excuses
- Part V: Protecting Your Network
- Chapter 21: Backing Up Your Data
- All about Tapes and Tape Drives
- Backup Software
- Types of Backups
- Local versus Network Backups
- How Many Sets of Backups Should You Keep?
- A Word about Tape Reliability
- About Cleaning the Heads
- Backup Security
- Chapter 22: Securing Your Network
- Do You Need Security?
- Two Approaches to Security
- Physical Security: Locking Your Doors
- Securing User Accounts
- Managing User Security
- Securing Your Users
- Chapter 23: Hardening Your Network
- The Many Types of Firewalls
- The Built-In Firewall in Windows XP and Windows Vista
- Virus Protection
- Patching Things Up
- Part VI: Beyond Windows
- Chapter 24: Networking with Linux
- Choosing a Linux Distribution
- Installing Linux
- On Again, Off Again
- Using GNOME
- Getting to a Command Shell
- Managing User Accounts
- Network Configuration
- Doing the Samba Dance
- Chapter 25: Macintosh Networking
- What You Need to Know to Use a Macintosh Network
- What You Need to Know to Network Macintoshes with PCs
- Part VII: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 26: More Than Ten Big Network Mistakes
- Turning Off or Restarting a Server Computer While Users Are Logged On
- Deleting Important Files on the Server
- Copying a File from the Server, Changing It, and Then Copying It Back
- Sending Something to the Printer Again Just Because It Didn t Print the First Time
- Assuming That the Server Is Safely Backed Up
- Connecting to the Internet without Considering Security Issues
- Plugging In a Wireless Access Point without Asking
- Thinking You Can t Work Just Because the Network Is Down
- Running Out of Space on a Server
- Always Blaming the Network
- Chapter 27: Ten Networking Commandments
- II. Thou Shalt Protect Thy Network from Infidels
- III. Thou Shalt Keepeth Thy Network Drive Pure and Cleanse It of Old Files
- IV. Thou Shalt Not Tinker with Thine Network Configuration Unless Thou Knowest What Thou Art Doing
- V. Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor s Network
- VI. Thou Shalt Schedule Downtime before Working upon Thy Network
- VII. Thou Shalt Keep an Adequate Supply of Spare Parts
- VIII. Thou Shalt Not Steal Thy Neighbor s Program without a License
- IX. Thou Shalt Train Thy Users in the Ways of the Network
- X. Thou Shalt Write Down Thy Network Configuration upon Tablets of Stone
- Chapter 28: Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet
- Tools
- Patch Cables
- Cable Ties
- Twinkies
- Extra Network Cards
- Cheap Network Switches
- The Complete Documentation of the Network on Tablets of Stone
- The Network Manuals and Disks
- Ten Copies of This Book
- Chapter 29: Layers of the OSI Model
- Layer 1: The Physical Layer
- Layer 2: The Data Link Layer
- Layer 3: The Network Layer
- Layer 4: The Transport Layer
- Layer 4a: The Lemon-Pudding Layer
- Layer 5: The Session Layer
- Layer 6: The Presentation Layer
- Layer 7: The Application Layer
- Index
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- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars