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Summary

No computer stands alone. Whether you want to hook up to the Internet, set up a business network, or have your home PCs work together, this book will help. Networking For Dummies, 5th Edition provides valuable updates on the latest tools and trends in networking including Windows 2000, NetWare 5.1, Linux 6.2, and home networking. Networking For Dummies, 5th Edition is straightforward in its approach to guide professional and novice administrators through building, managing, and securing both large and small networks.

Author Biography

Doug Lowe is the prolific author of 21 other ... For Dummies books, including titles on Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, networking, client/server computing, memory management, Internet Explorer, and creating Web pages.

Introduction

(7)

Part I: The Absolute Basics: A Network User's Guide

(70)

Networks Will Not Take Over the World, and Other Network Basics

(12)

Life on the Network

(14)

Using a Network Printer

(12)

Becoming a Server

(8)

Mr. McFeeley's Guide to E-mail

(10)

Help! The Network's Down!

(12)

Part II: Building Your Own Network

(68)

The Bad News: You Have to Plan Ahead

(12)

Choosing Your Weapon (Or, Which Network Should You Use?)

(14)

Planning Your Servers

105

(12)

Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Cables, Adapters, and Other Stuff

117

(20)

Configuring Your Network Computers

137

(8)

Part III: Network Management For Dummies

145

(54)

Help Wanted: A Network Manager's Job Description

147

(8)

Who Are You? (Or, Big Brother's Guide to Network Security)

155

(12)

If I Could Save Time in a Bottleneck: Optimizing Your Network's Performance

167

(12)

Things That Go Bump in the Night: How to Protect Your Network Data

179

(14)

How to Stay on Top of Your Network and Keep the Users off Your Back

193

(6)

Part IV: Webifying Your Network

199

(40)

Welcome to the Internet

201

(10)

Connecting Your Network to the Internet

211

(10)

Hosting Your Own Web Site

221

(10)

Creating an Intranet

231

(8)

Part V: More Ways to Network

239

(84)

Networking Your Home

241

(16)

Dialing In to Your Network

257

(18)

Using Microsoft Office on a Network

275

(10)

Networking Older Computers

285

(12)

Welcoming Macintosh Computers to Your Network

297

(10)

Using a Linux Server

307

(16)

Part VI: The Part of Tens

323

(36)

Ten Big Network Mistakes

325

(6)

Ten Networking Commandments

331

(4)

Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet

335

(4)

Ten Network Gizmos Only Big Networks Need

339

(12)

Ten Layers of the OSI Model

351

(4)

Ten Hot Network Buzzwords Guaranteed to Enliven a Cocktail Party

355

(4)

Appendix: Glossary

359

(22)

Index

381

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