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: <ul>
<li>Design and set up a mixed network in less time and with fewer headaches</li> <li>Understand and master the differences between dueling platforms</li> <li>Get your machines communicating like old chums</li> <li>Anticipate problems before they happen</li> <li>Troub leshoot your system</li> <li>Administer your network from any location</li> <li>Be prepared with proven solutions to most mixed network challenges</li> </ul>
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: <ul>
<li>How competing operating systems work</li> <li>Adding a new NOS to an old network</li> <li>Testing network connectivity</li> <li>Networking concepts that all machines can handle</li> <li>Sharing files and printers across platforms</li> <li>Using Message Transfer Agents to deliver email</li> <li>Setting up printers, external drives and other networked devices</li> <li>Centralizing control with Auditing Server Resources</li> <li>Managing users on a mixed network</li> <li>Securing a mixed network</li> </ul>
And just to make your job that much easier, this book comes with a bonus CD-ROM featuring: <ul>
<li>Diskcheck—a drive space monitoring utility</li> <li>Tripwire 2.0 for Linux—a security program</li> <li>NWQuota—a NetWare utility form managing the size of home directories</li> </ul> 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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