Mastering Netware 5 [Hardcover]

James E. Gaskin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998 | Series: Mastering

This text on NetWare 5 includes native IP support, positioning it against NT in Internet and intranet capabilities. With full coverage of all NetWare topics such as migration from previous versions and integration with Microsoft operating systems.

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Amazon.com Review

The latest release of Novell NetWare incorporates several improvements--including a native TCP/IP stack, support for the Domain Name System (DNS), and multiprocessor capabilities--that make the network operating system more Internet-centric than ever. In Mastering NetWare 5, James Gaskin documents all aspects of this powerful package, providing NetWare administrators with a fine reference to keep on hand.

The book begins by explaining how to install NetWare, giving special attention to setting up Novell Directory Services (NDS) and connecting new nodes to an established network. Then the author goes into depth on how to manage a NetWare system--he details scores of approaches for coordinating users, resources, and policies in order to yield an efficient network. Internet connectivity gets lots of space too--Gaskin shows how NetWare implements TCP/IP and how to set up both Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and DNS.

You'll appreciate the "In a Hurry" boxes Gaskin has inserted into his text at frequent intervals. These boxes contain succinct, step-by-step procedures that tell how to, for instance, create a NetWare Distributed Print Services (NDPS) Broker or grant trustee rights to a volume or directory. However, there don't seem to be as many stepped procedures (or as much detailed information) for features that debuted in NetWare 5 as for capabilities that have been around awhile. --David Wall

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1562 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 3rd edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078212268X
• ISBN-13: 978-0782122688
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.8 x 3.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,239,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview but lacks detail., August 28, 1999

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This review is from: Mastering Netware 5 (Hardcover)

James has done an excellent job of covering the new features of Netware 5. Unfortunately if you are looking for down and dirty "how to" information you will be vastly sorry. I don't recommend this book for the experienced Netware admin or engineer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great literature to easily get hands-on to Netware 5, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Netware 5 (Hardcover)

This book is a super-duper one-volume covering about everything in Netware 5. With guidance from this book and a small knowhow of Netware-working, you can easily setup a brand new Netware 5 network with all needed software. The book is easy to read, which make it fast to look through and detailed enough to dig deep into special matters. The book also contains a very useful glossary and the "In-a-hurry" guidances are well planned. I bought this book to upgrade a NW 3.x network, and it covers it all!

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, nice read, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Netware 5 (Hardcover)

Thanks to the author. I'd much rather READ five or six hundred pages than trudge through fewer pages of just detail. And I've successfully relied on this book to take my business from Netware 3.2 to version 5 - I know I'll need more info, but this has been a fine start.