Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies [Paperback]

Bill Camarda (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764505424 | ISBN-13: 978-0764505423 | Publication Date: May 1999 | Edition: 2nd

This package helps readers sort through modern flashy technologies so they can figure out which ones are worth the trouble. It also gives advice on keeping network performance at the lowest possible cost, and includes a CD-ROM containing QuickMail Pro Server, an e-mail server, and Artisoft iShare.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition, doesn't spend time explaining how to build a new local area network (LAN) or how to install a network operating system. Rather, author Bill Camarda assumes you have a LAN in place and that you would like to optimize its performance.

Camarda focuses on the two prime contenders in the LAN marketplace--Microsoft Windows NT 4 and Novell NetWare 5. He discusses the installation procedures for both systems on new servers, including the steps necessary for upgrading your software. He also offers some technical tips for efficiently using older, existing hardware resources. He explains how to establish disk quotas and other resource conservation measures and addresses the security features of the two products.

Some sections of this book seem padded. The information on intranets is welcome, but this isn't the kind of book that needs a page-long stepped procedure for converting image files into JPEG format for browser compatibility. The sections on extranets and groupware are very elementary--they're essentially executive summaries of the technologies. In place of these components, Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies should contain information on sharing Internet access across a LAN with a router or proxy server. That is the kind of thing the users of an established network want to add most. --David Wall

About the Author

Bill Camarda has written nine computer books on topics ranging from Word 97 to bargain computing.

When not writing books, he helps leading companies explain their new technologies to all kinds of people -- executives, techie types, and (especially) the rest of us. He has more than 15 years of experience as a copywriter and consultant serving leading technology companies, including IBM, AT&T, MCI, Bell Atlantic, Digital, Viacom, and many others.

Day or night, you can find Bill on the World Wide Web at nis.net/~bcamarda.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers); 2nd edition (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764505424
• ISBN-13: 978-0764505423
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,025,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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