Windows NT Networking for Dummies [Paperback]

Ed Tittel (Author), Jay Ed. Levy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764500155 | ISBN-13: 978-0764500152 | Publication Date: August 29, 1996 | Edition: 1

This work covers the latest version of Microsoft's Windows NT - Windows NT version 4.0. It includes information on network administration features, management utilities and managing a large number of services.

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From the Back Cover

If you've been thrust into the crazy world of network management with a Windows NT Server, Windows NT™ Networking For Dummies® is definitely the book for you! The hot new version of Windows NT Version 4.0 is explained with clear examples of even the most challenging NT features and functions.

Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

• Identify network basics needed to establish and maintain a successful network
• Uncover the differences between NT Workstation and NT Server and figure out what's right for you
• Find out what devices will snuggle up to NT -- and those that won't!
• Explore ways of configuring various devices to work well with NT
• Simpify network management and maintenance by using the best software utilities
• Set up and manage an NT network with ease
• Master the art of remote management
• Get the facts on naming services
• Plus Ed, Mary, and Earl's Top Ten Lists of NT Tips

About the Author

Ed Tittel is a grizzled veteran of the publishing game, with several hundred magazine articles and over 85 books to his credit. Ed has worked on five other ...For Dummies® books that vary from HTML 4 For Dummies® (the fourth iteration on this subject, with Stephen N. James as his coauthor) to Networking with NetWare® For Dummies®, 4th edition (with James Gaskin and David Johnson), and other topics. Ed also presides over a small Austin, Texas­based consulting company, LANWrights, Inc., that specializes in network-oriented training, writing, and consulting. In his spare time, Ed likes to shoot pool, cook chicken stock, and harass his growing young Labrador pup, Blackie (or is it the other way 'round?). You can reach Ed via e-mail at [e-mail].; Ed Tittel is a grizzled veteran of the publishing game, with several hundred magazine articles and over 85 books to his credit. Ed has worked on five other ...For Dummies® books that vary from HTML 4 For Dummies® (the fourth iteration on this subject, with Stephen N. James as his coauthor) to Networking with NetWare® For Dummies®, 4th edition (with James Gaskin and David Johnson), and other topics. Ed also presides over a small Austin, Texas­based consulting company, LANWrights, Inc., that specializes in network-oriented training, writing, and consulting. In his spare time, Ed likes to shoot pool, cook chicken stock, and harass his growing young Labrador pup, Blackie (or is it the other way 'round?). You can reach Ed via e-mail at [e-mail].;

Earl Follis is a Technical Evangelist at Tivoli, Inc., where he specializes in applications management tools and technologies. He has also worked for 3Com Corporation as a Senior Systems Engineer and remains a principal at Zora Consulting, Inc., in Austin, Texas. Earl has also developed and taught network-related training materials for a national training firm. He has over 17 years' experience in the computer industry, with the last 8 years devoted to network consulting and teaching. Earl is a coauthor (with Ed Tittel and Mary Madden) of Windows NT® Networking For Dummies®, and he occasionally writes articles for network-related publications.

Earl and family live at Mauve Acres in the sprawling metropolis of Pflugerville, just outside Austin, Texas. He is a former gentleman sheep farmer (until the sheep got too nervous) and an avid private pilot. In his very sparse spare time, Earl is the keyboard, harmonica, accordion, and spoons player in a local rock band known as Bleu Chunks. Okay, he doesn't really play the spoons. You can contact Earl via e-mail at [e-mail] or through CompuServe at 71022,47.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (August 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764500155
• ISBN-13: 978-0764500152
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,141,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Tittel is a full-time freelance writer, trainer, and consultant who specializes in information security, markup languages, and networking technologies. He is a regular contributor to numerous TechTarget websites; teaches online security and technology courses for HP; and writes regularly for Tom's Hardware and ITExpertVoice.

Ed has contributed to over 100 books on various computing subjects, including a dozen different titles in the ...For Dummies series. He is probably best known for creating the Exam Cram series of IT certification prep books in 1997, and for having edited that series from 1997 until 2006. Ed's best-selling titles include "HTML, XHTML and CSS For Dummies" (soon to go into a 7th edition, for a cumulative total of 13 editions of HTML For Dummies titles he's worked on), "The Guide to TCP/IP" (which he co-authored with protocol expert Laura Chappell), "Windows Server 2008 For Dummies," and "Networking Essentials." He's also written numerous titles on security including the "CISSP Study Guide" (4th edition, with co-authors James Michael Stewart and Mike Chapple), "The PC Magazine Guide to Fighting Spyware, Viruses, and Malware," and the "TISCA Training Guide."

For more information on Ed, please visit his personal Website at www.edtittel.com. You can also visit his profile on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/edtittel to get information about various blogs and other activities.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for those who are just starting!, June 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows NT Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

Those who are complaining that this book doesn't contain enough "meat" should remember that this book is meant only to get a basic grasp of terms and concepts and that other "meatier" books will be required to expand your knowledge. As a NEW NT4 Network Administrator, I appreciate the non-technical jargon and that they don't go too indepth. I learned what I needed to start...now onto those "techie" books!!

P.S. My Network is running fantasically!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of concept, not much application, April 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows NT Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

As a new administrator, I found the basics on network layout and topography interesting. I didn't however find much to sink my teeth into. The book will mention using a certain feature of NT, but then won't tell you how to actually use it. Little or no meat on these bones. How bout some real nuts and bolts of "this is how you do..." and a little less "we love Microsoft" and "use tape backups" to give me a tru reference guide and not a conceptual overview?

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ONLY, ONLY for Zero experience, Zero contact beginners, August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows NT Networking for Dummies (Paperback)

The first twelve chapters are repetitive to the point of nausea and read like a Microsoft sales brochure. Chapter 13 starts to be helpful and that's about as good as it gets. This book is good as a networking concepts basic NT overview only. This is not a "How to" book in any sense and God help the poor sole who may have tried to install NT from chapter nine. I especially like the hints to make sure you do this (you did do this, right?) at the end of the chapters, after it would have been too late. This one is not in the same class as the other "Dummies" books.