Local Area Network (LAN) Setup, Configuration, and Management: Beginners to Advanced

Author: Dongfang Renhua
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book uses concise and clear language and an easy-to-understand writing style, focusing on application environments such as homes, student dormitories, internet cafes, and small and medium-sized offices. It introduces network access, interconnection, and management methods in these settings. The book is divided into 16 chapters, with content centered around the topic of local area network (LAN) setup. It provides readers with knowledge on building LANs in the Windows 2000 Server operating system environment, including foundational LAN knowledge, the installation of Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory services, object creation and management, configuring DHCP servers, setting up DNS servers, WINS servers, networking examples, interconnecting LANs and wide area networks (WANs), IIS services, implementing remote services, an introduction to Exchange 2000 Server, LAN management tools, and diagnosing and troubleshooting LAN issues. This book can serve as a guide for network setup and usage in homes, student dormitories, internet cafes, and small and medium-sized offices, as well as a reference for LAN users and network enthusiasts.