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By Joe Caponi I recently got a preview of a new network simulation program. The demonstrator showed how easy it is to design a network by pulling little "Ethernet LAN" icons out of a toolbar and dropping them here and there on the workspace. If only it were that simple.
So, it's appropriate that our latest Network Design Manual chapter is "Networking a Small Business or Branch." Planning a small-business LAN or a branch-office network requires addressing most of the same issues encountered in an enterprise network, but generally without much (if any) support from a central IT department. Author Marshall Breeding provides a comprehensive look at issues such as server hardware and OSes, Internet and private network connectivity, switched versus shared Ethernet, switches and routers, client workstation configuration and more. The Design Manual is at www.NetworkComputing.com/netdesign/series.htm. If you're looking to equip that LAN, see our Interactive Buyer's Guide at buyersguide.nwc.com. Our newest product categories include NCs, black-and-white printers and 10- and 10/100-Mbps Ethernet switches. --Joe Caponi, jcaponi@nwc.com |
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by Joe Caponi The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Site Save It Or Spend It, Time Flies In February Show Me The Job Satisfaction--And The Money! It's BOTILike "and Tails," Not "Shake Your" In Which We Expand In Many Dimensions Spring Break For Network Computing Online To ODBC Or To JDBC, That Is The Question Find Our Well-Connected Award Winners Online Now Answer Me These Questions Three New Web Platform Boosts Searching And Printing What's Inside By Fritz Nelson  Print This Page |
June 15 marks our second Workgroup Computing Quarterly supplement. This edition looks at NetWare for Small Business, low-cost Intel-based servers, turnkey Internet servers, remote-management techniques and monochrome network printers. You may have received Workgroup Computing with this issue of Network Computing, but if you didn't, you'll find the complete supplement online at 
