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 www.NetworkComputing.com/docs/workgroup.html.

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