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Chapter 1: Those Pesky NetworkThings You Need to KnowIn This Chapter Finding out why you really do want a network, at the office and athome Comparin

Cutting through the Terminology678(most likely using Exchange Server, another cantankerous Microsoftproduct that’s chock full of features). Data backu

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowMaking Computers Talk679✦ A DSL “modem” is a box that connects to your phone line and (usual

Making Computers Talk680In the following sections, I step you through the details of setting up a simple,traditional peer-to-peer network with interfa

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowMaking Computers Talk681Here’s what’s even harder to believe: PCs using plain old Ethernet c

Making Computers Talk682together, run the Set Up a Network Wizard on your Windows Vista machine(s),run a special program that Vista sticks on a key di

Understanding Networks670That’s changed a lot. With Windows Vista, a network is something that your13-year-old can throw together in ten minutes. Mine

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowUnderstanding Networks671very few applications allow you to share individual files simultane

Organizing Networks672✦ When you run into trouble, the advice you hear over and over again(especially in the Vista Help and Support Center) is “talk t

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowOrganizing Networks673networked printers hang off of the server(s). Usually all Internet acc

Organizing Networks674Client PCs have some autonomy in a client/server network, but not a wholelot. And a bit of leeway exists in how much security a

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowOrganizing Networks675Administrator accounts on client computers can make major changes to t

Organizing Networks676At different times, in different places, Microsoft calls peer-to-peer networksby the following names:✦ Workgroups and/or workgro

Book IXChapter 1Those PeskyNetwork Things You Need to KnowOrganizing Networks677example, and you see that only one PC has a scanner attached to it. Al