Windows 2000 Networking for Dummies

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, Texas-based 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?).

Introduction. About This Book. How to Use This Book. Conventions Used in This Book. Typing text. Navigating menus. Haggling with command syntax. Three Enormous Assumptions. How This Book Is Organized. Part I: Introducing Windows 2000 Networking. Part II: The Wonder of Workgroups. Part III: Bringing Up Windows 2000 Server. Part IV: Networking Windows 2000 Server. Part V: Managing a Windows 2000 Server Network. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Icons Used in This Book. Where to Go from Here. Part I: Introducing Windows 2000 Networking. Chapter 1: All in the Family -- Introducing Windows 2000. Chapter 2: Installing Windows 2000 Server. Chapter 3: Working with NICs and Other Hardware. Part II: The Wonder of Workgroups. Chapter 4: Networking: Workgroups versus Server-Based. Chapter 5: Getting the Most out of Peer Workgroups. Part III: Bringing Up Windows 2000 Server. Chapter 6: Protocols Schmotocols. Chapter 7: Introducing Active Directory. Chapter 8: Working with Domains, Replication, and Trusts. Chapter 9: Selecting a File System in Windows 2000. Part IV: Networking Windows 2000 Server. Chapter 10: Connecting Your Windows 2000 Network. Chapter 11: Making Windows 2000 Server Communicate on a Network. Chapter 12: What's in a Name? Chapter 13: DNS for Everyone! Chapter 14: You WINS! Chapter 15: Playing the (IP) Numbers with DHCP. Chapter 16: Network Security: It's Not a Game! Chapter 17: Securing Your Network. Chapter 18: Getting Network Access Remotely. Chapter 19: What's the Route? Part V: Managing a Windows 2000 Server Network. Chapter 20: Mysteries of Windows 2000 Configuration. Chapter 21: Hard Copies: Printing in the Windows 2000 Environment. Chapter 22: A Little Performance Review. Chapter 23: Got Your Backup against the Wall? Chapter 24: Keeping Those Users Humming. Chapter 25: Looking into the IntelliMirror. Chapter 26: "Sorry, Ma'am, These Services Are Terminal". Chapter 27: Data Management Utilities. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 28: Ten Online Windows 2000 Resources. Chapter 29: Ten Ways to Repair Windows 2000. Chapter 30: The Top Ten Network Documentation Recommendations. Chapter 31: Ten (Or So) Troubleshooting Resources. Appendix.