Mixed networks confuse, infuriate, and often ruin the days and haunt the nights of network administrators everywhere. If you’ve been tasked with building or administering a mixed network, you know what it takes to get computers running competing operating systems—such as Windows, Mac and Linux, for instance—working together. It requires expert advice, up-to-the-minute technical information and tested-in-the-trenches solutions.

A survival guide for anyone called upon to build or manage a mixed network, Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you all that and more. With this ready reference in your corner, you’ll have the confidence and know-how needed to:

• Design and set up a mixed network in less time and with fewer headaches
• Understand and master the differences between dueling platforms
• Get your machines communicating like old chums
• Anticipate problems before they happen
• Troub leshoot your system
• Administer your network from any location
• Be prepared with proven solutions to most mixed network challenges

Network and System Integration For Dummies gives you easy-to-understand answers to all your questions about resource sharing, connectivity protocols, and other critical issues, including:

• How competing operating systems work
• Adding a new NOS to an old network
• Testing network connectivity
• Networking concepts that all machines can handle
• Sharing files and printers across platforms
• Using Message Transfer Agents to deliver email
• Setting up printers, external drives and other networked devices
• Centralizing control with Auditing Server Resources
• Managing users on a mixed network
• Securing a mixed network

And just to make your job that much easier, this book comes with a bonus CD-ROM featuring:

• Diskcheck—a drive space monitoring utility
• Tripwire 2.0 for Linux—a security program
• NWQuota—a NetWare utility form managing the size of home directories

Offering proven solutions to most mixed network headaches, this book is a lifeline for network administrators at the frontlines of the battle for network and system integration.