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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book I: Planning a Network
Chapter 1: Understanding Networks
Defining a Network
Comparing Clients and Servers
Understanding Dedicated Servers and Peers
Seeing Networks Big and Small
Looking Closer at Servers
Chapter 2: Planning a Network
Making a Network Plan
Being Purposeful
Taking Stock
To Dedicate or Not to Dedicate: That Is the Question
Considering Server Roles
Choosing a Server Operating System
Considering Cable
Surmising Switches
Planning the Network Topology
Planning the TCP/IP Implementation
Drawing Diagrams
More Questions Your Network Plan Should Address
Chapter 3: Installing Network Hardware
Working with Cable
Installing Switches
Daisy-Chaining Switches
Chapter 4: Setting Up a Server
The Many Ways to Install a Server Operating System
Gathering Your Stuff
Making Informed Decisions
Final Preparations
Installing a Server operating system
Configuring Your Server
Chapter 5: Configuring Windows Clients
Configuring Network Connections
Joining a Domain
Chapter 6: Mac Networking
Basic Mac Network Settings
Joining a Domain
Connecting to a Share
Chapter 7: Configuring Other Network Features
Configuring Network Printers
Mapping Network Drives
Chapter 8: Setting Up a Wireless Network
Diving into Wireless Networking
A Little High School Electronics
Eight-Oh-Two-Dot-Eleventy Something? (Or, Understanding Wireless Standards)
Home on the Range
Wireless Network Adapters
Wireless Access Points
Roaming
Configuring a Wireless Access Point
Connecting to a Wireless Network
Paying Attention to Wireless Network Security
Book II: Network Administration
Chapter 1: Help Wanted: Job Description for a Network Administrator
Knowing What Network Administrators Do
Choosing the Part-Time Administrator
Establishing Routine Chores
Managing Network Users
Patching Up Your Operating System and Software
Discovering Software Tools for Network Administrators
Building a Library
Getting Certified
Gurus Need Gurus, Too
Helpful Bluffs and Excuses
Chapter 2: Security 101
Do You Need Security?
Considering Two Approaches to Security
Physical Security: Locking Your Doors
Securing User Accounts
Hardening Your Network
Securing Your Users
Chapter 3: Managing User Accounts
Exploring What User Accounts Consist Of
Looking at Built-In Accounts
Assigning User Rights
Controlling User Access with Permissions (Who Gets What)
Assigning Permissions to Groups
Understanding User Profiles
Automating Tasks with Logon Scripts
Chapter 4: Firewalls and Virus Protection
Firewalls
The Many Types of Firewalls
The Built-In Windows Firewall
Virus Protection
Using Windows Action Center
Chapter 5: Blocking Spam
Defining Spam
Sampling the Many Flavors of Spam
Using Antispam Software
Understanding Spam Filters
Looking at Three Types of Antispam Software
Minimizing Spam
Chapter 6: Managing Network Software
Understanding Software Licenses
Using a License Server
Options for Deploying Network Software
Keeping Software Up to Date
Chapter 7: Solving Network Problems
When Bad Things Happen to Good Computers
Fixing Dead Computers
Ways to Check a Network Connection
A Bunch of Error Messages Just Flew By!
Double-Checking Your Network Settings
Using the Windows Networking Troubleshooter
Time to Experiment
Who’s on First?
Restarting a Client Computer
Booting in Safe Mode
Using System Restore
Restarting Network Services
Restarting a Network Server
Looking at Event Logs
Documenting Your Trials and Tribulations
Chapter 8: Backing Up Your Data
Backing Up Your Data
Where to Back Up Your Data
Backing Up to Tape
Backup Software
Types of Backups
Local versus Network Backups
How Many Sets of Backups Should You Keep?
A Word about Tape Reliability
About Cleaning the Heads
Backup Security
Chapter 9: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
Assessing Different Types of Disasters
Analyzing the Impact of a Disaster
Developing a Business Continuity Plan
Holding a Fire Drill
Book III: Protocols
Chapter 1: Understanding Network Protocols and Standards
Understanding Protocols
Understanding Standards
Seeing the Seven Layers of the OSI Reference Model
Following a Packet through the Layers
The Ethernet Protocol
The TCP/IP Protocol Suite
Other Protocols Worth Knowing About
Chapter 2: Introduction to TCP/IP and the Internet
What Is the Internet?
A Little Internet History
TCP/IP Standards and RFCs
The TCP/IP Protocol Framework
Chapter 3: Understanding IP Addresses
Understanding Binary
Introducing IP Addresses
Classifying IP Addresses
Subnetting
Network Address Translation
Chapter 4: Using DHCP
Understanding DHCP
Understanding Scopes
Working with a DHCP Server
How to Configure a Windows DHCP Client
Chapter 5: Using DNS
Understanding DNS Names
Top-Level Domains
The Hosts File
Understanding DNS Servers and Zones
Understanding DNS Queries
Zone Files and Resource Records
Reverse Lookup Zones
Working with the Windows DNS Server
How to Configure a Windows DNS Client
Chapter 6: Using FTP
Discovering FTP
Configuring an FTP Server
Accessing an FTP Site with a Browser
Using an FTP Command Line Client
FTP Command and Subcommand Reference
Chapter 7: TCP/IP Tools and Commands
Using the arp Command
Using the hostname Command
Using the ipconfig Command
Using the nbtstat Command
Using the netstat Command
Using the nslookup Command
Using the pathping Command
Using the ping Command
Using the route Command
Using the tracert Command
Book IV: Going Virtual
Chapter 1: Introducing Virtualization
Understanding Virtualization
Understanding Hypervisors
Understanding Virtual Disks
Understanding Network Virtualization
Considering the Benefits of Virtualization
Chapter 2: Working with Hyper-V
Understanding the Hyper-V Hypervisor
Understanding Hyper-V Virtual Disks
Enabling Hyper-V
Getting Familiar with Hyper-V
Creating a Virtual Switch
Creating a Virtual Disk
Creating a Virtual Machine
Installing an Operating System
Chapter 3: Working with VMware
Looking at vSphere
Getting Started with VMware Player
Creating a Virtual Machine
Installing VMware Tools
Chapter 4: Virtualizing Your Desktops
Introducing Desktop Virtualization
Considering Two Approaches to Desktop Virtualization
Looking at VMware’s Horizon View
Looking at Citrix XenApp
Book V: Remote Networking
Chapter 1: Managing Mobile Devices
The Many Types of Mobile Devices
Considering Security for Mobile Devices
Managing iOS Devices
Managing Android Devices
Chapter 2: Working with VPN for Remote Access
Understanding VPN
Looking at VPN Security
Understanding VPN Servers and Clients
Chapter 3: Using Remote Desktop Access
Enabling Remote Desktop Connection
Connecting Remotely
Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Remote Desktop
Configuring Remote Desktop Options
Chapter 4: Using Remote Assistance
Enabling Remote Assistance
Inviting Someone to Help You via a Remote Assistance Session
Responding to a Remote Assistance Invitation
Book VI: Cloud Networking
Chapter 1: Cloudy with a Chance of Gigabytes
Introducing Cloud Computing
Looking at the Benefits of Cloud Computing
Detailing the Drawbacks of Cloud Computing
Examining Three Basic Kinds of Cloud Services
Public Clouds versus Private Clouds
Introducing Some of the Major Cloud Providers
Getting into the Cloud
Chapter 2: Using Essential Cloud Services
Sharing Files in the Cloud
Hosting Meetings in the Cloud
Creating a Company Social Network
Chapter 3: Administering Office 365
Looking at the Features Provided by Office 365
Using the Admin Center
Creating a New User
Editing a User Account
Considering Other Important Administrative Tasks
Chapter 4: Using SharePoint Online
What Is SharePoint?
Connecting to SharePoint Online
Adding a Part
Adding and Removing Announcements
Adding Apps
Book VII: Windows Server 2016 Reference
Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016
Planning a Windows Server Installation
Before You Install …
Running Setup
Adding Server Roles and Features
Chapter 2: Managing Windows Server 2016
Using the Administrator Account
Using Remote Desktop Connection
Using Microsoft Management Console
Customizing MMC
Chapter 3: Dealing with Active Directory
What Directories Do
Remembering the Good Ol’ Days of NT Domains
Active Directory to the Rescue
Understanding How Active Directory Is Structured
Creating a New Domain
Creating an Organizational Unit
Chapter 4: Managing Windows User Accounts
Understanding Windows User Accounts
Creating a New User
Setting User Properties
Resetting User Passwords
Disabling and Enabling User Accounts
Deleting a User
Working with Groups
Working with User Profiles
Creating a Logon Script
Chapter 5: Managing a File Server
Understanding Permissions
Understanding Shares
Managing Your File Server
Chapter 6: Using Group Policy
Understanding Group Policy
Enabling Group Policy Management on Windows Server 2016
Creating Group Policy Objects
Filtering Group Policy Objects
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
Working with the Event Viewer
Monitoring Performance
Using the Computer Management Console
Working with Services
Chapter 8: Windows Commands
Using a Command Window
Special Command Tricks
The EventCreate Command
Net Commands
The RunAs Command
Book VIII: Using Other Windows Servers
Chapter 1: Using Internet Information Services
Installing IIS
Understanding the Default Website
Creating Websites
Chapter 2: Managing Exchange Server 2016
Creating a Mailbox
Managing Mailboxes
Configuring Outlook for Exchange
Viewing Another Mailbox
Chapter 3: Using SQL Server 2014
What Is a Database?
What Is a Relational Database?
What Is SQL?
Using SQL Server 2014 Management Studio
Creating a New Database
Creating Tables
Editing Tables
Working with Queries
Working with Scripts
Book IX: Managing Linux Systems
Chapter 1: Installing a Linux Server
Planning a Linux Server Installation
Installing Fedora 22
Chapter 2: Getting Used to Linux
Linux: It Isn’t Windows
On Again, Off Again
Using GNOME
Getting to a Command Shell
Enabling the SUDO Command
Managing User Accounts
Chapter 3: Basic Linux Network Configuration
Using the Network Configuration Program
Restarting Your Network
Working with Network Configuration Files
Displaying Your Network Configuration with the ifconfig Command
Chapter 4: Running DHCP and DNS
Running a DHCP Server
Running a DNS Server
Chapter 5: Doing the Samba Dance
Understanding Samba
Installing Samba
Starting and Stopping Samba
Using the Samba Server Configuration Tool
Editing the smb.conf File
Using the Samba Client
Chapter 6: Running Apache
Installing Apache
Starting and Stopping Apache
Confirming That Apache Is Running
Using the HTTP Configuration Tool
Allowing or Restricting Access to an Apache Server
Configuring Virtual Hosts
Manually Editing Apache’s Configuration Files
Creating Web Pages
Chapter 7: Running Sendmail
Understanding Email
Installing Sendmail
Modifying sendmail.mc
Using SpamAssassin
Using the Mail Console Client
Using Evolution
Chapter 8: Running FTP
Installing vsftpd
Starting the vsftpd Service
Configuring FTP
Chapter 9: Linux Commands
Command Shell Basics
Directory- and File-Handling Commands
Commands for Working with Packages and Services
Commands for Administering Users
Commands for Managing Ownership and Permissions
Networking Commands
Appendix A: Directory of Useful Websites
Certification
Hardware
Home and Small-Business Networking
Linux
Magazines
Microsoft
Network Standards Organizations
Reference
Search
TCP/IP and the Internet
Wireless Networking
Smartphones
Appendix B: Glossary
About the Author
Cheat Sheet
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
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