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Part II ✦ Planning and Setting Up Networking — Hardware and Software Summary In this chapter, you’ve learned to install and configure the networking software, including the following: ✦ Network adapter software ✦ Protocols ✦ Clients ✦ Services In the next chapter, you learn about adding various operating systems to your network. ✦ ✦ ✦ Using Access Control The Access Control tab of the Network dialog box offers two options for controlling access to shared resources: share-level and user-level. You should use share-level access for a workgroup network. User-level works best with a clientserver network, such as NT Server or NetWare. The default option is share-level, so you don’t have to make any changes to this tab. Share-level access control enables you to supply a password for each shared resource. So, if you want to share a folder or printer, you can assign a password to that resource. Only people who know the password can access that resource. Also, you don’t have to use passwords for sharing resources, but you have the capability if you want to use it. User-level access control works by assigning specific users or groups of users access to resources on the computer. Clientserver networks use groups for authentication and permissions pur- poses; thus, user-level access works better in that environment. Access control is available in Windows 98, 2000, and XP. Accessing the Network with Various Operating Systems I f your computers run the Windows operating system, configuration for the network should go smoothly. However, you might be run- ning other operating systems, or even computers other than PCs — such as Macintoshes, handheld computers, and so on. If you have a Macintosh or a Linux, for example, you can add it to your network for file and printer sharing. Working with various operating systems can make things more complex, but it is possible. Understanding Additions to the Network A Windows workgroup network works best with Windows 98, 2000, and XP computers. Because of the operating systems and networking software involved, these computers use the same elements. For that reason, your network connection problems are few. Additionally, using Windows clients, or workstations, on a client server network makes consistent and reliable connections easy. Everything is configured similarly, equipment is similar, and your job of keeping the network up and running is fairly simple. When you start adding various other operating systems to either net- work, however, you start adding possible problems. Each computer using a different operating system or different equipment can cause problems that aren’t as easy to solve, because you might be unfamil- iar with the network components and because compatibility is always an issue with new or different hardware and software. You can add various operating systems and devices to your system. Sometimes you need third-party applications, special hardware, and some tweaking of the system, and sometimes the operating systems connect easily. 11 11 C H A P T E R ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ In This Chapter Understanding additions to the network Using various Windows operating systems Using portables on the network Adding a Macintosh to your network Using Linux with your network ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Part II ✦ Planning and Setting Up Networking — Hardware and Software You are more likely to have other operating systems in a small-business setting than at home. Macs and Linux integrate well, but older computers with older operating systems add more difficulty. Although you can integrate these computers into your PC network, you should consider upgrading any older PCs and operating systems for more efficient use of your applications and the network. Upgrade as many computers and operating systems as you can to Windows XP Professional before you start adding them to the network. Figure 11-1 illustrates some of the possibilities in your home network. You can connect a notebook, an iMac, and a Linux machine to an Ethernet network on which a Windows 98 com- puter is also attached to a handheld device. All computers can share files and printers in the network. Figure 11-1: Attach a variety of computers to your home network. Adding to a workgroup network You are most likely to want to add an odd operating system or nonstandard equipment to a home workgroup network. After all, you might have a Linux computer your daughter uses for learning more about computers, or your spouse might be using a tablet computer for calen- dars, task lists, and e-mail. Switch Notebook Windows 98 Palm Pilot Linux iMac Small Business Tip Chapter 11 ✦ Accessing the Network with Various Operating Systems Depending on how much trouble you want to tackle, you can add these and other computers to your network. You can use the following operating systems and types of computers in the same workgroup network: ✦ Windows 9598 ✦ Windows Me ✦ Windows 2000 ✦ Windows XP Home or Professional ✦ Macintosh computers using System 9 or OS X ✦ Linux with Samba support ✦ Portable computers ✦ Handheld computers ✦ Tablets You can add other operating systems, such as Macintosh System 7 or 8, but those aren’t cov- ered in this book because the older the operating system, the more difficult it is to add to a workgroup network. Also, operating systems that aren’t commonly used or the newest of the technology may pose some problems as well. If you want to learn how to add a computer that’s not listed here, you can search the Internet and perhaps find help there. You might look at www.networking.ittoolbox.com for more information. Adding to a clientserver network If you’re using a Windows 98 or XP computer as your server, you won’t have much trouble connecting other operating systems to the computer. They’ll act like a workgroup network in connections and data transfer; the difference is your configuration of the “server” and how much data you share. See Chapter 12 for more information about sharing resources. Adding various operating systems and portable computers to a clientserver network is fairly easy when you use the network operating system Windows 2000 Server. Windows 2000 Server includes clients for most any Windows operating system, plus Windows 2000 Server can ser- vice Macintosh and Linux clients, as well. Following are the Windows and other operating sys- tems Windows 2000 Server can work with: ✦ Windows 98 ✦ Windows 2000 Professional ✦ Windows XP Professional ✦ Macintosh 9 and OS X ✦ Linux with Samba support ✦ Tablets ✦ Portable computers Cross- Reference