Mastering NetWare 5

The book begins by explaining how to install NetWare, giving special attention to setting up Novell Directory Services (NDS) and connecting new nodes to an established network. Then the author goes into depth on how to manage a NetWare system--he details scores of approaches for coordinating users, resources, and policies in order to yield an efficient network. Internet connectivity gets lots of space too--Gaskin shows how NetWare implements TCP/IP and how to set up both Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and DNS.

You'll appreciate the "In a Hurry" boxes Gaskin has inserted into his text at frequent intervals. These boxes contain succinct, step-by-step procedures that tell how to, for instance, create a NetWare Distributed Print Services (NDPS) Broker or grant trustee rights to a volume or directory. However, there don't seem to be as many stepped procedures (or as much detailed information) for features that debuted in NetWare 5 as for capabilities that have been around awhile. --David Wall

Product Description
Here's the industry's most comprehensive guide to NetWare 5 networksn. In practical, readable discussions, NetWare expert James Gaskin shows how to integrate NetWare 5 into an existing NetWare environment, as well as how to build a NetWare 5 network from scratch. Learn how to handle network planning, installation, and migration; integrate NetWare 5 with NT and Unix; manage internetworking protocols; install and expand NDS; and take advantage of NetWare 5's new remote access capabilites. Discover all the new features that make NetWare more open, powerful, and easier to manage than ever: the migration gateway that allows for seamless IP/IPX coexistence; the new ConsoleOne Java interface; the next generation storage/access system (Novell Storage Services) and print services (Novell Distributed Print Services); and more. This book includes hundreds of illustrations, tips, and an essential troubleshooting guide.