Chapter 8. Networking with Novell NetWare 6.5

In this chapter

  • Installing NetWare

  • Understanding the NetWare network hierarchy

  • Using the NetWare management tools

  • Working with NetWare volumes and sharing files and printers

  • Creating user accounts and groups

  • Configuring network clients

  • NetWare DNS and DHCP

In Chapter 7 we took a look at some of the basics related to network operating systems. An overview was provided of what network operating systems do. In this chapter we look at the most recent version of NetWare, NetWare 6.5 (the most recent as of writing this book; I in fact had the pleasure of working with the NetWare 6.5 beta).

Like other network operating systems, Novell NetWare supplies you with the ability to set up file servers and print servers. ...

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