Chapter 10. Monitoring Your Network

Even a humble home network with just a few computers is still a fairly large and unwieldy beast that requires a certain amount of vigilance to keep things running smoothly. If you’re the one around the house who wears the hat that says “Network Administrator,” it’s your job to keep an eye on the network to watch for things going awry.

Fortunately, Windows Home Server makes network monitoring about as easy as this kind of chore can get. For one thing, Windows Home Server comes with its own set of features that enable you to quickly monitor the network and be alerted ...

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