CHAPTER 28 Working with Network Computers

When people talk about living in a “wired world,” they’re most often musing about life in a time when most folks (at least in developed countries) are connected to the Internet at home, at work, or even on the road via Wi-Fi hookups and cellular connections. But that “wired” adjective also applies to another trend that has happened over the same time frame, although with far less fanfare: Almost all of us are connected to local networks, certainly at work, but increasingly at home, as well.

This means that many of us have become de facto network administrators charged ...

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