November 2000
Beginner
458 pages
13h 41m
English
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Chapter 15. Building a Peer-to-Peer Network
As noted in Chapter 13, Windows 2000 is all about networking; most of the world's Windows 2000 Pro computers are connected to a network in some way. Big corporate networks require the purchase of Windows 2000 Server, a computer or two that do nothing but run the network, and the services of a professional network guru.
If you're running a small business—or even a household—on Windows 2000, however, you're still invited to the network party. Without having to buy extra computers, operating systems, or staff, you can create a smaller, less complex kind of network called a peer-to-peer network. It's ideal for setting up several PCs to perform the convenience tricks that make networks so attractive:
Opening drives and folders on one computer while seated at another.
Sharing a single printer among all of your computers.
Installing programs from shared CD-ROMs.
Communicating with other users on the network using email, chat, and even (with the proper hardware) audio and video. (NetMeeting, described on Section 9.2.3, makes many of these features possible.)
Sharing a single Internet connection.
Running your own personal intranet Web server (that is, create a "Web site" that only the other machines on your network can visit).
Backing up your files to a single network tape or disk drive.
Venting your aggressions on your family and co-workers with multiplayer games.
Once you get used to having a network in your home or office, you'll wonder how you ever lived ...
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