Inside Windows NT Infrastructures Book

Different from other NT networking books in its practical approach, this guide explains how to build networks based on Windows NT. Iseminger begins with network planning, emphasizing that the decisions you make at the physical layer and topology stages will have huge relevance in the future. From there, he takes on protocols, domain models, and routing, offering excellent, practical advice that should work well in most any situation. He even covers the mechanics of setting up backbones and clustering systems under Windows NT--subjects that are not well covered elsewhere. Additionally, Iseminger pays attention to the less concrete problems presented by security, performance, scalability, and ongoing network management. Remote networking receives plenty of coverage, as does the construction and operation of heterogeneous networks that include Windows NT nodes. Using realistic scenarios to illustrate concepts, the author explains such important (and potentially daunting) concepts as domains, trusts, and routing. This book is more welcoming to the nonexpert reader, as Iseminger always takes the money constraints of a small business into consideration when he suggests purchasing any equipment. In addition, frequent sidebars define jargon. --David WallRead More