Wiley Windows Vista All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies 978-0-471-74941-7 Manuale Utente
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Chapter 1: Those Pesky Network
Things You Need to Know
Things You Need to Know
In This Chapter
Finding out why you really do want a network, at the office and at
home
home
Comparing client/server (domain) and peer-to-peer (workgroup)
networking
networking
Gathering the stuff you need to get started
Networking for Neanderthals
W
hen business people talk to each other, it’s called networking. When
computers talk to each other, it’s called pandemonium.
computers talk to each other, it’s called pandemonium.
This chapter tries to distill 30 years of advances in computer pandemonium, er,
networking, into a succinct, digestible, understandable synopsis. I think you’ll
be pleasantly surprised to discover that even the most obnoxiously inscrutable
networking jargon — much of which has made its way into Windows Vista —
has its roots in simple concepts that everyone can understand.
networking, into a succinct, digestible, understandable synopsis. I think you’ll
be pleasantly surprised to discover that even the most obnoxiously inscrutable
networking jargon — much of which has made its way into Windows Vista —
has its roots in simple concepts that everyone can understand.
Understanding Networks
Not long ago, networks were considered esoteric and intimidating, the
province of guys in white lab coats, whose sole purpose in life was to allow
you to print on the company’s fancy laser printer or share that super-fast
Internet connection but keep you from seeing your boss’s personnel file or
the company’s budget. Those same guys (and they were always guys, it seems)
often took it upon themselves to tell you what you could and couldn’t do with
your PC — what software you could use, how you could use it, where you
could put your data, and so much more. They hid behind a cloak of mumbo-
jumbo, initiates in the priesthood of “systems administration.”
province of guys in white lab coats, whose sole purpose in life was to allow
you to print on the company’s fancy laser printer or share that super-fast
Internet connection but keep you from seeing your boss’s personnel file or
the company’s budget. Those same guys (and they were always guys, it seems)
often took it upon themselves to tell you what you could and couldn’t do with
your PC — what software you could use, how you could use it, where you
could put your data, and so much more. They hid behind a cloak of mumbo-
jumbo, initiates in the priesthood of “systems administration.”
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