Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:42:34 EST
From: "Rob Slade, the doting grandpa of Ryan Hoff"
Subject: "NetWare LANs Performance and Troubleshooting" by Theakston

BKNTWLPT.RVW   950516
 
"NetWare LANs Performance and Troubleshooting", Theakston, 1995, 0-201-63175-X,
U$34.38
%A   Ian Theakston
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1995
%G   0-201-63175-X
%I   Addison-Wesley
%O   U$34.38 800-822-6339 617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273
%P   381
%T   "NetWare LANs Performance and Troubleshooting"
 
Local area networks (LANs) are a complex amalgam of computer hardware,
operating system software, network operating system software, interface
adapters and cables.   Performance and operation can be affected by any part in
the system, or any combination of parts, and a great deal of information may be
necessary to address performance problems.  User/managers of small LANs, on the
other hand, are primarily interested in a quick, "Check this, then check that,"
type of guide.
 
Theakston has provided both.  The first eighteen chapters give a conceptual, as
well as detailed, background to LANs and the common technologies.  There are
chapters on monitoring, Ethernet, token ring network protocols, network
operating systems, NetWare (various versions), the use of Windows, printing,
backup, and workstation performance.  The remaining chapters outline
troubleshooting techniques and structures, as well as details of monitoring and
testing different parts of the net.  If even this isn't simple enough, the
appendices provide excellent "first aid" level problem resolution guides.
 
The writing is clear and the material thorough.  There is enough content in the
book to be a valuable reference for a large computer support department with
thousands of nodes, but the small business owner with a dozen workstations can
understand and benefit from it.  And it'll more than pay for itself the first
time you *don't* have to call "Joe's System Integrators" for a hundred-dollar
"consultation".
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKNTWLPT.RVW   950516

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