Configuring Your Network

Network configuration means customizing the network for your own

use.

Creating network accounts for your users (names, passwords, and groups).

Creating areas on shared disk drives for users to share data files.

Creating areas on shared disk drives for users to share programs (unless everyone runs programs from their own computer).

Setting up print queues (the software that lets users share networked printers).

Installing network support on user workstations, so they can "talk" to your network.

Managing Your Network

The work you do right after your LAN is up and running and configured can save you huge amounts of time in the coming months.

Mapping your network for easier management and troubleshooting.

Setting up appropriate security measures to protect against accidental and intentional harm.

Tuning up your LAN so that you get the best possible speed from it.

Creating company standards for adding hardware and software, so you don’t have nagging compatibility problems later.

Putting backup systems in place so that you have copies of data and programs if your hardware fails.

Installing some monitoring and diagnostic software so that you can check on your network’s health and get an early warning of impleading problems.

Figuring out how you plan to handle troubleshooting – educating your LAN administrator, setting up a support contract with a software vendor, and so on.

Produce by:Daisyrie Garcia Cubio