Author Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the new AppleShare IP design, features, and capabilities, and a thorough explanation of how to apply these new elements to a Macintosh-based networking environment. The book includes interviews with network administrators, Apple engineers, and end-users, and plenty of hands-on exercises to get users mastering this new network operating system in no time. Topics include choosing servers, configuration, and access privileges; the AppleShare file service; print, e-mail, and web services; MacDNS; and interfacing with PCs. Contents cover IP 5.0. CD-ROM features an AppleShare IP Administrator's Toolkit for readers to keep track of server configuration data, RAID allocations, backup tape rotation, ISP configuration data, IP address mappings, troubleshooting logs, user training "cheat sheets," and vendor information. Key Features * Properly deploy AppleShare IP's file, Web, email, print and DNS servers * Optimize AppleShare IP and the Apple Workgroup Server performance * Work with protocols such as AFP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, PAP, and TCP * Create strategies for supporting end users on both Mac OS computers and PCs * Migrate from System 7 to Mac OS 8 access privilege schemes * Improve server security with Dantz's Retrospect and Santorini's Server Manager/Server Tools * Add functionality and improve performance with Open Door Network's HomeDoor and LogDoor, StarNine's ListSTAR, and RUN, Inc.'s RunShare