books on networking

[Guest]

now realised how big the job is and have gone online and bought a couple of
books do you recommend any of these

Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672315130/202-9679828-3479017


Sams teach yourself small business server in 21 days

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672315130/202-9679828-3479017

any advice on better books gratefully received

 

[Ron Lowe]

now realised how big the job is and have gone online and bought a couple
of
books do you recommend any of these

Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672315130/202-9679828-3479017


Sams teach yourself small business server in 21 days

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672315130/202-9679828-3479017

any advice on better books gratefully received

I haven't read either of those books, but here's an opinion anyway:

Resource kits are good references, but not great how-tos.
They typically don't help a beginner get to grips with basics.
But they give fairly comprehensive coverage on the topics they cover.

I don't know about the Sam book.

When I was a beginner in domain-based networking, for the transition to
win2k server ( which SBS is, essentially ), and all the issues therein ( AD,
DNS in particular ), I used:

Mark Minassi: Mastering Windows 2000 server
Published by Sybex
ISBN 0-7821-2827-6

In the UK, these are around £45.
In the US, around $60
Expensive, but worth it.

Especially when my first attempt was a real live installation.
( OK, I set up a test lab first, but the test lab domain became the real
live domain! )

 

[Guest]

thanks ron, thats exactly what i needed to hear, I am starting from scratch,
and like yourself am building the system up at the moment, just having
niggling things causing problems. I will look out on amazon for the book,
thanks a lot for the help.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the tip ron just got Mastering Windows 2000 Server Mark Minasi;
£22.47 - on amazon, bargain. will keep me busy.