Networking For Dummies, 12th Edition

Chapter 4

More Ways to Use Your Network

IN THIS CHAPTER

Transforming your computer into a network server

Sharing folders with network users

Working in the Public folder

Sharing your printer

Using Office on a network

Working with files offline

Chapter 3 introduces you to the basics of using a network: logging on, accessing data on shared network folders, printing, and logging off. In this chapter, I go beyond these basics. You find out how to turn your computer into a server that shares its own files and printers, how to use one of the most popular network computer applications — email — and how to work with Office on a network.

Sharing Your Stuff

As you probably know, networks consist of two types of computers: client computers and server computers. In the economy of computer networks, client computers are the consumers — the ones that use network resources, such as shared printers ...