MIS420-Chapter 15 Network Management

Training Your Users

• Write a one page crib sheet (user ID, names of servers, network drive assignments and printers, procedures for logging onto the network
• netiquette (file and printer sharing)
• don't bluff your way

Organizing a Library

• Copy of your network binder
• Copy of the manuals for every program ysed on the network
• DOS and Windows manuals
• Copy of the network software manual
• Computer Network manuals
• Resource Kits

Sources for Help

• Subscribe to at least one general-interest computer magazine
• Subscribe to at least one network magazine
• Look for magazines that have a mix of how-to articles and reviews of new products
• Read the ads
• Find a magazine for your level
• Find a local network guru
• Join a PC or Network Users group
• Subscribe to an online service

Great Excuses for Network Managers (pg. 191)