TECH: Network setup for Windows NT Server 4.0

["Paula M. Keefe" <wlc@JLC.NET>]

We are about to set up a network with a server that will administer the
network using Windows NT Server 4.0 and possibly an add on called Small
Business Back Room which is supposed to make the software simpler to use.
There will be 10 or 11 PCs on the network with Windows 95 operating systems
and about 5 or 6 PCs with Windows 3.x operating systems.  The network will
cross platforms and have some Macintosh systems added, either at the start
or in the future.  The network will be used to share applications and
printers, access CD ROM encyclopedias and data bases and, in the not too
distant future for internet access in general and to specific subscription
data bases.

We have some good technical people on our Tech Committee but no one has
experience setting up this type of network in a school setting.  We would
like to draw on others' experiences with similar networks -- what issues
did you consider essential to address for setting up the network; what
issues did you run into later that you would have preferred addressing
during setup?  Any words of warning or encouragement, pros and cons would
be appreciated.

TIA
Paula Keefe, Librarian
Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative
Junior-Senior High School
Wilton, NH, USA
wlc@jlc.net

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