Overview

• Overview of Client Computer Management

• Network Address Translation and IP Configuration

• Adding and Connecting Computers to the Network

• Applying Applications to Network Computers

• Using Windows Update and Software Update Services

The End Result

By the end of this chapter, you ll be able to effectively manage client computers on your network. You ll learn more about client Internet Protocol (IP) configuration using Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), network address translation (NAT), and how to configure client computers. You ll know how to add computers to the network and how to use Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) tools to apply applications and update software.

Overview of Client Computer Management

So far, you ve learned a lot about users and user accounts. Now it s time to turn our attention to computers and computer accounts. Client computers have to be assigned a unique IP address so they can participate on the network. They also have to be configured to be secure. Finally, client computers must also be configured for users needs. In this chapter, we ll look at these three types of tasks.

Earlier in the book we discussed network address translation as a way of assigning private IP addresses to computers on your network and sending all Internet-bound traffic via one or more public IP addresses. If you stepped through the To Do list in Chapter 3 (as recommended) and used a private address for your server such as 192.168.8.1, NAT and other IP configuration information was automatically set up for you. In the next...