SQL Server Magazine August 1997
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Windows NT Networking: Ready to Route
The newcomer to NT networking, Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS, formerly Steelhead), makes existing routing tasks easier and faster and adds single-seat router administration, support for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), integration with Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), and packet filtering. This month's networking focus digs into RRAS and hits on network performance, x2 and ISDN, and host access via RAS.
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[Focus]
Microsoft's new Routing and Remote Access Service offers enough routing power to take on jobs traditionally assigned to dedicated routers.
By Mark Minasi
Routing and Remote Access Service's OSPF gives you a powerful link-state routing protocol for TCP/IP networks.
By Tao Zhou
Recoup some of your lost network peformance by making some minor changes in your system and disabling the browser.
By George Spalding
Access a host via RAS server and use SNA Server to access an IBM host from Windows 95 and NT Workstation systems.
By John Enck
Sort out the claims and realities of x2 modem technology, and find out how it speeds of up to 56Kbps compare to ISDN.
By Michael P. Deignan
[Feature]
Automatically install programs and files on multiple NT systems.
By Clayton Johnson
Follow these principles to apply best operational practices to Exchange.
By Tony Redmond
With a PPTP solution, DNS acts as a helpful human-oriented navigation tool. Helpful, however, is not a good thing when your network has public access points. Here are some pointers for securing your network against security attacks.
By Douglas Toombs
Plug those infamous NT security holes by adding strong new security features to your NT systems with Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
Take time to plan your storage and data management needs before you implement a clustering solution.
By Richard Lee
Improve NT Server's network I/O, disk I/O, and CPU utilization.
By Curt Aubley
Write a simple script to run the NT Backup utility.
By Toby J. Velte
Here are the answers to your questions about RAS and some tips about new features such as PPTP and Multilink RAS.
By Sean Daily
[Reader to Reader]
Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).
By Readers
[Editorial]
Yes, we will take on the role of advocate for users of NT on Alpha.
By Mark Smith
[Internals]
Investigate how NT's multiprocessor scheduling algorithms work, why Microsoft chooses to employ these scheduling strategies, and how these choices can affect NT's scalability.
By Mark Russinovich
[Product Reviews]
Chariot from Ganymede Software is a network performance management tool with prepackaged real-world tests that let you determine how well your network is performing.
By Michael P. Deignan
CREW, from Thuridion, is an Internet-based, platform-independent groupware product suite that provides a common user interface and lets you interact with colleagues across the globe.
By Michael P. Deignan
InterAction from Interface Software is an enterprisewide contact management software package for Windows-based systems.
By Michael P. Deignan
Milestones, Etc. 5.0 from KIDASA Software is a 32-bit project-management software package for Windows NT and Windows 95 that lets you organize projects.
By Michael P. Deignan
Visio Professional 4.5 is component-based visualization software for diagramming databases and networks.
By Jonathan Chau
[Lab Notes]
A Lab Guy challenges show-biz scalability testing vs. real-world scalability testing.
By John Enck
[Inside Out]
Throw out everything you know about NT 4.0 security and prepare for Kerberos in NT 5.0. With this authentication tool, Microsoft moves farther from proprietary-based systems and closer to standards-based systems.
By Mark Minasi
[Getting Started with NT]
Take copies of files, move them between computers, edit the files, and resynchronize them when you return them to the originating computer.
By Michael D. Reilly
[SQL Server Savvy]
Discover some SQL tricks, including the best ways to move and replicate databases and passwords.
By Brian Moran , et al.
[Tricks & Traps]
Change the priority of a particular application with the START command, use the API Monitor to track DLLs and APIs, and change the default print spool directory with a simple Registry entry.
By Bob Chronister
[Book Reviews]
The ins and outs of NT's native security features.
By John Enck
[News]
This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.
By Mark Joseph Edwards
[VB Solutions]
Here's an easy-to-customize alternative to FTP that lets you upload files securely, using your existing NT Web server and a VB implementation of CGI.
By Michael Otey , et al.
[WebDev]
Set up a Web cluster and synchronize your Web servers to serve the same information with Valence Research's Convoy Cluster and Windows NT's Directory Replication.
By T.J. Harty
[Lab Feature]
With the flurry of activity surrounding Windows NT clusters and server scalability, RAID has gained new exposure in the NT market. Here's what RAID is all about.
By Joel Sloss
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