-------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVBOOKS.DOC -- 19980301 -- Email thread on NetWare related books and info -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to add or edit this document and then email it back to faq@jelyon.com Book: Douglas Comer's "Internetworking With TCPIP volume 1 [third edition]" not only will this give you a thorough grounding in TCPIP, it will answer 99% of the questions you have. Richard Letts ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:32:11 CET From: David Hanson Subject: Re: Book info needed on NDS and Netware 4.1 >Does anyone in Netland knows of good reference source(s) for various >part of Netware 4.1 (NDS, server console management, 4.1 security,etc) I liked QUE's "Using NetWare 4 Special Edition - The Most Complete Reference". You're right about most books being only "so so to fair". The best school is the one of hard knocks, but sometimes the tuition is a bit high, and the classes tend to run long... ------------------------------ ETHERCAP ZIP 167092 07-14-94 Boggs, Mogul, Kent "Measured Capacity of an Ethernet: Myths and Reality", DECWRL 88/4 found in directory misc on netlab2.usu.edu. TRN saturates lower because one station sending still must wait for token rotation to occur. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:28:57 -0800 From: Bruce Chapman Subject: Networking Windows 3.1 The single all around best reference book that I have found is Networking Windows 3.1 (QUE), ISBN # 1-56529-052-6, $21.95 Canadian or $16.95 US. This book covers Netware 3.11 and is worth it's weight in gold and a bargin at twice the price. Read it and you will be answering questions, not asking them.... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 22:15:00 EST From: Fund@PROTEON.COM Subject: Re: Good Book for Novell 3.11 For Intermediate? >Any suggestions for a single good book ( installation & admin ) >instead of the pie of red novell books. I borrowed >"Novell Netware 386 - The Complete Reference" by Sheldon, >which was quite good. Can anyone better it ? I have been using and recommending: NetWare Training Guide: Managing NetWare Systems, Third Edition, New Riders Publishing, ISBN # 1-56205-366-3, $70.00 It is very complete. You can use it as a reference to pass your 3.1x and Advanced 3.1x CNE exams should you choose. Glenn Fund ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 11:32:28 EDT From: "Costigan, Mr. Thomas E." Subject: Re: Good Book for Novell 3.11... "NetWare Unleashed", by Rick Sant'Angelo, 1994, Sams Publishing (Division of Macmillan Computer Publishing), 200 West 103rd St. Indianapolis, IN 46290 USA This is, without a doubt, the best current book on NW 3.x and NW 4.x that I have seen. It is a compendium of topics written by a gaggle of different authors that provides comprehensive coverage to Novell NetWare and just about every related subject (including TCP/IP connectivity, WAN happiness, Windows whynots, etc.). The book is not inexpensive (list price of $US 45.00) but it is worth the cost of admission (yes, it comes with a diskette with all kinds of nifty stuff on it). For example, want to know why Novell is changing to the 802.3 default frame type for Ethernet packetts or need a reference of all the VLM programes? Its' in here! They also have books with the same title on the Internet, OS/2, FoxPro for Windows (that I've seen, anyway) that all appear to well worth the price. ------------------------------ QUE is a member or Macmillian Computer Publishing. http://www.mcp.com Todd Koenig ------------------------------ >I am looking for books on Novell Netware programming in C under DOS. Programmers Guide to Netware - Charles G Rose Netware Programmers Guide - Ralph Davis Client Server Lan Programming - Barry Nance Adrian Cunnelly ------------------------------ QUICK PATH TO NETWARE 4, by Jeffrey F. Hughes and Blair Thomas, SYBEX. Virendra Kumar Rode ------------------------------ One of the best that I have found is "NDS Troubleshooting" by Peter Kuo & Jim Henderson, New Riders Publishing. Art & Barbara Lamb --- >One of the best that I have found is NDS Troubleshooting... I also found this an excellent book, highly recommended! Jaye Hendrix --- There is an excellent excellent book out - NDS troubleshooting by Peter Kuo & Jim Henderson (NetWire SysOps) Publisher is New Riders Publishing. ISBN of the book is 1-56205-443-0. You can order it from MacMillian Publishing directly (800-653-6156) PacMan :-) ------------------------------ Well, by far I still find the NSEPro (Novell Support Encyclopaedia -- Professional Volume) the most useful in all areas. Beats any of those books that rephrase what NW manuals tell us. Don't need much else once you have NSEPro. The NSEPro also contains AppNotes and some of the selected Novell Research Publications. Gerald Khoo Seng Wee ------------------------------ >>I need to implement a stand-alone printer server which connects via >>Ethernet to a Novell Netware system. Thus, I need the sources for the IPX >>protocol stack. Can anyone point me to where such sources can be found >>(commercially, or as freeware)? > >Writing for IPX is quite easy. i've just written a ton of the stuff in >Turbo Pascal. Charles Rose' book "Programmers Guide to Netware" by >McGraw Hill has a good chapter on it. > >Roy Coates --------- I think there is a small misunderstanding here. You're not about to get source code to IPXODI; that's proprietary to Novell. And you don't need sources to write program to the IPX API. That API is available readily from several sources, the master of them being from Novell itself, and others being gleanings published on the nets. Novell's contact point is Professional Developer's Relations (please see the FAQ for address information, or contact your NetWare reseller). In addition, Novell has a large body of existing specs on printer services, and you can obtain them from the PDP. Please keep in mind that if you use and IPX port number it should be registered with Novell to avoid conflicts in the field. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 00:57:13 +0000 From: "Mr. R. Coates" Subject: Learn TCP/IP For those of us that can't make Joe D's TCP/IP classes, take a look at: TCP/IP Network Administration by Craig Hunt published by O'Reilly and Associates Inc ISBN 0-937175-82-X The cost is good and the book makes learning TCP/IP easier than any other text I've seen. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:08:53 CST From: Greg Coldwell Subject: Re: Learn TCP/IP One other book that I have found to help with the mysteries of TCP/IP is: NETWARE TCP/IP and NFS by Karanjit Siyan New Riders Publishing (NRP) ISBN 1-56205-409-0 This book comes with a CD-ROM which has LINUX and NRP Electronic TestPrep which helps with the CNE exam. Every book I've gotten (6 total) from NRP has been really excellent on every aspect of Novell Netware. They concentrate heavily on preparing you for the CNE exam by giving example test questions at the end of each chapter of most of the books. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:55:40 -0600 From: Joe Doupnik Subject: Protocol details For the subset of readers interested in the details of TCP/IP protocols, particularly when faced with massive http traffic, I recommend looking at a new book by Rich Stevens: "TCP/IP Illustrated" volume 3, Addison-Wesley, 1996. I have a preprint and the hardcopy is due out later this month. The point to be made is what all those callers do to your server, and Rich has many measurements (to Unix systems) and insights about TCP/IP implementation foibles. For other managers: you really don't want to make your NetWare servers major http servers; they will get killed by the trash that comes in. Better by far is to use a machine (Unix) dedicated to the task of surviving the worst that Netscape et al. can dish out (and those programs are adept at dishing). This is not a cookbook or guide or gentle intro. It's hard nosed details for folks already knowlegable about TCP/IP mechanics. For a technical intro to TCP/IP, once over lightly, Douglas Comer's series on "Internetworking with TCP/IP" (3rd edition, 3.5 volumes, need only volume 1) is a good starting point. Joe D. ------------------------------ If network protocols are not your favorite reading material and you want a feeling for things then consider reading Andrew Tanenbaum's "Computer Networks", 3rd edition. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:35:39 -0800 From: Debbie Crowley Subject: Ethernet Handbook I just found a book called "Ethernet Tips and Techniques: For Designing, Installing and Troubleshooting Your Ethernet Network", 2nd Edition by Byron Spinney. Publisher: CBM Books 1300 Virginia Drive, Suite 400, Fort Washington, PA 19034 ISPN 1-878956-43-4. SRP: $15.00. Having just purchased the book, I can't critique it. Hope this helps. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 18:13:00 -0500 From: James Federline Subject: Re: Book Recommendations: Netware 4.1 >Can anyone recommend good books on Netware 4.1 ? It is for someone >intending to migrate from Netware 3.1x to Netware 4.1? Thanks. People I asked the same question said to get Novell Press' "Guide to NetWare 4.1 Networks"... When I sat down in the bookstore and looked at it, it was OK, but I found Cybex's Network Press book called "The Complete Guide to NetWare 4.1" a lot easier to understand, laid out much better, and written with common sense, as well as with users of NW 3.x in mind. I didn't get the same impression from the Novell Press title. ------------------------------ Netware Interface for Pascal (NWTP) v0.6 is a well documented interface with full (GNU) source code, available at: ftp://novftp.rc.rug.nl:/proglibs/NWTP06.ZIP I have been using Karanjit Siyan's NetWare Professional Reference Fourth Edition from New Riders Publishing. ISBN 1-56205-428-7 and have found it quite good, covering up to 4.1. Ian Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:36:00 +0000 From: Tim Madden-GWS Subject: Re: BOOKS and Self Study Guides >I was recently asked to put together a list of books and self study >guides to train new people. > >What are the best: > >CNE Study Guides Title, ISBN or Company >NOVEL 4.1 + Advanced Knowledge Books >Books that would help Obtaining a CNE on 4.1. I've found two books to be particularly usefull, The Complete Guide to Netware 4.1, James E. Gaskin, Sybex Press, ISBN 0-7821-1500-4 Inside Netware 4.1, 2nd Ed., Doug Bierer, New Riders Publishing, ISBN 1-56205-534-8 This one has the added benefit of Win95/Client32 support. They both have an execellent index, and are written with a bit of humor and real life experiences that make them more *enjoyable* to read. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:26:38 -0500 From: Chad Barbry Subject: Re: LAN educational materials >I have what I consider to be an overall basic understanding of LAN systems, >but am seeking to learn more about how they work and what constitutes >them. I am looking for books or material on the Web that would be >helpful to me. I don't want anything too basic, like the "Dummy" books, >nor so I want volumous technical materials for the die-hard network > engineer. > >I want to learn more about the descriptions of and relationships between >hubs, routers, bridges, DNS, DSU, TCP/IP, etc. Good diagrams are >useful. > >Could anyone recommend some books and sites on the Web? Thanks. I like the UNLEASHED series by Sams. NETWARE UNLEASHED or maybe even TCP/IP UNLEASHED. The TCP/IP UNLEASHED was surprisingly helpful. Also I like NETWARE FOR PROFESSIONALS by New Riders. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:01:11 -0600 From: Joe Doupnik Subject: Re: NOVELL Digest - 27 Oct 1996 to 28 Oct 1996 - Special issue >>>Can someone please explain to me how does one EFFECTIVLY use the debug >>>utility after an abend ? > >How do I access the debug utility? I've tried on an Elonex-based server >at work, but it won't work - am I pressing the wrong key combination of >ALTs + SHIFTs + CTRLs + SPACE? -------- Two major comments on the NW debugger: 1. Alt + LeftShift + RightShift + Escape is the invokation 2. Please purchase a copy of Novell's "Guide to NetWare 4.1 Networks", by Hughes and Thomas, Novell Press. Do it, you will be happy about it. The debugger is explained therein, plus many other things a manager should know but is afraid to read about (and instead asks an international list). Yes, it's a Novell Press book and thus the signal/noise ratio is not as high as it might be, but this one is a good book. If I bother to comment then there are nuggets of useful information in it. Then, the advice is don't play with the debugger unless you know what you are doing. The mess may be worse afterward. So either learn about it or leave it alone and employ the usual crash crystal ball. Ditto for dsrepair, and the above book spends time on dsrepair. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 01:35:59 -0600 From: Darwin Collins To: netw4-l@bgu.edu Subject: Re: Visual Basic access to NDS For Visual Basic : NetWare Interface for Visual Basic SDK Z-TECH Software 512-495-9101 The Developer's Suite for NetWare Visual Basic v3.0 Edition APIARY, INC. 501-221-3699 ------------------------------ From: "Garry J Scobie, Ext 3360" Organization: Computing Service To: floyd@direct.ca Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:33:59 +0000 Subject: A userful book A very useful book I've just read is Novell's Four Principles of NDS Design by Jeffrey F. Hughes & Blair W. Thomas. This is from Novell Press and the ISBN number is 0-7645-4522-1 This should be required reading for anyone involved with designing or maintaining NDS. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 14:03:50 -0800 From: Randy Grein To: "NetWare 4 list" Subject: Re: NDS novice book >Can anybody reccommend a good book to put me on the right track? >Preferrably a weight tome that covers general 4.1 admin as well as NDS >issues. I generally reccomend Quickpaths to Netware 4.10. Useful as both a resource and educational guide, it's easy to find 90% of what you need in it. --------- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:59:23 -0600 From: Darwin Collins To: netw4-l@bgu.edu Subject: Re: NDS novice book >>Can anybody reccommend a good book to put me on the right track? >>Preferrably a weight tome that covers general 4.1 admin as well as NDS >>issues. > >I generally reccomend Quickpaths to Netware 4.10. Useful as both a >resource and educational guide, it's easy to find 90% of what you need in >it. I loved that book, however I am told that the followup to it by the same author is: Novell's Four Principles Of NDS. ISBN#0-76454-522-1 Author: Jeff Hughes. One source is: http://www.opengroup.com/open/books/1netware.html#0764545221 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:34:52 +0100 From: Peter Graus Subject: Re: Recommendations sought for integrating NT Workstation to NW I searched www.amazon.com's database using "windows netware" and found: Integrating Windows and Netware : A Professional's Guide (J. Ranade Workstation Series); Edward Koop, Wayne Robertson; Paperback; $38.66; Migrating from Netware to Windows Nt; Michael Miller; Paperback; $44.99; Running Windows on Netware : The Definitive Source to Successfully Integrating Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware; Stephen Saxon; Paperback; $33.26; Migrating from Novell Netware to Windows Nt Server 4.0; Sue Plumley; Paperback; $26.96 (Not Yet Published -- On Order); Netware to Windows Nt : Integration and Migration (McGraw-Hill Series on Client/Server Computing); Wayne McKinnon, Arnold Villeneuve; Paperback; $53.96 (Not Yet Published -- On Order) Networking Windows 95 With Netware and Nt Server; Jeff Bankston; Paperback; $40.49 (Not Yet Published -- On Order); Novell's Guide to Integrating Netware Networks With Windows/Book and Disk; Robert B. Noakes; Hardcover; $34.95 (Not Yet Published) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:53:09 -0600 From: Joe Doupnik Subject: Re: Debugger use? >Is there a list of command for use with NetWare 4.11's debugger? ---------- Then to the question. As a matter of fact there is a nice thick chapter on the debugger in the Novell Press book "Novell's Guide to NetWare 4.1 Networks" by Huges and Thomas. That happens to also be a rather good book for NW 4 managers. H&T are members of that "tiger team" I mentioned the other day. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 13:05:48 -0600 From: John Bezy Subject: Scaling NDS A good reference is the book by Jeff Hughes and Blair Thomas, two of the Novell NDS gurus, titled 'Four Principles of NDS Design', published by Novell Press/IDG.... While published in 1996, most everything still applies. There were very few differences presented at BrainShare last week by them. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:31:21 -0600 From: Joe Doupnik Subject: Re: DSTRACE settings >Does anyone have a site for a definitive list of the SET DSTRACE = >settings? ------------- Often cited book "Novell's Guide to NetWare 4.1 Networks" by Huges and Thomas, Novell Press. Joe D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 14:43:18 GMT From: King r Subject: Re: Inheriting a NetWare 3.12 Network There are probably several books you will need to look into. However, one that I think is very helpful for anyone inheriting a LAN is "Managing an Inherited NetWare Network". It's one of those SYBEX Network Press books (ISBN 0-7821-1745-7). It does not give detailed information on NetWare functions, but it tells you more or less what your objectives and priorities should be. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:37:23 -0500 From: Jerry White Subject: NetWare Web Development -Reply >Has anyone read this book? What do think of it ? > >NetWare Web Development, Peter Kuo / Paperback / Published by Sams Net It has been helpful to me. One thing to note: It covers NWS version 2.51, which is not the current version. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:01:27 -0600 From: Dave Kearns Subject: Re: Is this book any good ? >Can anyone tell me if this book is any good as I am trying to keep >costs down in my CNA "quest". It is the CNA Study Guide for Intranetware >by Michael Moncur and James Chellis published by Sybex. While I'm not familiar with the IntranetWare version, I did Tech edit the 4.1 version (I wasn't available when this one was being done) and it was excellent. Both authors do consistently good work so I'd have no fear recommending this. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 22:33:11 +0100 From: "Arthur B." Subject: Re: Info sources, please: switches, hubs, etc on small networks >Would you please suggest good sources of information (books, web >sites, etc) about configuring switches, hubs, NICs and other >components for small Netware networks for good performance. I don't think there's a book thick enough to hold what you ask. Try: A sniffer A couple of good networking courses A testnetwork The documentation that comes with the product The website of the manufacturer of each product Periodic testing Long-term monitoring of the effects of modified tuning parameters And AltaVista... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:07:04 -0700 From: Tim Madden Subject: Re: Elevated Rights: > user and < admin >We have a large lan and a fairly large tree. I would like to be able >to create Operators, container admins, admins with SOME privs but not >SE to the admin object, etc. > >Can anyone point me to a good place to reasearch the details? I have >been to the little red books and dynatext, etc. but little is found. >I would like specifics about objects and object properties, etc... >If anyone can recommend some reference material, I would be most >grateful. I teach from Inside NetWare 4.1, 2nd Ed., Doug Bierer, New Rider's Publishing, and I think it's pretty good. I've also read Novell's Guide to IntranetWare Networks, Novell Press, and The Complete Guide to Netware 4.1, Sybex. They all have their pluses and minuses, and I think it's best to have more than one, but I like the author's attitude and sense of humor in the last one. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 11:32:47 -0500 From: Claude Deslandes Subject: FREE On-Line Novell 3.12 Guide ! 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