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4 Miscellaneous
- Q4.2 Can u list some books on intranets ?
books on intranets
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- Q4.3 What is an Extranet? How this is any different from intranet ?
Loosely defined, an extranet is an intranet extended beyond the corporate
boundaries. When selective access is provided to entities outside the
organization and intranet becomes an extranet. For ex. if your company
allows its suppliers, clients etc. to have access to your intranet, its an
extranet. Access would of course be restricted by security means like
userids and passwords, encryption techniques etc.
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- Q4.4 Mac & TCP/IP
Q. Can you connect Mac and Win95 using TCP/IP? I have a Mac and Win95 machines and want to connect those two. Is it possible? How much will it cost to do that?
A. If both machines have Ethernet connectivity, then you have all the things
you need.
Both must have a Ethernet adapter and cables connecting the two. Then,
get a web server or FTP server software for either computer. There are
some free servers out on the Internet, check out www.shareware.com.
Now that one of the computers can be a server, the other needs client
software to access the server.
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- Q4.5 Intranet on bibliography
Q. I would like to know if and how Intranet can be used for bibliographic instruction?
A. If bibliographic instruction can be put on a web server, then Yes!
IntraNets are the application of Internet technology to a private
network. A web server just for employee use is an example.
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- Q4.6 Configure MAC & PC
Q. How do you configure the clients of both MAC and PC running TCP/IP ?
Netmask ?? 255.255.255.0 ?
How about DNS ?
How about IP addresses ?
A. This reply assumes a network with only these two computers.
Netmask of 255.255.255.0 is appropriate. This mask allows 254 computers on
the same network segment. You don't want it any larger and smaller would
be a hassle.
IP address are up to you BUT, if you pick a address that is in use on the
Internet, your computer can't access a computer with the same address on
the Internet. RFC 1597 recommends a address in the range of 176.16.x.x ,
where x is a number between 1 and 254.
DNS server is not necessary for a 2 computer network, use a host file on
each computer instead. An example hosts file is in the Mac's System
folder and HOSTS.SAM in your windows directory.
To best reply, I need to know how many computers and how are they
networked now.
If these computers are not connected to the Internet, use the range "RFC
1597 Private Addresses" suggests - 176.16.x.x with a netmask of
255.255.255.0 (x = 1-254). You can still uses the RFC 1597 address when
you connect to the Internet. But your firewall must provide network
address translation. (It's a common feature)
For a medium network of computers you will need a DNS server. You can get
software for Windows 3 , Win95, and WinNT to run a DNS server on a PC.
Any Unix computer will run DNS also. I haven't seen DNS servers for Macs,
but I haven't looked recently.
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- Q4.7 Browsers & protocols
Q. Does any of the Web Browsers uses protocols other than TCP/IP, like
NETBUI, AppleTalk etc, for their communication between the browser and the HTTP servers?
A. To my knowledge, all browsers use TCP/IP as that is the protocol of the
Web/Internet. You may want to post your question to the newsgroup
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc, but first check their FAQ at
http://www.boutell.com/faq/
DNS is a common protocol. Any computer with a DNS client can request DNS
information from and DNS server - regardless of what kind of computers
they are.
Your network manager should know these details. If you are the network
manager, you should start reading up on TCP/IP networking. Microsoft has
some good papers on TCP/IP on their web site. Go to www.mircosoft.com and
search for TCP/IP Name Resolution.
DISCLAIMER-- This advice is based on common assumptions and may not be
the best for your network (esp. if you have Routers or more than 200
computers). Seek the advice of professionals who will fully investigate
your needs. This advice is free and is limited to a simple reply to an
email request. If you need more help, reply to me and I'll send you a
longer email with some detailed questions.
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- Q4.8 Easy way to HTML conversion
Q. As a large corporation we have hundreds of reports that are printed from our mainframe, Lan's, etc.. These reports are written in various languages and run frequently. Most corporations are interested in exploring the possibility of putting this output on their Intranet. But how would they do this without modifying every single program to wrap HTML code around it? Or somehow storing the output as an image file through some sort of driver?
A. We have been doing some research on similar grounds. The best I have been able to come up with so far is that some reporting tools (crystal reports, MS
Access report writer etc.) are now providing an option where you can send the
output to an HTML file instead of the printer.
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