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Windows NT gives you flexibility in how you apply its administration tools. The system administration utilities that are included with each Windows NT 4.0 platform for administration work across the LAN, and across a RAS connection. Therefore, you can manage remote domains and resources through a dialup connection to the remote network.
The tools for managing Windows NT from a Windows NT platform include:
In addition to the administration tools for the Windows NT platforms, Windows NT Server includes Windows 95-based versions of Event Viewer, Server Manager, and User Manager. These tools enable you to manage a remote Windows NT server or workstation across the LAN or a dialup connection from a Windows 95 workstation.
The Windows NT versions of the system administration tools are installed automatically when you install Windows NT. If you need to install them separately, the files are located on the Windows NT Server CD in the \CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\WINNT folder. This folder contains folders for each of the supported Windows NT platforms. To install the Windows NT server tools, open the \CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\WINNT folder and execute SETUP.BAT.
The Windows 95-based versions of the Windows NT system administration tools are located in the \CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\WIN95 folder on the Windows NT Server CD. To install the tools under Windows 95, follow these steps:
2. Click the Windows Setup tab to display the Windows Setup page.
3. Choose the Have Disk button to display the Have Disk dialog box.
4. Type (or browse to) the \CLIENTS\SRVTOOLS\WIN95 path on the Windows NT Server CD, select the folder, and choose OK twice.
5. In the Have Disk dialog box, select the Windows NT Server Tools check box and then choose Install.
After you install the administration tools, you'll find shortcuts to the tools in the Start menu. To access these shortcuts, open the Start menu and choose Programs, Windows NT Server Tools.
You can use the Windows NT administration tools across the LAN by simply opening the needed utility and then specifying which workstation, server, or domain you want to manage. If you want to manage a system through a dialup connection, however, you first must establish a connection to the remote LAN. The following sections briefly explain how to connect from Windows NT and Windows 95 computers.
To connect to a remote server by using Windows NT Workstation or Server, create a RAS connection to the server. For an explanation of RAS and how to create dialup connections, see Chapter 15, "Using Remote Access Service (RAS)."
If you haven't already done so, you need to create a Dialup Networking connection to the remote LAN containing the computer or domain you want to administer. To create a new connection to a RAS server on the remote LAN, follow these steps on the Windows 95 workstation:
2. Open My Computer and double-click the Dialup Networking folder.
3. Double-click the Make New Connection icon. Windows 95 displays the Make New Connection Wizard (see Figure 19.1).
Specify a name and modem for the remote connection.
5. Enter the area code and phone number for the remote dialup server in the Area Code and Telephone Number text boxes (see Figure 19.2). From the Country Code drop-down list, select the country in which the server is located, and then choose Next.
6. Choose Finish to create the new connection and close the wizard.
7. In the Dialup Networking folder, right-click the connection you just created and choose Properties.
8. Click the Server Type button to open the Server Types dialog box (see Figure 19.3).
9. Select the PPP option from the Type of Dialup Server drop-down list.
Specify the area code and phone number for the connection.
Use the Server Types dialog box to set protocol and other connection options.
NOTE: Although Windows NT 4.0 is not listed in the PPP option along with Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, and Internet, Windows NT 4.0 uses the same PPP protocol for remote access as these other systems.
11. In the Allowed Network Protocols group, select the protocols you will need for the connection. If you're connecting only to administer the remote network, domain, and workstations, you only need to select the NetBEUI check box. Note, however, that the protocol you choose for the connection must be enabled by the RAS server to which you're connecting. If the remote server is configured to only support TCP/IP for dial-in, for example, you must use TCP/IP for your connection.
TIP: If you're using TCP/IP for your remote connection, you can use settings for the remote connection that are different from your local TCP/IP settings. To specify TCP/IP settings for the connection, click the TCP/IP Settings button to display the TCP/IP Settings dialog box (see Figure 19.4). Set the desired settings, and then choose OK.
Enter TCP/IP settings for the connection in the TCP/IP Settings dialog box.
When you need to connect to the remote network to administer its systems, open the Dialup Networking folder on your Windows 95 computer and double-click the connection's icon. After the connection is established, you can start the administration tools and connect to workstations, servers, and domains on the remote LAN.
The Windows NT Server Resource Kit comes with a set of administration tools that you can use to administer a server via the Web. It supports a limited set of administration tasks that you can perform when you don't have access to your normal tools. To install Web Administration, launch \apps\webadmin\setup.exe on the Resource Kit's CD. You must have previously installed the Internet Information Server in order to use Web Administration. Here's what you can do with this set of tools:
TIP: See \APPS\WEBADMIN\README.DOC on the Windows NT Server Resource Kit's CD to learn more about how to use Web Administration.
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