Sharing information, resources, and ideas can greatly enhance your productivity and save you money in the end. Networking your small office will make it possible for employees to share everything from modems and printers, to documents and databases.

The latest trend in small business LANs is do-it-yourself networking kits. These low-cost kits run on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT; both have built-in networking capabilities that eliminate the need for a separate network operating system.

HARDWARE
From routers to servers, the right hardware will keep your network at peak performance.

Network all-in-one
The Technauts eServer 152-E provides all the services your small network needs -- and it runs on Linux.

Business guide to networking
Let us help you decide what equipment to buy and how to tie it all together.

Home LANs
With prices as low as $90, these eleven SOHO networking kits are the solution for file and Internet sharing.

Print servers
Today's print servers make sharing printers on the LAN easier to configure and less expensive than ever before.

SOFTWARE
Security and traffic monitoring tools will ensure that your network is running smoothly.

BackOffice SBS looks suite
The latest beta of Microsoft Corp.'s BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 is far easier to set up and use than the year-and-a-half-old initial release, SBS 4.0.

Big profits with software servers
Ring up big profits with small office software servers from two big names.

NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS
Whether you choose Windows NT, NetWare or any other NOS, we've got the information you need to run your network.

Small shops get help from Novell
The latest version of NetWare for Small Business does a good job of bundling more-powerful features into the suite while keeping the basic services reasonably easy for you to use.

Win2000: Later '99 (and counting)
Can Microsoft beat the Year 2000 budget blues? Time's running out.

Novell's NetWare Turns 5
The newest version of Novell's NetWare strives to broaden its scope and stay ahead of the competition.

Is Linux the answer?
Windows drives you nuts, but do you really have an alternative? It's still Unix, but Linux is free and it works (sort of).

PERIPHERALS and INFRASTRUCTURE
Keep your users happy with the right resource-sharing tools, and keep your network manager happy with the right management tools.

Network in a Box
Network kits provide all you need to create a small-office network out of two or three PCs. But how easy are they to install?

Personal ISDN routers
These kinder, gentler ISDN routers let you share connections across a small office or home LAN.