It is now possible to share more than just communications facilities and storage through our networks. More and more, devices that were once connected to file servers or workstations are being connected directly to networks. This has the major advantage of removing the processing load from either the file server or the workstation. It also removes the greatest cause of problems - the workstation user.

In this article we will discuss how to plan for the installation of network peripherals. We will also look at administering the peripherals to reduce downtime and solve problems efficiently.