The longer a network is in place and functioning properly, the more your organization might want to expand its features and services. Initially, you can increase network population by adding new hosts and expanding network services by providing additional shared software. But eventually, a single network will expand to the point where it can no longer operate efficiently. That is when it must enter the fourth phase of the network administration cycle: expansion.
Several options are available for expanding your network:
- Setting up a new network and connecting it to the existing network using a machine functioning as a router, thus creating an internetwork
- Configuring machines in users’ homes or in remote office sites and enabling these machines to connect over telephone lines to your network
- Connecting your network to the Internet, thus enabling users on your network to retrieve information from other systems throughout the world
- Configuring UUCP communications, enabling users to exchange files and electronic mail with remote machines
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