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Your Macintosh has built-in networking ports so that you can connect it to a
network that consists of as few as two computers or as many as thousands or
even millions of computers and other devices. The network allows you and
the other people connected to it to share information, access remote services,
and share computing resources such as printers and modems.
A network extends the features of your Macintosh by extending your reach to
the services and resources provided on the network. For example, by itself,
your computer lets you store, retrieve, and modify information on hard disks
and floppy disks. On a network, however, you can also store and retrieve
information on servers, access information that other people have stored on
their computers, and use electronic mail and other network services.
You can connect your Macintosh to a LocalTalk network and to a high-speed
Ethernet network. You can also purchase peripheral component interconnect
(PCI) cards for alternative networks such as TokenRing, ISDN, and Fiber
Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).
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Connecting Your Computer to a Network
Read this chapter for information on
physically connecting and configuring
your computer to work on a network.