Conclusion

By now you should have a fully functional Samba-based network that is suitable for the small office or home. If the network is located in the home, you may want to hide your server where it is less intrusive due to its physical presence or to the noise of its power supply fan or hard drive. A wireless network in some cases would be ideal. Chapter 13, "Linux Wireless Networking," discusses how to configure wireless NICs in Linux servers for this very reason.