How to use /Network/Library/Fonts

I have several computers (some running OSX 10.5, some 10.4) connected on a home LAN. I'd like to centralize my font management so I don't have to manually install fonts on every machine.
Apple suggests I could put all my fonts in /Network/Library/Fonts and have them shared among the computers, but doesn't give any details: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2435
I see that all my machines have a /Network directory, but it's empty. Anyone know how I can set this up? Thanks!!

Hi
The KB article says:
+"The Network folder is for fonts shared among all users of a local area network. This feature is normally used on network file servers, under the control of a network administrator."+
For this to work the way you want it to you would need OSX Server. There may be someone who could possibly outline how this can be done in a non-server environment (doubtful) over on the Server Forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=96
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