Sams teach yourself TCP/IP in 24 hours / Joe Casad.
By: Casad, Joe
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BookPublisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams Publishing, 2001Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0672320851.Other title: Teach yourself TCP/IP in twenty-four hours.Subject(s): TCP/IP (Computer network protocol)DDC classification: 005.71376
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This title seeks to cover developments in the TCP/IP protocol suite and the network services that rely on it - like Dynamic DNS and IPv6. It contains detailed examples and real world analogies to assist in conveying this relatively difficult subject.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- 1 TCP/IP BASICS
- Hour 1 What Is TCP/IP?
- Networks and Protocols
- The Development of TCP/IP
- TCP/IP Features
- Standards Organizations and RFCs
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 2 How TCP/IP Works
- The TCP/IP Protocol System
- TCP/IP and the OSI Model
- Data Packages
- A Quick Look at TCP/IP Networking
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- 2 The TCP/IP Protocol System
- Hour 3 The Network Access Layer
- Protocols and Hardware
- The Network Access Layer and the OSI Model
- Network Architecture
- Physical Addressing
- Anatomy of a Frame
- LAN Technologies
- Other Network-Access Technologies
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 4 The Internet Layer
- Addressing and Delivering
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- RARP
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Key Terms
- Hour 5 Subnetting
- Subnets in TCP/IP
- Converting a Subnet Mask to Dotted Decimal Notation
- Working with Subnets
- Classless Internet Domain Routing
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 6 The Transport Layer
- Introducing the Transport Layer
- Transport Layer Concepts
- Understanding TCP and UDP
- A Note About Firewalls
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 7 The Application Layer
- What Is the Application Layer?
- The TCP/IP Application Layer and OSI
- Network Services
- APIs and the Application Layer
- Operating Environments and the Application Layer
- TCP/IP Utilities
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 8 Dial-Up TCP/IP
- A Look at Modems
- Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
- Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- 3 Networking With TCP/IP
- Hour 9 Network Hardware
- Divided Networks
- Routing in TCP/IP
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 10 Routing
- Introduction to Routing in TCP/IP
- Recapping Routers
- Routing on Complex Networks
- Examining Interior Routers
- Classless Routing
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 11 Name Resolution
- What Is Name Resolution?
- Name Resolution Using Hosts Files
- DNS Name Resolution
- Registering a Domain
- Managing DNS
- Dynamic DNS
- NetBIOS Name Resolution
- Methods for NetBIOS Name Resolution
- Testing NetBIOS Name Resolution
- Other Name Resolution Services
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Key Terms
- Hour 12 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- The Case for Server-Supplied IP Addresses
- What Is DHCP?
- How DHCP Works
- Configuring DHCP
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- 4 TCP/IP Utilities
- Hour 13 Connectivity Utilities
- Connectivity Problems
- Protocol Dysfunction and Misconfiguration
- Line Problems
- Name Resolution Problems
- Network Performance Problems
- Traceroute
- Using Connectivity Utilities to Troubleshoot Problems
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Key Terms
- Hour 14 File Transfer and Access Utilities
- File Transfer Protocol
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- Remote Copy
- Integrating Network File Access
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Key Terms
- Hour 15 Remote Access Utilities
- Telnet
- Berkeley Remote Utilities
- New Directions in Remote Access
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- 5 TCP/IP and the Internet
- Hour 16 The Internet: A Closer Look
- How the Internet Looks
- What Happens on the Internet
- Summary
- Q&A
- Key Terms
- Hour 17 HTTP, HTML, and the World Wide Web
- What Is the World Wide Web?
- A Closer Look at URLs
- Understanding HTML
- Understanding HTTP
- Advanced HTML Techniques
- XML
- The New Web
- Summary
- Q&A
- Workshop
- Key Terms
- Hour 18 Email
- What Is Email?
- How Email Looks
- How Email Works
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SM
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Joe Casad is an engineer who has written widely on PC networking and system administration. He has written twelve books on computers and networking, including MCSE Windows NT Server and Workstation Study Guide, MCSE Networking Essentials Training Guide, Windows NT Server 4.0 Professional Reference and Windows 98 Professional Reference. He is the former managing editor of the Network Administrator magazine and currently the Senior Editor of UNIX Review and Technical Editor of SysAdmin magazine. Joe also has a gift of being able to present difficult topics in an understandable manner.