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PublisherAddison Wesley Professional

ISBN-100201750783

ISBN-139780201750782

eBay Product ID (ePID)2300750

Product Key Features

Number of Pages880 Pages

Publication NamePractical Tcp/IP : Designing, Using, and Troubleshooting Tcp/IP Networks on Linux (R) and Windows (R)

LanguageEnglish

SubjectNetworking / Network Protocols

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

AuthorNiall Mansfield

Subject AreaComputers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight45.2 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-044564

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal004.6/2

Table Of ContentPreface PART 1 HOW AND WHY PACKETS MOVE ON THE NETWORK 1 The tcpdump packet sniffer - your eyes and ears on the network 2 How packets move on the local wire 3 Basic routing - how packets move from this network to another network connected to it 4 IP addressing and netmasks in detail 5 Routing in detail - controlling how and where packets pass in and out of your networks 6 Routing in practice 7 The DNS - names instead of IP addresses 8 The DNS (2) - how the servers work PART 2 END-USER AND SYSTEM APPLICATIONS 9 Troubleshooting the DNS 10 The TCP protocol; the applications layer and the telnet application 11 E-mail - SMTP and POP3 12 E-mail - MIME, IMAP; other mail systems 13 The ethereal protocol analyzer and ngrep packet sniffer HTTP and the World Wide WebUDP and other protocols 14. DHCP - automating your TCP/IP client management 15. Other applications and their protocols PART 3 MICROSOFT WINDOWS NETWORKING ON A TCP/IP NETWORK 16. MS Windows Networking - introduction 17. Windows Networking - name resolution 18. Windows Networking - logon and domains 19. Windows Networking - browsing the network 20. Using Windows Networking PART 4 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET. INTERNET SECURITY 21. Connecting your site to the Internet 22. Firewalls 23. Other security services 24. Dial-up networking and PPP 25. VPN - virtual private networking Epilog

SynopsisAn accessible and practical 'why and how-to' of Lan and Internet networking for Linux and Windows. Tells you how to build a working network of any size, from just two computers joined together, to a large company network. Explains how TCP/IP networks work, and how all the important protocols and applications operate - e-mail, Web, FTP etc. Shows how to diagnose problems and how to fix them, offering a unique and practical troubleshooting 'methodology.' Useful to everyone - network managers, system administrators, other computing professionals, students and users with home networks. Copiously illustrated with screenshots and/or diagrams on almost every page. Audience: The primary audience for this book includes those who use TCP/IP networks every day, those who manage or build networks, and those responsible for an organizations applications and systems as a whole. User Level: Intermediate Author Biography: Niall Mansfield is Technical Director at UIT Cambridge. Niall specializes in firewalls, e-mail and internet security. One of Niall's recent projects included setting up the Internet and Web Systems for a world-wide financial newspaper. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books from Addison Wesley: The Joy of X, an overview of the X window system and The X Window System, a user's guide., A practical why and how-to of LAN and Internet networking for Linux and Windows. The text explains: how to build a network of any size; how TCP/IP networks work; and how to diagnose problems and how fix them, offering a practical troubleshooting methodology.

LC Classification NumberTK5105.585.M36 2003