TCP/IP for dummies

Packed with the latest information on TCP/IP standards and protocols TCP/IP is a hot topic, because it's the glue that holds the Internet and the Web together, and network administrators need to stay on top of the latest developments. TCP/IP For Dummies, 6th Edition, is both an introduction to...

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Otros Autores: Wilensky, Marshall (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley c2009.
Edición:6th ed
Colección:--For dummies.
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  • TCP/IP for Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors' Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: TCP/IP from Names to Addresses; Chapter 1: Understanding TCP/IP Basics; Following Rules for the Internet: TCP/IP Protocols; Examining Other Standards Organizations That Add to the Rules; Distinguishing Between the Internet, an Internet, and an Intranet; Extending Intranets to Extranets; Introducing Virtual Private Networks
  • Exploring Geographically Based NetworksChapter 2: Layering TCP/IP Protocols; Taking a Timeout for Hardware; Stacking the TCP/IP Layers; Chewing through Network Layers: A Packet's Journey; Plowing through the Protocol List (In Case You Thought Only Two Existed); Chapter 3: Serving Up Clients and Servers; Understanding the Server Side; Understanding the Client Side; Answering the Question "Are You Being Served?"; Supporting TCP/IP with Client/Server and Vice Versa; Recognizing Other Internetworking Styles: Peer-to-Peer Computing; Chapter 4: Nice Names and Appetizing Addresses
  • What Did You Say Your Host's Name Is?Taking a Closer Look at IP Addresses; Savoring Classful Addressing; Recognizing the Parts of an IP Address; Biting Down on Bits and Bytes; Obtaining an IP Address; Resolving Names and Addresses with DNS; Describing Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs); Determining Whether the Internet Will Ever Fill Up; Dishing Up More Kinds of Addresses; Chapter 5: Need More Addresses? Try Subnetting and NAT; Working with Subnets and Subnet Masks; Letting the DHCP Protocol Do the Work for You; Sharing Addresses with Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Part II: Getting ConnectedChapter 6: Configuring a TCP/IP Network - the Software Side; Installing TCP/IP? Probably Not; Six Steps to a Complete TCP/IP Configuration; Setting TCP/IP Client Properties; Setting TCP/IP Server Properties; Installing TCP/IP from Scratch; Feasting on Network Files; Daemons Aren't Devils; Chapter 7: Networking SOHO with Wireless; Gulping the Minimum Hardware Details; Setting Up a Home Wireless Network in Four Steps; Securing Your Network; Broadband for Everyone? We Hope; Chapter 8: Advancing into Routing Protocols; Understanding Routing Lingo
  • Routing Through the Layers - the Journey of a PacketGetting a Handle on How Routers Work; Getting Started with Routers; Swallowing Routing Protocols; Understanding How BGP Routers Work; Juicing Up Routing with CIDR; C Is for Classless; Securing Your Router; Chapter 9: IPv6: IP on Steroids; Say Hello to IPv6; If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It - Unless It Can Be Improved; Wow! Eight Sections in an IPv6 Address?; Special IPv6 Addresses; IPv6 - and the Using Is Easy; IPv6 Installation; Other Delicious IPv6 Morsels; Share the Planet - IPv6 and IPv4 Can Coexist; Whew - You Made It!
  • Chapter 10: Serving Up DNS (The Domain Name System)