TCP/IP For Windows 2000 - Softcover

Houde, Dave; Hoffman, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130281603 ISBN 13: 9780130281609

Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr, 2001

Synopsis

Introducing basic TCP/IP concepts and offering an overview of Windows 2000 and Active Directory, this book describes the procedures for network administration. The book covers IP addressing, subnetting, IP routing, implementing Windows Internet name service, network browsing, connectivity, management protocol, and troubleshooting. It also describes the principles of TC/IP architecture, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, host name resolution, domain name system, DNS, IPSec, and RRAS. Houde is an engineer. Hoffman is a trainer and consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

DAVE HOUDE is senior engineer for Alida Connection, a leading technology training and consulting firm based in Nashua, NH. TIM HOFFMAN is President of Alida Connection. Together, they have co-authored three Prentice Hall PTR books: MCSE: Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, MCSE: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, and Network+ Certification.

From the Back Cover

The hands-on, Windows 2000-focused guide to TCP/IP.

Running TCP/IP on Windows 2000 presents unique challenges and opportunities that simply don't apply in other environments. Now there's a book that explains TCP/IP from a Windows 2000 point of view. TCP/IP for Windows 2000 explains fundamental TCP/IP concepts with exceptional detail and clarity, and delivers practical, hands-on guidance for planning and deploying TCP/IP using Windows 2000 and Active Directory. From addressing to routing, architecture to troubleshooting, this book's step-by-step procedures and exercises will give the skill you need to deploy and maintain any Windows 2000 TCP/IP network.

• A detailed, Windows-focused overview of TCP/IP's capabilities and architecture
• Key concepts and techniques for IP addressing and routing
• Detailed, step-by-step coverage of deploying DNS and DHCP
• Proven solutions for integrating DNS with Windows 2000 Active Directory
• Implementing Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)—in depth, from start to finish
• Building secure VPNs with Windows 2000
• Running NetBIOS over TCP/IP
• Using WINS in mixed environments with older Windows clients

TCP/IP for Windows 2000 offers detailed procedures for every key Windows 2000 TCP/IP network administration task: what to click, where to find it, and how to customize your network to your unique needs. Whether you're building from scratch, migrating from NT4, or introducing Windows 2000 into a heterogeneous environment, you won't find a more useful book.

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Introduction

When Microsoft launched Windows 2000 in February 2000, it sharply altered the way we're required to support local network operations. While earlier versions of Windows products can communicate on the local area network (LAN) using simple broadcast level protocols (e.g., NetBEUI), Windows 2000 and its Active Directory add a new dimension of capability and complexity to networking. A Windows 2000 network administrator must be comfortable and familiar with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and the Domain Name System (DNS) just to get the Active Directory to function on his or her LAN. The reward for his or her effort in successfully creating a Windows 2000 networking environment is a robust Windows 2000 Active Directory domain with unparalleled scalability, extensibility, and interoperability.

This book begins with the basics of TCP/IP—information that would apply to any TCP/IP installation on any platform. Following a discussion of the TCP/IP protocol suite, we discuss key issues such as TCP/IP networks, subnetting, routing, and name resolution. We provide a primer on the Windows 2000 Active Directory and launch into Windows 2000 specific implementations of Windows Internet Name Service, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and DNSystem. The coverage of these Windows 2000-specific network services will provide the background to effectively plan and manage a Windows 2000 network on the LAN, over a wide area network (WAN), through a company intranet, and on the Internet.

Chapter 14 provides very comprehensive coverage of the Windows 2000 Internet Protocol Security and Routing and Remote Access Service. These advanced subjects will permit the administrator to provide routing, virtual private networking, and dial-up access to his or her Windows 2000 network while ensuring tight network security.

The book concludes with a good look at heterogeneous connectivity and troubleshooting—two more areas that apply to TCP/IP on Windows 2000 or any other TCP/IP-based platform.

If you need to learn about the inner workings of TCP/IP or if you want to update your TCP/IP knowledge to ensure you can be fully functional in today's robust and flexible Windows 2000 environment, mastery of the subjects covered in this book is essential. Good reading!

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130281603
• ISBN 13: 9780130281609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 501