Book description
This book helps certified Solaris System Administrators pass the Network Administrator exam. This exam is rapidly increasing in popularity.
This book follows the successful Training Guide format, which delivers superior solutions in the form of lab examples, self-assessment opportunities, summary tables, and several effective learning tools - including ExamGear -- that enhance the learning experience.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Technical Editors
- Acknowledgments
- A Message from New Riders
- Visit Our Web Site
- Call Us or Fax Us
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction to Computer Networks
-
The TCP/IP Protocol
- INTRODUCTION
- THE TCP/IP SUITE OF PROTOCOLS
- HISTORY OFTHE INTERNET AND TCP/IP
- INTRODUCTION TO TCP/IP
- IP ADDRESSES
- STRUCTURE OF AN IP HEADER
- THE INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL (ICMP)
- CONFIGURING NETWORK INTERFACES IN SOLARIS
- IP FRAGMENTATION, REASSEMBLY, FLOW CONTROL, TOS, AND TTL
- IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION TROUBLESHOOTING COMMANDS
- FINE-TUNING TCP IN SOLARIS
- MAPPING IP ADDRESSES TO MAC ADDRESSES
- CASE STUDY: THE BOOTA RESEARCH INC. NETWORK INSTALLATION
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
-
Routing in TCP/IP Networks
- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION TO ROUTING IN TCP/IP NETWORKS
- PLANNING TCP/IP NETWORKS
- NETWORK ADDRESSES AND COMMUNICATION AMONG DIFFERENT NETWORKS
- TYPES OF ROUTING
- CONFIGURING RIP AND RDISC
- ROUTING STARTUP AND CONFIGURATION FILES
- IP FORWARDING
- COMMON ROUTING PROBLEMS
- TROUBLESHOOTING COMMANDS
- CASE STUDY: NETWORK EXPANSION FOR TEENDA INC.
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- The Client-Server World: Ports and Sockets
-
Configuring and Managing the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION TO DHCP
- BOOTING A WORKSTATION USING DHCP
- DHCP IP ADDRESS ALLOCATION TYPES
- PLANNING DHCP DEPLOYMENT
- CONFIGURING DHCP USING THE dhcpmgr UTILITY
- USING dhcpconfig TO CONFIGURE DHCP
- AUTOMATIC STARTUP OF DHCP SERVER
- UNCONFIGURING DHCP SERVICES
- SETTING NON-DEFAULT SERVER OPTIONS
- CONFIGURING THE DHCP RELAY AGENT
- CONFIGURING THE DHCP CLIENT
- TROUBLESHOOTING DHCP
- CASE STUDY: GROWING NETWORK OF BOOTA INC.
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Network Management with SNMP
-
Configuring and Managing Domain Name Server
- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION TO HOSTNAME RESOLUTION
- REVERSE HOSTNAME RESOLUTION
- USING THE /etc/inet/hosts FILE
- INTRODUCTION TO DNS (DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM)
- TYPES OF DOMAIN NAME SERVERS
- CONFIGURING THE DOMAIN NAME SERVER
- CONFIGURING THE DNS CLIENT
- SECURING THE DNS SERVER
- DNS TROUBLESHOOTING
- CASE STUDY: SPLIT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Network Time Protocol
-
Introduction to IPv6
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE IPV6 PROTOCOL
- STRUCTURE OF IPV6 ADDRESSES
- IPV6 HEADER COMPOSITION
- INTRODUCTION TO ICMPV6
- CONFIGURING IPV6 ADDRESSES IN SOLARIS
- USING NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING COMMANDS WITH IPV6 ADDRESSES
- CHANGES IN THE /etc/inetd.conf CONFIGURATION FILE
- CASE STUDY: IPV6 TEST EXPERIMENTAL NETWORK (BOOTA INC.)
- CHAPTER SUMMARY
- APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
- Fast Facts Solaris 8 Network Administrator Certification Exam
- Study and Exam Prep Tips
- Practice Exam
- Glossary
- Overview of the Certification Process
- What’s on the CD-ROM
-
Using the ExamGear, Training Guide Edition Software
- EXAM SIMULATION
- STUDY TOOLS
- HOW EXAMGEAR, TRAINING GUIDE EDITION WORKS
- INSTALLING AND REGISTERING EXAMGEAR, TRAINING GUIDE EDITION
- USING EXAMGEAR, TRAINING GUIDE EDITION
- CHECKING THE WEB SITE
- OBTAINING UPDATES
- CONTACTING NEW RIDERS PUBLISHING
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
- LICENSE
- SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION
- LICENSE TERM AND CHARGES
- TITLE
- UPDATES
- LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- MISCELLANEOUS
- U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS
- Answers to Sample Exam Questions
- List of RFCs
Product information
- Title: Solaris™ 8 Network Administrator Certification Training Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2001
- Publisher(s): Pearson IT Certification
- ISBN: 9781578702619
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