This book is divided into three parts: fundamental concepts, tutorial, and reference. The first three chapters are a basic discussion of the TCP/IP protocols and services. This discussion provides the fundamental concepts necessary to understand the rest of the book. The remaining chapters provide a how-to tutorial. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 discuss how to plan a network installation and configure the basic software necessary to get a network running. Chapter 6 through Chapter 10 discuss how to set up various important network services. The final chapters, Chapter 11 through Chapter 13, cover how to perform the ongoing tasks that are essential for a reliable network: troubleshooting, security, and keeping up with changing network information. The book concludes with four appendixes that are technical references for important configuration files.
This book contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1 gives the history of TCP/IP, a description of the structure of the protocol architecture, and a basic explanation of how the protocols function.
Chapter 2 describes addressing, and how data passes through a network to reach the proper destination.
Chapter 3 discusses the relationship between clients and server systems, and the various services that are central to the function of a modern internet.
Chapter 4 begins the discussion of network setup and configuration. This chapter discusses the preliminary configuration planning needed before you configure the systems on your network.
Chapter 5 provides details of how NT TCP/IP is installed and configured. This chapter describes the various dialogues used to configure TCP/IP, and the meaning and use of all of the configuration choices available in those dialogues.
Chapter 6 describes how to install and configure the Windows NT DHCP server.
Chapter 7 describes how to administer the WINS name server program that converts NetBIOS computer names to Internet addresses.
Chapter 8 describes how to configure the Microsoft DNS name server program that converts TCP/IP host names to IP addresses.
Chapter 9 describes how to install and configure the RRAS software that permits a Windows NT server to run a wide variety of TCP/IP routing protocols. In addition to providing advanced routing support, RRAS is used to turn an NT server into a PPP server for remote dial-up Internet access. RRAS also provides the security protocols needed to create encrypted connections.
Chapter 10 describes how to install and configure the IIS software. IIS is the heart of any Internet server built on a Windows NT system. The Internet Information Server software provides Web services, an FTP server, an SMTP email server, and more.
Chapter 11 tells you what to do when something goes wrong. It describes the techniques and tools used to monitor the system and troubleshoot it when problems develop.
Chapter 12 discusses how to live on the Internet without excessive risk. This chapter covers the security threats brought by the network, and the plans and preparations you can make to meet those threats.
Chapter 13 describes the information resources available on the Internet and how you can make use of them.
Appendix A is a reference guide to the scripting language used on a Windows NT system to create dial-up serial connections for PPP.
Appendix B is a reference for the records used to build a Domain Name Service database.
Appendix C is a reference for the configuration parameters that a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server can provide to configure a client.
Appendix D provides a detailed description of the interior routing protocols most commonly used on enterprise networks.
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