Book details of 'TCP/IP with Windows NT Illustrated'

Title	TCP/IP with Windows NT Illustrated
Author(s)	Teresa Bisaillon, Brad Werner
ISBN	0079136486
Language	English
Published	February 1998
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Professional

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
The myth states that Windows NT has made IP networking easy to use. A number of authors have bought into this idea, and fail to provide enough background and help for the sysadmin who may be experienced in other aspects of networking but has not yet worked with connecting to the Internet. Bisaillon and Werner have produced a work that thoroughly explains the background concepts of IP networking, and details the tools used with it under Windows NT. Part one is a general background and foundation review for TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and Windows NT networking. The TCP/IP architecture information presented in chapter one is a clear, readable, and excellent overview. Some might think that the level of detail included is excessive for an introduction, but the presentation is so lucid that the added information only serves to aid understanding of the concepts involved. Chapter two does the same for IP addressing and datagram transmission. All NT networking, and internetworking management books mention IP subnetting, but chapter three shows you how, and why, to make it work for you. The discussion of Windows NT networking in chapter four is so deep under the hood that it is fairly generic. The explanation of the action of the Windows Sockets Library, however, will be achingly familiar to those who have tried to explore the setup of NT's networking on their own. Chapter five provides full and detailed instructions on the setup and configuration of TCP/IP on WinNT. Part two, then, looks at even more details. Chapter six introduces the ultimate level of detail: packet level traffic analysis using the Network Monitor program. Chapter seven begins to explore how NT Server can function as a low end IP router, including the use of some basic troubleshooting utilities not commonly advertised. Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) can extend the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) to version two, and its installation and configuration is covered in chapter eight. Chapter nine then deals with remote access to the corporate network through dialin lines. Secure access to a secure network over unsecured channels can be achieved through the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), as is explained in chapter ten. Chapter eleven provides specifics on the function and operation of domain name resolution under NT. Win NT can also function, as chapter twelve points out, as a proxy server, and even a limited firewall. The Domain Name System (DNS) is revisited in chapter thirteen to look at more advanced functions and features. Chapter fourteen extends security with a quick (but quite serviceable) backgrounder in cryptography, and then an overview of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) for use with the Web. Allocation of IP addresses via the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is covered in chapter fifteen. This, and the following chapter sixteen on NetBIOS name resolution and the Windows Internet Name Server (WINS) are exemplars of how far removed this book is from the run of the mill repetitions of the "use this dialogue box" style of NT networking documentation, providing thorough and useful explanations of what is going on and why. Finally, chapter seventeen looks at a topic which few authors dare to mention, the rather ironically named Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and does a pretty good job of keeping the explanation simple. The book may not always provide everything necessary for working with a given topic, but it comes close. And, in case the reader does need more information, each chapter ends with a brief list of solid references. I have no problem recommending this work to anyone interested in IP networking with NT. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1998
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Installation of the Microsoft Windows NT operating system typically changes the existing TCP/IP configuration-and leaves users wrestling with a torrent of new problems. This complete book/CD-ROM guide has the hands-on solutions, from installation through maintenance. It shows how to internetwork Windows NT with UNIX, MacOS, and Windows 95-use the DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) to automatically configure any TCP/IP clients-divide a network into efficient subnetwork with IP subnetting-use the microsoft DNS (Domain Name Server) to access hosts on the Internet by name-set up Windows NT to access an intranet and connect to the Internet-use Windows NT as a web server-maximize the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)-monitor the connection-and troubleshoot at every step.