Demystifying Tcp/Ip
by Paul L., Dr. Schlieve ISBN: 1556225393

Table of Contents

Chapter 1--Understand This First!
Questions Answered in This Chapter
Why Do I Need a Network?
Why Do I Need a Protocol?
Why Does a Protocol Do?
Which Network Protocol Do I Need?
Data Flow Through a Network
How Are Networks Built?
The Bus
The Ring
The Hub
The Switch
Is it All Right to Collapse My Backbone?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 2--Beginning with TCP/IP
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is TCP/IP?
Remote Logons
File Transfers
World Wide Web
Electronic Mail
Custom-Written Applications
Transport Mechanisms
Routing Mechanism
A Distributed Windowing System
What Is Client-Server?
How Can TCP/IP Work with Different Operating Systems?
Are All TCP/IP Protocol Stacks Alike?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 3--TCP/IP: An Overview
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is the History of TCP/IP?
What Are the Components of TCP/IP?
Application Layer Components
Transport Layer Components
Network Layer Protocols
Data Link Layer Protocols
Media Implementations
What Is the Internet?
What Is an Internet?
What Is the Role of Ethernet with TCP/IP?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 4--What Is Telnet?
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is Telnet?
What Are the Characteristics of Telnet?
What Is a Raw Telnet?
What Is TN3270?
How Is Telnet Used?
What Are the Valid Telnet Client Commands?
Helpful Hints Using Telnet
Is Telnet Just for Computers?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 5--What Is FTP?
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is FTP?
What Types of Files Can FTP Transfer?
How Are FTP Clients Implemented?
What Basic Functions Can FTP Perform?
What FTP Commands Are Available?
FTP Commands
How Do You Use FTP Commands?
Why Would I Want to be Anonymous?
What Is the Mystery Behind FTP?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 6--What Is the World Wide Web?
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is the World Wide Web?
What Makes Up the Web?
Where Did the Web Come From?
Why Has the Web Grown so Quickly?
What Kind of Data Can the Web Deliver?
Streaming Audio
Streaming Video
What's in Store for the Future?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 7--What Is SMTP?
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Are the Components of SMTP?
Why Do I Need a Mail Server?
How Does SMTP Interact with LAN-based Mail Systems?
What Are the Common SMTP Commands?
What Kind of Information Can I Mail?
SMTP Service Extensions
MIME
Where Does the Domain Name System Fit into
Mail?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 8--TCP/IP Addressing
Questions Answered in This Chapter
How Do IP Addresses Relate to Network
Layers?
What Are TCP/IP Port Addresses?
Why Do We Have Classes of Addresses?
What Happens When We Run Out of Addresses?
What Are Sockets?
What Is DIX Ethernet Addressing?
How Is 802.3 Different from DIX?
How Did We Get Two Ethernet Standards?
What's My IP Address?
What's in a Name?
Conclusion
Review
Chapter 9--What Is X?
Questions Answered in This Chapter
What Is X?
Where Did X Come From?
What Are the Components of X?
What Is the Function of X?
What Vocabulary Is Important?
How Does X Work?
How Does X Relate to the Environment?
Conclusion
Review
Acronyms
Glossary
Appendix A--Ports
Appendix B--RFC Listing
Appendix C--Answers to Review Questions
Index