Book 2

Understanding Network Protocols

Contents at a Glance

  1. Chapter 1: Network Protocols and Standards
    1. Understanding Protocols
    2. Understanding Standards
    3. Seeing the Seven Layers of the OSI Reference Model
    4. Following a Packet through the Layers
    5. The Ethernet Protocol
    6. The TCP/IP Protocol Suite
    7. Other Protocols Worth Knowing About
  2. Chapter 2: TCP/IP and the Internet
    1. What Is the Internet?
    2. A Little Internet History
    3. TCP/IP Standards and RFCs
    4. The TCP/IP Protocol Framework
  3. Chapter 3: IP Addresses
    1. Understanding Binary
    2. Introducing IP Addresses
    3. Classifying IP Addresses
    4. Subnetting
    5. Network Address Translation
  4. Chapter 4: Routing
    1. Considering the Usefulness of Routers
    2. Understanding Routing Tables
  5. Chapter 5: DHCP
    1. Understanding DHCP
    2. Understanding Scopes
    3. Working with a DHCP Server
    4. How to Configure a Windows DHCP Client
  6. Chapter 6: DNS
    1. Understanding DNS Names
    2. Top-Level Domains
    3. The Hosts File
    4. Understanding DNS Servers and Zones
    5. Understanding DNS Queries
    6. Zone Files and Resource Records
    7. Reverse Lookup Zones
    8. Working with the Windows DNS Server
    9. How to Configure a Windows DNS Client
  7. Chapter 7: TCP/IP Tools and Commands
    1. Using the arp Command
    2. Using the hostname Command
    3. Using the ipconfig Command
    4. Using the nbtstat Command
    5. Using the netstat Command
    6. Using the nslookup Command
    7. Using the pathping Command
    8. Using the ping Command
    9. Using the route Command
    10. Using the tracert Command