Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- What You Will Learn -- What You Need -- What Is Covered in This Book -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Networking -- Comparing Logical and Physical Networks -- Networking Home Computers -- Networking Small Offices and Home Offices -- Understanding Local Area Networks -- Comparing Workgroups and Domains -- Exploring the Benefits of Domains and Domain Controllers -- Networking Large Offices -- Networking Enterprises -- Understanding Wide Area Networks -- Understanding Branch Offices -- Accessing Networks Remotely -- Understanding Standards Organizations -- Understanding the Internet Engineering Task Force -- Understanding the World Wide Web Consortium -- Understanding the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -- Understanding the International Telecommunication Union -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 2 Overview of Networking Components -- Comparing Unicast, Broadcast, and Multicast Traffic -- Understanding Unicast Traffic -- Understanding Broadcast Traffic -- Understanding Multicast Traffic -- Understanding Network Hardware -- Understanding Hubs -- Understanding Switches -- Understanding Bridges -- Understanding Routers -- Understanding Firewalls -- Understanding Media -- Exploring Protocols and Services -- Exploring Protocols -- Understanding Services -- Understanding Basic Topologies -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 3 Understanding the OSI Model -- Understanding the OSI Model -- Application Layer -- Presentation Layer -- Session Layer -- Transport Layer -- Network Layer -- Data Link Layer -- Physical Layer -- Putting It Together -- Packets and Frames -- Understanding the TCP/IP Model -- Mapping Devices on the OSI and TCP Models -- Physical Layer -- Data Link Layer -- Network Layer.

Application Layer -- Mapping Protocols on the OSI and TCP/IP Models -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 4 Core TCP/IP Protocols -- Understanding TCP and UDP -- Exploring TCP -- Exploring UDP -- Exploring Common Protocols -- Address Resolution Protocol -- Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- File Transfer Protocol -- Trivial File Transfer Protocol -- Telnet -- Remote Desktop Services -- Secure Sockets Layer -- Transport Layer Security -- Secure Shell -- Internet Protocol Security -- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol -- Post Office Protocol v3 -- Internet Message Access Protocol -- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol -- Kerberos -- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol -- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol -- Simple Network Management Protocol -- Internet Group Multicast Protocol -- Internet Control Message Protocol -- Understanding Ports -- Controlling Port Traffic with a Firewall -- Mapping Internally Used Ports and Protocols -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 5 Exploring IPv4 -- Exploring the Components of an IPv4 Address -- Ascertaining the Network ID and Host ID of an IP Address -- Identifying the Default Gateway -- Determining Local and Remote Addresses -- Understanding Classful IP Addresses -- Identifying Reserved IP Address Ranges -- Exploring an IPv4 Address in Binary -- Understanding the Bits of an IP Address -- Understanding CIDR Notation -- Masking the IP Address -- Using Classless IP Addresses -- Subnetting IPv4 Addresses -- Determining the Number of Subnet Bits -- Determining the Number of Hosts in a Network -- Identifying Local and Remote Addresses -- Applying Subnetting Knowledge -- Comparing Manual and Automatic Assignment of IPv4 Addresses -- Manually Configuring IPv4 -- Using DHCP -- Understanding APIPA -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 6 Exploring IPv6 -- Exploring IPv6 Addresses -- Comparing IPv4 Classes and IPv6 Prefixes.

Understanding Hexadecimal -- Displaying IPv6 Addresses -- Comparing IPv6 Transmission Types -- Understanding the Need for IPv6 -- Understanding Neighbor Discovery -- Exploring the Components of an IPv6 Address -- Understanding Global Unicast Addresses -- Understanding Link-Local Addresses -- Understanding Unique Local Addresses -- Understanding the Dual IP Stack -- Using IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Addresses -- Understanding IPv4 to IPv6 Tunneling Protocols -- Comparing Manual and Automatic Assignment of IPv6 -- Manually Configuring IPv6 -- Using DHCPv6 -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 7 Connecting Computers to a Network -- Identifying Potential Problems with Connectivity -- Understanding EMI -- Understanding RFI -- Avoiding Power Spikes -- Avoiding Interception -- Preventing Fire Hazards -- Understanding Cross Talk -- Exploring Cable Types and Their Characteristics -- Understanding Twisted Pair -- Comparing Unshielded and Shielded Twisted Pair -- Comparing Straight-Through and Crossover Cables -- Understanding Fiber Optic -- Understanding Wireless -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 8 Networking Computers with Switches -- Connecting Multiple Computers -- Understanding Physical Ports -- Identifying the Number and Type of Ports -- Identifying Ports in Drawings -- Comparing Hubs and Switches -- Understanding Collision Domains -- Identifying a Collision Domain with a Hub -- Identifying Collision Domains with a Switch -- Mapping Ports to MAC Addresses -- Comparing Managed and Unmanaged Switches -- Understanding Unmanaged Switches -- Understanding Managed Switches -- Comparing Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switches -- Using a Managed Switch to Create a VLAN -- Exploring Switch Speeds -- Identifying Transmission Speeds -- Understanding the Uplink Port -- Identifying Backplane Speed -- Understanding Security Options -- Understanding Port Security.

Planning Hardware Redundancy -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 9 Connecting Networks with Routers -- Connecting Multiple Networks -- Comparing Hardware Routers and Software Routers -- Understanding Default Routes -- Understanding Directly Connected Routes -- Routing Traffic on a Network -- Creating Static Routes -- Configuring Dynamic Routing -- Understanding the Routing Table -- Identifying Transmission Speeds -- Routing Software in Windows Server 2008 -- Adding Routing Services to Windows Server 2008 -- Configuring a Router on Windows Server 2008 -- Understanding Other Routing Protocols -- Using a DHCP Relay Agent -- Using an IGMP Router and Proxy -- Using NAT -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 10 Resolving Names to IP Addresses -- Exploring Types of Names Used in Networks -- Understanding Host Names -- Understanding NetBIOS Names -- Creating NetBIOS Names from Host Names -- Viewing and Modifying a Computer Name -- Exploring Types of Name Resolution -- Understanding Domain Naming Service -- Viewing the Host Cache -- Viewing the Hosts File -- Understanding WINS -- Viewing the NetBIOS Cache -- Understanding the Lmhosts File -- Understanding Broadcast Name Resolution -- Understanding Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution -- Identifying the Steps in Name Resolution -- Identifying Steps in Host Name Resolution -- Identifying Steps in NetBIOS Name Resolution -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 11 Understanding Network Security Zones -- Understanding Risks on the Internet -- Exploring an Intranet -- Understanding Network Address Translation -- Understanding Proxy Servers -- Understanding Firewalls -- Exploring the Windows Server 2008 Firewall -- Identifying a Perimeter Network -- Understanding a Reverse Proxy Server -- Understanding Guest Networks -- Understanding Extranets -- The Essentials and Beyond.

Chapter 12 Understanding Wireless Networking -- Exploring Basic Wireless Components -- Using Wireless Access Points -- Naming the Wireless Network -- Comparing CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA -- Comparing Networking Standards and Characteristics -- Comparing FHSS, DSSS, and OFDM -- IEEE 802.11 -- IEEE 802.11a -- IEEE 802.11b -- IEEE 802.11g -- IEEE 802.11n -- Comparing Network Security Methods -- Wired Equivalent Privacy -- Wi-Fi Protected Access -- WPA2 -- Using an IEEE 802.1x Authentication Server -- Using Wireless Networks -- Home Wireless Networks -- Wireless Networks in a Business -- Understanding Point-to-Point Wireless -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 13 Understanding Internet Access Methods and Wide Area Networks -- Comparing Connectivity Methods Used in Homes and SOHOs -- Using a Dial-up Connection -- Connecting with DSL -- Employing Broadband Cable -- Connecting via Satellite -- Comparing Connectivity Methods in Enterprises -- Exploring Digital Signal Lines -- Using ISDN -- Using T1/T3 Lines and E1/E3 Lines -- Ethernet WAN -- Exploring Remote Access Services -- Connecting to RAS via Dial-up -- Connecting to RAS via a VPN -- Comparing Client VPNs with Gateway VPNs -- Adding Remote Access Services to Windows Server 2008 -- Using RADIUS -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Chapter 14 Troubleshooting TCP/IP -- Using the Command Prompt -- Getting Help at the Command Prompt -- Using Switches -- Understanding Case Sensitivity -- Checking the TCP/IP Configuration with ipconfig -- Troubleshooting Connectivity with ping -- Identifying Routers with tracert -- Verifying the Routed Path with pathping -- Viewing TCP/IP Statistics with netstat -- Installing Telnet -- The Essentials and Beyond -- Appendix A Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10.

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The core concepts and technologies of Windows networking Networking can be a complex topic, especially for those new to the field of IT. This focused, full-color book takes a unique approach to teaching Windows networking to beginners by stripping down a network to its bare basics, thereby making each topic clear and easy to understand. Focusing on the new Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) program, this book pares down to just the essentials, showing beginners how to gain a solid foundation for understanding networking concepts upon which more advanced topics and technologies can be built. This straightforward guide begins each chapter by laying out a list of topics to be discussed, followed by a concise discussion of the core networking skills you need to have to gain a strong handle on the subject matter. Chapters conclude with review questions and suggested labs so you can measure your level of understanding of the chapter's content. Serves as an ideal resource for gaining a solid understanding of fundamental networking concepts and skills Offers a straightforward and direct approach to networking basics and covers network management tools, TCP/IP, the name resolution process, and network protocols and topologies Reviews all the topics you need to know for taking the MTA 98-366 exam Provides an overview of networking components, discusses connecting computers to a network, and looks at connecting networks with routers If you're new to IT and interested in entering the IT workforce, then Microsoft Windows Networking Essentials is essential reading.

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