Andrew G. Blank, “TCP/IP Foundations”
Sybex | ISBN 0782143709 | 2004 Year | 284 Pages | 3,85 Mb
TCP/IP Foundations provides essential knowledge about the two protocols that form the basis for the Internet, as well as many other networks. What you learn here will benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the long term, as you use them.
Topics covered include:
• The origins of TCP/IP and the Internet
• The layers comprising the OSI and DoD models
• TCP/IP addressing
• Subnet masks
• Creating custom subnet masks
• Supernetting and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
• Name resolution
• The Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic DNS
• Windows Internet Naming Services (WINS)
• The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• What to expect with IPv6
I posted this book here two days ago, but the post was deleted for some reason! I got many emails asking me to repost it so here it is again. I hope the mods will allow it. In fact, I found this book very nice and useful, buy it if you like it!