IP Solutions for Windows 2000 (Prentice Hall Series on Microsoft Technologies) - Softcover

Ammann, Paul T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130911704 ISBN 13: 9780130911704

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This book explores important network design issues for today's modern mixed intranets. The author discusses many different platforms, including Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, and Windows 95. The book examines how to connect these systems in a reliable, flexible, high-performance TCP/IP network.

About this title

About the Author

PAUL T. AMMANN has more than 14 years of across-the-board networking experience in enterprise Windows, Novell, and UNIX environments. He has configured and troubleshot Cisco routers, conducted network performance analyses, and solved a wide range of network infrastructure problems encompassing both LANs and WANs.

From the Back Cover

The essential resource for every Windows 2000 network professional, administrator, or architect.

• Build reliable, flexible, high-performance TCP/IP networks with Windows 2000!
• Covers TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS
• Learn all about planning, testing, and migration -― in depth
• Master practical interoperability solutions and troubleshooting techniques
• Apply these skills to real-world applications: remote access, intelligent Web browsing, software distribution, printing, and more

The book covers:

• Planning and migration: Windows 2000 TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS
• Deploying key network applications: roaming users, software distribution, Internet printing, PPP dial-up, and more
• Maximizing interoperability -- and managing the differences between Microsoft and IETF-standard TCP/IP
• Managing Windows 2000 TCP/IP through the Microsoft Management Console
• Extensive cross-referencing making it easy to find the answers you need!

The complete guide to Windows 2000 TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS.

This expert reference gives enterprise IT professionals serious, comprehensive guidance on Windows 2000 TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS: planning, migration, deployment, management, troubleshooting, and more. Networking expert Paul Ammann presents specific solutions for the most common Windows 2000 networking challenges and applications ― everything you need to build robust, manageable, high-performance enterprise networks!

Using real-world examples, Ammann illuminates every corner of Windows 2000 TCP/IP: architecture, installation, configuration, routing, WINS/DNS name resolution, dynamic DNS, and much more. You'll find crucial information on how Windows 2000's TCP/IP implementation differs from Windows NT 4.0, how it differs from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards, and how to make it work in your environment.

Among the topics Ammann covers in depth are: supporting TCP/IP clients, setting up options, modifying server defaults, monitoring optimization, and achieving interoperability. He also presents step-by-step techniques for implementing cost-effective remote management, dynamic setup, roaming users, intelligent Web browsing, software distribution, printing, PPP dial-up, and many other key network applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130911704
• ISBN 13: 9780130911704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688