Focuses on the techniques, tools, diagnostic testing, and security. Addresses the practical methods to manage a TCP/IP network. Helps readers to manage and control operation and utilization. Features include information on data flows, routing protocols and IP address classes. TCP/IP is the standardized protocol of the Internet. There are numerous management issues associated with the construction and operation of a TCP/IP network. This comprehensive text addresses these issues, ranging from the planning behind the assignment of TCP/IP addresses to the ability to recognize network problems and the appropriate use of diagnostic tools to discover their cause. Written in an accessible style, this book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience. For professionals in the field of data communications and computer science, LAN administrators, network managers, network analysts, network designers and network engineers. |