A File and Print Server for Heterogeneous Networks.
Intermediate Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
This book provides the nitty-gritty details of TCP, IP, and UDP. Many network problems can only be debugged by working at the lowest levels - looking at all the bits travelling back and forth on the wire. Until now, the only real guide to the protocols has been the Internet RFCs - and they're hardly what network administrators want to be reading late at night when their network is down.
This guide provides all the information needed for low-level network debugging and is the only book on Internet protocols written with system and network administrators in mind. You will not only find thorough coverage of the fundamental protocols in the TCP/IP suite: IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP (in its many variations), and IGMP, but also many packet captures, showing you what to look for and how to interpret all the fields. Also included on the CD-ROM are Shomiti's 'Surveyor Lite', a packet analyser that runs on Win32 systems, plus the original RFCs, should they be needed for reference.
