Tcp/Ip for Dummies (2nd ed)

Since the first edition of TCP/IP For Dummies, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol has grown even more important. Now, TCP/IP is not only the underlying networking protocol for the whole worldwide Internet, but it's also the protocol that ties together countless local and wide-area networks (LANs and WANs). TCP/IP For Dummies, 2nd Edition, gets you up to speed with TCP/IP basics as well as all the latest innovations, covering such topics as Understanding the relationship between TCP/IP and the Internet, and between the Internet and the World Wide Web Discovering how the client/server model functions as the foundation of TCP/IP Using TCP/IP not just with UNIX, but also with Windows, the Mac OS, Novell, and other operating systems and networking programs Finding out what intranets and extranets are and deciding whether you need one Setting up security software and policies Getting your network ready for the next generation of TCP/IP Grasping how modems, bridges, routers, and other networking devices handle TCP/IP Best of all, thanks to TCP/IP For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you'll be able to see through the haze of acronyms and jargon so that you can get right to work setting up or modifying your own TCP/IP network (or knowledgeably hiring a contractor to do the nuts-and-bolts work).