As you might imagine, Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 14 Days provides a rapid introduction to the TCP/IP protocols and to a few commonly used applications that are built on top of them. The discussion is very lucid and emphasizes the fundamental concepts behind a given protocol; it does a good job of not letting the mass of details obscure the reasoning. Each section ends with a quiz and series of questions (and answers), so you can test your knowledge of each topic. The book also includes useful sections on sample installations and a nice discussion of sockets. As an added. | Teach Yourself TCP IP in 14 Days Second Edition Preface to Second Edition About the Author Overview Introduction 1. Open Systems Standards and Protocols 2. TCP IP and the Internet 3. The Internet Protocol IP 4. TCP and UDP 5. Gateway and Routing Protocols 6. Telnet and FTP 7. TCP IP Configuration and Administration Basics 8. TCP IP and Networks 9. Setting Up a Sample TCP IP Network Servers 10. Setting Up a Sample TCP IP Network DOS and Windows Clients 11. Domain Name Service 12. Network File System and Network Information Service 13. Managing and Troubleshooting TCP IP 14. The Socket Programming Interface Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix B Glossary Appendix C Commands Appendix D Well-Known Port Numbers Appendix E RFCs Appendix F Answers to Quizzes ss This document was produced using a BETA version of HTML Transit 2 Teach Yourself TCP IP in 14 Days Second Edition The second edition of Teach Yourself TCP IP in 14 Days expands on the very popular first edition bringing the information up-to-date and adding new topics to complete the coverage of TCP IP. The book has been reorganized to make reading and learning easier as well as to provide a more logical approach to the subject. New material in this edition deals with installing configuring and testing a TCP IP network of servers and clients. You will see how to easily set up UNIX Linux and Windows NT servers for all popular TCP IP services including Telnet FTP DNS NIS and NFS. On the client side you will see how to set up DOS Windows Windows 95 and WinSock to interact with a server. Examples and tips throughout these sections make the process easy and clear. Also added in this edition of Teach Yourself TCP IP in 14 Days are new sections on DNS NFS and NIS. These network services have become popular with the growth of large TCP IP networks so we show you how to configure and use them all. A new section on the latest version of IP updates the treatment of the base protocols to 1996 standards. Tim Parker .
