Networking Personal Computers with TCP/IP
Building TCP/IP Networks
Published on 8. August 1995
Book
408 pages
978-1-56592-123-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers practical information as well as detailed instructions for attaching PCs to a TCP/IP network and its UNIX servers. It discusses the challenges you'll face and offers general advice on how to deal with them, provides basic TCP/IP configuration information for some of the popular PC operating systems, covers advanced configuration topics and configuration of specific applications such as e-mail, and includes a chapter on NetWare, the most popular PC LAN system software.
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Person
Craig Hunt is an author, lecturer, and network administrator. Craig has worked with computer systems for more than 20 years. He spent the first few years after receiving his bachelor's degree from American University running an outdoor camp for inner-city kids, but the call of computing was too strong. Craig went to work for the federal government as a programmer and then as a system programmer. He left the government to work for Honeywell on the WWMCCS network in the days before TCP/IP, back when the network used Network Control Protocol. After Honeywell, Craig went to work for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He is still there today working on computer networking. Craig lives with his wife and children in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He has a passion for rock and roll music. Craig loves the outdoors; he splits vacation time between the mountains and the sea. He has recently begun exploring the agonies of golf and has found it to be an excellent way to ruin a walk in the park.
Content
Preface. Chapter 1: The PC Dilemma Popular Computers PC Hardware The Bus Local Bus Memory Limitation Operating Systems Disk Operating System Other Operating Systems Summary. Chapter 2: Dealing with the Dilemma Attitude Adjustment Avoiding Problems Planning An Accident-proof Network PC Installation Planning PC-specific Requirements User Development Training Documentation Standardization Summary. Chapter 3: Network Tools Installation Tools EISA Configuration Programs Configuration Documenters Memory Managers Maintenance Tools Protocol Analyzers Troubleshooting Simple Network Management Protocol Installing SNMP Summary. Chapter 4: DOS TCP/IP Getting Started Implementing TCP/IP Under DOS Interrupts Terminate and Stay Resident Device Drivers Installing DOS TCP/IP Basic Configuration Domain Name Service Debugging a DOS Configuration Summary. Chapter 5: Windows on the Network Implementing TCP/IP for Windows Installing TCP/IP Finishing the Basic Configuration Chameleon's Custom Program Configuring SLIP Configuring PPP User Accounts on a PC? Email Accounts Windows Applications Web Browsers Windows Servers BIND Configuring Windows for Workgroups Summary. Chapter 6: Windows 95 TCP/IP Installing Windows 95 TCP/IP Windows 95 PPP Making the PPP Connection Summary. Chapter 7: Windows NT Networking NetBIOS NetBIOS Over TCP/IP TCP/IP for Windows NT Configuring the Adapter Configuring the Software Configuring NetBIOS Configuring the LMHOSTS File NBT Applications File Sharing Printer Sharing Other Limitations TCP/IP Applications FTP Server for Windows NT Third Party Applications Installing PPP for Windows NT Configuring PPP Making the Connection The Windows NT SWITCH.INF File Summary. Chapter 8: Configuration Control Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Bootstrap Protocol Creating a BOOTP Server A PC-based Boot Server DHCP DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Options Managing Servers rdist Summary. Chapter 9: Personal Email Internet Mail Protocols Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Post Office Protocol Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Planning Your Mail System Configuring a Mail Server The MX Record Host Aliases Configuring POP Configuring a Mail Relay Simplified Addressing Username Aliases Rewriting Sender Addresses Relaying Local Mail Mail Gateways Attachments Summary. Chapter 10: File and Print Servers File Sharing Creating a File Server NFS Daemons Exporting Filesystems The /etc/exports File The /etc/netgroup File NFS Authentication Server PCNFSD A PC-based File Server Configuring the Client Mounting Directories Windows Clients Network Backup Print Services NFS Print Services Windows Clients Windows Print Server Line Printer Daemon The printcap File LPD Security Windows LPD Server Using LPD Managing LPD Summary. Chapter 11: NetWare and TCP/IP NetWare Protocols Sequenced Packet Exchange IPX Addressing and Routing Service Advertising Protocol NetWare Core Protocol TCP/IP Transport Services Novell's IP Gateway Configuring the Gateway IP Tunneling The Limitations of Tunneling NetWare/IP Defining a DSS Domain Configuring NetWare/IP Configuring DSS Summary. Appendix A: Installation Planning Form PC Information Form Sample Form Appendix B: Contacts and References Software Vendors Publications Appendix C: Sendmail Configuration A Sample sendmail.cf Shell Scripts Appendix D: Changes to System Files File Modifications Appendix E: Public Domain Software Installing a Packet Driver Installing Trumpet Installing Trumpet Under WfW Trumpet's Internal SLIP/PPP Support Chameleon's Free SLIP Implementation Installing Eudora Summary. Glossary. Index. List of Figures. 1-1 Sample Adapter Card 1-2 I/O Bus Evolution 1-3 A PCI Bus System 1-4 PC Memory Map 2-1 A Backbone Network 2-2 A Thinnet Network 2-3 A 10BaseT Network 2-4 Subnet with Two Routers 3-1 EISA Configuration Utility 3-2 Microsoft Diagnostics Utility 3-3 A Packet Trace 3-4 Decoding a Single Frame 3-5 SNMP Object Identifiers 3-6 Object Identifier Hierarchy 3-7 SNMP Agent Configuration 3-8 SNMP Community Names 3-9 SNMP Trap Administration 3-10 An SNMP Monitor 4-1 PC/NFS Software Modules 4-2 Multiple Protocol Stacks 5-1 SuperTCP Setup Window 5-2 Chameleon Custom Program 5-3 Adding a SLIP Interface 5-4 Chameleon Custom Setup Menu 5-5 SLIP Login Settings 5-6 SuperTCP Dialing Script 5-7 PPP Login Command 5-8 Adding User Accounts 5-9 Defining NFS File Permissions 5-10 Chameleon Postmaster Account 5-11 Creating a New Mailbox 5-12 Telnet Keyboard Mapping 5-13 FTP Directory Structures 5-14 Identifying the Gopher Server 5-15 Defining the News Server 5-16 Selecting Newgroups 5-17 Chameleon BIND Server 5-18 Adding Hostnames to the Domain 5-19 WfW TCP/IP Configuration 6-1 Network Configuration Window 6-2 Windows 95 Selecting TCP/IP 6-3 Windows 95 Selecting the Adapter 6-4 TCP/IP Properties 6-5 DNS Configuration 6-6 Selecting the PPP Adapter 6-7 PPP with Other Adapters 6-8 PPP Adapter Configuration 6-9 New Connection Wizard 6-10 Modem Configuration 6-11 PPP Connection Terminal Window 7-1 Windows NT Network Settings 7-2 Adding a Network Adapter to Windows NT 7-3 Windows NT Network Card Setup 7-4 Windows NT TCP/IP Software Options 7-5 Windows NT TCP/IP Configuration 7-6 Windows NT DNS Configuration 7-7 Setting Domain/Workgroup 7-8 Advanced TCP/IP Configuration 7-9 Viewing the Permissions on a Shared Directory 7-10 Granting File Access Permissions 7-11 Connecting a Network Drive 7-12 FTP Server Configuration 7-13 Setting the FTP Server Partition 7-14 NT Modem Selection 7-15 Remote Access Setup 7-16 PPP Phone Book Entry 7-17 SLIP/PPP Protocol Settings 7-18 PPP TCP/IP Settings 7-19 Remote Access 7-20 Invoking a Login Script 7-21 Enable Logging with the Registry Editor 8-1 Displaying the Ethernet Address 8-2 Adapter Configuration Program 8-3 Distinct BOOTP: Assigning Addresses 8-4 Distinct BOOTP: Configuration Parameters 8-5 Installing DHCP Server Software 8-6 Windows NT DHCP Manager 8-7 Creating the DHCP Scope 8-8 DHCP Address Reservations 8-9 Defining DHCP Options 8-10 Options with Multiple Addresses 9-1 Mail Delivery Systems 9-2 BASE64 Encoding 9-3 PC Mail Server Dependence 9-4 POP User Profile 9-5 Defining a From Address 9-6 Defining the Chameleon Mail Gateway 9-7 PC Mailbox Architecture 9-8 Specifying a MIME File Attachment 9-9 MIME Attachment Types 9-10 MIME Message 10-1 Adding NFS Users 10-2 Exporting an NFS Filesystem 10-3 NFS File Access 10-4 Browsing NFS Filesystems 10-5 ChameleonNFS Client Configuration 10-6 Mounting an NFS Filesystem 10-7 The BACKUP Command 10-8 Connecting to a Network Printer 10-9 Browsing for Network Printers 10-10 Exporting the Printer Spool Directory 10-11 Enabling NFS Printer Sharing 10-12 SuperTCP LPD Print Server 10-13 SuperTCP Printer Security 10-14 Defining the LPD Printer 10-15 Checking LPR Status 11-1 SPX Handshake 11-2 IP to IPX Address Mapping 11-3 Novell Application Interfaces 11-4 NetWare TCP/IP Coexistence 11-5 Novell Gateway 11-6 IP tunneling 11-7 Encapsulation in an IP Tunnel 11-8 NetWare Encapsulation 11-9 Server Profile 11-10 NetWare IP Server Configuration 11-11 NetWare/IP Server Administration 11-12 Primary DSS Configuration 11-13 Secondary DSS Configuration E-1 TCPMAN Configuration E-2 Installing Trumpet under WfW E-3 Trumpet SLIP/PPP Configuration E-4 Making a SLIP/PPP Connection E-5 Trumpet SLIP/PPP Editor E-6 Eudora Configuration E-7 Creating a Program Item. List of Tables 1-1 Common I/O Port Address Assignments 1-2 Traditional IRQ Assignments 2-1 Ethernet Wiring Limits 3-1 SNMP Protocol Data Units 3-2 Generic Traps Defined in the RFCs 4-1 Common Interrupts 5-1 Mosaic Viewers 7-1 NT 3.5 Network Software 7-2 SWITCH.INF Script Macros 7-3 SWITCH.INF Script Response Statements 8-1 bootptab Configuration Parameters 8-2 Valid Hardware Types 8-3 rdist Primitives 9-1 SMTP Commands 9-2 POP2 Commands 9-3 POP3 Commands 10-1 lpc Commands