TCP/IP Foundations

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there arestable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to knowlast year, needs to know this year, and will still need to knownext year.

The purpose of the Foundations series is to identifythese concepts and present them in a way that gives you thestrongest possible starting point, no matter what your endeavor.

TCP/IP Foundations provides essential knowledge about thetwo protocols that form the basis for the Internet, as well as manyother networks.

What you learn here will benefit you in the shortterm, as you acquire and practice your skills, and in the longterm, as you use them.

Topics covered include: The origins of TCP/IP and the Internet The layers comprising the OSI and DoD models TCP/IP addressing Subnet masks Creating custom subnet masks Supernetting and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) Name resolution The Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic DNS Windows Internet Naming Services (WINS) The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) What to expect with IPv6