Windows Xp Networking - Softcover

Cohen, Kackie; Daniels, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321205634 ISBN 13: 9780321205636

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004

Synopsis

Windows XP: practical solutions for working network administrators

Deploying, managing, or supporting networks with Windows XP clients? Here's all the information you need to maximize reliability, security, and performance... and minimize hassles and aggravation!

Kackie Cohen and Andrew Daniels share the extraordinary experience they've gained deploying and running some of the world's largest Windows networks. They don't waste time on the "basics" you already know. Rather, they focus on the specific challenges you face as a working professional.

You'll find best practices and real-world tips for everything from authentication to Internet connectivity, firewalls to wireless networking... and a whole lot more.

Coverage includes:

Security best practices: system hardening, access control, authentication, authorization, and VPNs

LANs in depth: TCP/IP configuration, heterogeneous networking, services for Unix, and more

Wireless networking configuration and features, including Windows XP's new UPnP support

Internet connection firewall and Internet connection sharing: step-by-step configuration and management recommendations

Mobile/remote networking, including dial-up and remote access services

Saving money with Windows XP's new IP telephony and conferencing features

QoS: prioritizing network traffic to improve mission-critical application performance

Troubleshooting: network diagnostics, remote assistance, utilities, service packs, and command-line tools

Includes extensive coverage of Windows XP Professional clients

About this title

About the Author:

Kackie Cohen is a Silicon Valley-based consultant providing data center planning and operations management services to government and private sector clients. Kackie has successfully led complex infrastructure projects for leading businesses across the United States, including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Symantec, Hitachi Data Systems, Seagate, Unisys, the US Navy, and the California Administrative Office of the Courts, the largest judicial system in the United States. She is the author of Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access Service (New Riders, 2000). Andrew Daniels has more than eleven years of experience, including more than seven years working with Microsoft Windows technologies. As a systems, network, and security architect, he has worked for companies such as Walgreens, Levi Strauss & Company, the National Security Agency (NSA), Logitech, and Kemper Insurance. Andrew has obtained a number of industry-leading certifications, including his CISSP. He currently works as principal security architect for Oracle, working on areas involving host, network, and application security; authentication and access control subsystems; and firewall and intrusion detection sytems. He has written several articles and is coauthor of Windows 2000 DNS (New Riders, 2000).

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Welcome to Windows XP Networking. This book was written to help you understand and configure Windows XP networking in a variety of environments—from the home office to larger networks with stringent security requirements. Windows XP has many exciting new features that can be easily integrated into new or existing networks. After you have discovered what those features are and what they do, this book will guide you in the configuration of those features.

Who This Book Is For

Windows XP Networking is for administrators of small, medium, and large networks who will find this book to be helpful in the planning and implementation of Windows XP networking. The reader is assumed to have some knowledge of TCP/IP, Windows NT domains, and the Active Directory, but the authors have made every effort to ensure that the information that is presented is of value to both newer administrators as well as the more experienced administrator.

What’s In This Book

Windows XP Networking covers a range of topics. The first few chapters in the book introduce local area network protocol configuration, with a special emphasis on TCP/IP configuration, the default Windows XP protocol. Heterogeneous networking, including services for UNIX, are covered in this section as well. Network bridging is also discussed. The next section expands the TCP/IP networking concepts of the LAN to the Internet. The Internet Connection Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing are discussed in great detail, from operation details and best practices to step-by-step configuration instructions.

In addition, this book provides information on wireless networking, including new features in Windows XP, such as Universal Plug and Play support and the configuration of wireless networking.

Later chapters cover security, from general information and a basic overview of network security to specific recommendations and best practices for networks with Windows XP computers. Chapters on system hardening, access control, authentication, authorization, and virtual private networking are included.

While access to the Internet is widely available, not every user has 24/7 highspeed access. This book presents information about other networking services available to mobile or remote users, including dial-up networking and remote access services. In addition, coverage of IP telephony and Quality of Service is provided to assist the administrator when making decisions about how to take advantage of the built-in capabilities of Windows XP in these areas. And last but not least the appendix presents information about network diagnostics, remote assistance, utilities, service packs, and command line tools to help the administrator troubleshoot networking problems and quickly restore service to their end users.

How To Use This Book

Administrators with less experience will find it helpful to read the chapters in sequential order. Each chapter builds on the information in the preceding chapter to provide a total picture. More experienced administrators might prefer to use the table of contents and index to target the specific topics that interest them. Alternatively, administrators may want to approach this book by scanning the chapters to get an overview of what each one covers and then go back to chapters of interest for a more detailed look. The appendix is designed as a reference tool, and is meant to be scanned in exactly this manner.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0321205634
• ISBN 13: 9780321205636
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 515