الفبای آدرس‌دهی IP

In the preface to this book, I briefly mentioned a few of the reasons behind the need to become knowledgeable concerning IP addressing.

Our world is rapidly becoming an Internet-based world, with tens of millions of homes, millions of businesses, and within a short period of time, possibly hundreds of millions of mobile professionals accessing the literal mother of all networks. One of the key problems affecting many Internet users, ranging from individual professionals to networking managers and administrators, is a lack of knowledge concerning Internet Protocol (IP) addressing.

A detailed reference guide, The ABCs of IP Addressing provides you with the detailed information about the key challenges of IP addressing and designing networks that work efficiently. It takes you from the basics of the binary numbering system to advanced topics in subnetting, network address translation, and configuring workstations, servers and routers. The book contains network tools that prepare you for testing and troubleshooting and highlights the need for techniques that conserve the use of IP addressing as well as the creation of a next generation IP addressing structure. While structured on a chapter by chapter basis, wherever possible each chapter was written to be independent, making the book convenient and easy to use in a hectic work environment.

While you may find it possible to design a network or configure a workstation to operate without a detailed knowledge of IP addressing, the end results are not very efficient. And in the quickly changing global business environment, inefficiency wastes your time and money, both valuable resources for gaining and maintaining the competitive edge. With The ABCs of IP Addressing you get the comprehensive coverage of applications and protocols that help you do your job faster and more effectively.

Annotation This reference guide provides detailed information on challenges of Internet Protocol (IP) addressing and network design, with material progressing from basics of the binary numbering system to advanced topics in subnetting, network address translation, and configuring workstations, servers, and routers. There are chapters on the TCP/IP protocol suite, IPv4 addressing basics and DNS, the role of special IP addresses, and CIDR and multicast operations. A final chapter presents network utility tools. The author is a consultant in the private sector. He has taught at Georgia College and State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Front cover 1 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 16 Acknowledgments 18 Chapter 1. Introduction 20 Chapter 2. The TCP/IP Protocol Suite 30 Chapter 3. IPv4 Addressing Basics and the DNS 80 Chapter 4. The Role of Special IP Addresses 102 Chapter 5. Subnetting 112 Chapter 6. CIDR and Multicast Operations 136 Chapter 7. Network Address Translation and IP Naming Services 156 Chapter 8. Working with IPv6 172 Chapter 9. Network Utility Tools 182 Index 204 Back cover 212