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Part I: TCP/IP basics : What is TCP/IP -- How TCP/IP works -- Part II: The TCP/IP protocol system : The network access layer -- The internet layer -- Subnetting and CIDR -- The transport layer -- The application layer -- Part III: Network with TCP/IP : Routing -- Getting connected -- Name resolution -- TCP/IP security -- Configuration -- IPv6: The next generation -- Part IV: Tools : TCP/IP utilities -- Monitoring and remote access -- Classic services -- Part V: The internet: The internet : a closer look -- HTTP, HTML, and the world wide web -- The new web -- Part VI: TCP/IP at work: Web services -- Email -- Streaming and casting -- Living in the cloud -- Implementing a TCP/IP Network: 7 days in the life of a sys Admin

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you'll discover how to implement, monitor, and manage a TCP/IP network--even the latest cloud-based and IPv6 networks. Using this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach, you'll uncover the essentials of TCP/IP and put that knowledge to work through practical examples. Each lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a strong real-world foundations for success. Expert author and network engineer Joe Casad guides you from the basics to advanced techniques--including TCP/IP's architecture, layers, subnetting, CIDR, routing, security, utilities, remote access, web services, streaming, and much more