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  • The official protocol of the Internet! -- Chapter 1 of "TCP/IP first-step"

    Chapter 1 of TCP/IP first-step by Mark Sportack describes the basics of TCP/IP and illustrates how it relates to the Internet. Further, it explains the five critical communications functions that TCP/IP performs and explains what TCP/IP can't do.  Chapter Download

  • The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference

    This chapter describes some of the key operating fundamentals of TCP beginning with a discussion of how TCP handles data and introduces the concepts of streams, segments, and sequences. Further it describes the most important applications that use TC...  Chapter Download

  • Routing versus routed protocols and the CCNA

    Many networking professionals don't really know what a routing protocol is or does. There are those who also couldn't tell you the difference between a routing protocol and a routed protocol. If you are working as a network engineer or preparing to t...  Quiz

  • Crash Course: Protocol analysis

    Analyzing your network is essential to keep it running smoothly and safely. This collection of articles, many contributed by our friend Laura Chappell, shows you the ins and outs.  Crash Course

  • The importance of IP address management

    IP addresses are an integral part of any corporate network, and companies large and small are consuming them faster with more applications and devices than ever before. Overlooking the importance of getting a handle on IP addresses can prove disastro...  Tech Article

  • Focus will be on performance management and security in 2006

    Carrie Higbie offers her prognostications on what you can expect in the field of networking in 2006.  TechColumn

  • Using Syslog - Chapter 4 of Network Administrators Survival Guide

    "Using Syslog" from Network Administrators Survival Guide by Anand Deveriya presents an overview of the syslog protocol and shows you how to deploy an end-to-end syslog system. You'll learn about the syslog architecture as well as the issues in deplo...  Chapter Download

  • Our top expert Q&As of '05

    SearchNetworking.com's Ask the Expert section is the place where our elite experts answer our reader's questions. They cover topics like network administration, security, network and systems management, routing and switching, certifications, IPv6 and...  The best of SearchNetwork

  • Top five routing & switching tips of '05

    Our router tips offer you specific technical advice related to configuring and implementing routers, switches and associated equipment. Here we present you with the top five routing and switching tips from 2005.  The best of SearchNetwork

  • Subnetting to increase performance

    There comes a time when a network becomes too big and performance begins to suffer as a result of too much traffic. When that happens, one of the ways that you can solve the problem is by breaking the network into smaller pieces using subnets.  Tech Article

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  • Port Address Translation (PAT)

    Port Address Translation (PAT), is an extension to network address translation (NAT) that permits multiple devices on a local area network (LAN) to be mapped to a single public IP address. The goal of PAT is to conserve IP addresses.  Word

  • route summarization (route aggregation)

    Route summarization, also called route aggregation, is a method of minimizing the number of routing tables in an IP (Internet Protocol) network. It works by consolidating selected multiple routes into a single route advertisement, in contrast to flat...  Word

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  • wildcard mask

    A wildcard mask is a sequence of numbers that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued)  Word

  • variable-length subnet mask (VLSM)

    A variable-length subnet mask (VLSM) is a sequence of numbers of variable length that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued)  Word

  • fixed-length subnet mask (FLSM)

    A fixed-length subnet mask (FLSM) is a sequence of numbers of unchanging length that streamlines packet routing within the subnets of a proprietary network... (Continued)  Word

  • subnet mask

    A subnet mask is a screen of numbers used for routing traffic within a subnetwork.  Word

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  • 32-bit IP addressing

    32-bit IP addressing is the IP address scheme used in Internet Protocol 4 (IPv6 uses a 128-bit system)... (Continued)  Word

  • GARP (Generic Attribute Registration Protocol)

    GARP (Generic Attribute Registration Protocol) is a local area network (LAN) protocol that defines procedures by which end stations and switches can register and de-register attributes, such as network identifiers or addresses, with each other...  Word

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Learn the fundamentals of IP networking, including TCP/IP, the basics of Internet Protocol (IP), as well as IP addressing resources both basic and advanced for subnetting and how to calculate subnet masks. You'll also find information on network routing protocols for interconnecting multiple LANs, such as BGP, OSPF and EIGRP.