Chapter 15. Understanding TCP/IP
After years of proprietary protocols vying for popularity, TCP/IP has emerged as the only protocol needed by most networks. Every modern computer supports TCP/IP, as do a growing number of other devices such as printers, network appliances, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and cell phones. Additionally, Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows, and Apple’s Mac OS have been using TCP/IP as their preferred network protocol for some time now. The only reason to use another protocol suite is to achieve compatibility with older systems.
Although the basics of setting up TCP/IP on a server ...
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