IP Solutions for Windows 2000

This expert tutorial/reference gives enterprise IT professionals serious, comprehensive guidance on Windows 2000 TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS: planning, migration, deployment, management, and troubleshooting. Networking expert Paul Ammann provides specific scenarios and Windows 2000 solutions for the most common networking challenges, from interoperability to remote access. Using practical, real-world examples, he illuminates every corner of Windows 2000 TCP/IP: architecture, installation, configuration, routing, WINS/DNS name resolution, dynamic DNS, and more. You'll find crucial information on how Windows 2000's TCP/IP implementation differs from Windows NT 4.0, how it differs from the IETF standards, and how to make it work in your environment. Among the topics Ammann covers in depth: supporting TCP/IP clients, setting up options, modifying server defaults, monitoring, optimization, and interoperability. He also presents step-by-step techniques for implementing cost-effective remote management, dynamic setup, roaming users, intelligent Web browsing, software distribution, printing, PPP dial-up, and many other key network applications. The book is extensively cross-referenced, making it easy for network professionals to find the real-world answers they need right now.