NT Network Plumbing [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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NT Network Plumbing: Routers, Proxies, and Web Services provides hands-on, working solutions to your daily NT internetworking challenges. Author Anthony Northrup, MCSE and CASE, will help you accurately and effectively address your networking needs and make educated purchasing decisions about appropriate hardware and software for your wide or local area networks.

Northrup addresses scalability, connectivity, network design, proxies, bandwidth, domain name services, remote access services, and troubleshooting. NT Network Plumbing also provides complete coverage of available Windows NT routing features including Steelhead (Routing and Remote Access Services). Northrup frames his discussion of network plumbing with a detailed overview of common Internet protocols such as HTTP, FTP, CIFS, and DNS.

About the Author

Anthony Northrup, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer, is the chief engineer in charge of NT Web hosting at an international communications company. He is ultimately responsible for many of the largest NT-based Web sites on the Internet. He is also the coauthor of Network Essentials Unleashed.

Product Details

• Paperback: 599 pages
• Publisher: Hungry Minds; illustrated edition edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076453209X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764532092
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,118,275 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can't get your money out fast enough for ths one!, July 28, 1999

By	A Reader (CA, United States) - See all my reviews

I had occasion to go through portions of this book again recently and could not help but be amazed, again, at how complete and information packed it is. Not only does it cover everything you REALLY need to know about NT networking but Tony writes in a wonderfully easy style that makes digesting all the deep tidbits--and there are a lot of those--easy.

The previous reviewer who said that this book is not long enough is right on. When you finish the book you will be amazed at what you did NOT know and want the author to keep telling you.

We can only hope Tony revamps this book for Windows 2000. If you run NT networks this book is a must have. It is also an excellent companion to studying for many of the MCSE tests because you'll disocver how things REALLY work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NT Network Plumbing is dead accurate and full of details, October 3, 1998

By A Customer

Ever wonder how to use a packet sniffer? Ever wish you could figure out how to use the one that ships with NT? Mr. Northrup covers NT's Network Monitor in far more detail and with considerably more accuracy that Microsoft ever bothered with. But he goes far beyond telling you how to use this and many other poorly documented utilities included with NT Server, Workstation, and the Resource Kits; Mr. Northrup shows you when to use them for troubleshooting specific problems.

Thats not all, far from it. The author explains the OSI and DOD models for networking and throughout his text explains where in each model whatever feature or issue he is describing falls. He also details how to implement and troubleshoot network protocols and services such as HTTP, FTP, DFS, DNS, WINS, and DHCP. And finally, someone tries to explain NetBIOS thoroughly and accurately.

This book is deep, perhaps too deep for beginners. But for anyone responsible for designing, implementing, supporting, or troubleshooting NT as a network operating system this is a book that must be added toyour library.

After all of that, you might be wondering who the heck is this guy anyway? I work for one of the most well respected consultant companies in the industry specializing in systems administration. I've been responsible for NT workstations and servers for over four years, most recently supporting the Internet servers for numerous fortune 1000 clients hosted in the datacenters of a world-wide telecommunications company. In other words, I know what I'm talking about when I tell you to "Buy this book!" END

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Step by Step Detailed IP routing, Bit by Bit - Excellent!, December 1, 2000

By	Sean Haley (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This book takes you step by step through how and why a packet travels your network. From the first time your workstation issues a command to the individual proceedures your packets take while traveling the wire.

In depth and detailed, the chapters are stuffed with valuable information presented in a personable and easy to understand format.

Excellent!