TABLE OF CONTENTS Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the default network/transport protocol stack for a Windows Server 2003 network, and it is important for all network administrators to be intimately familiar with the TCP/IP protocols, IP addressing, and how to plan an IP infrastructure.
This chapter deals with the TCP/IP infrastructure. We'll discuss Internet Group Management Protocol version 3 (IGMPv3), IP version 6 (IPv6) support, the alternate configuration feature, and automatic determination of interface metrics.
You'll find out how to plan an IP addressing strategy, including how to analyze your addressing requirements and how to create an effective subnetting scheme. You'll learn about transitioning to the next generation of IP, IPv6, and we'll introduce IPv6 utilities such as Netsh, Ipsec, PING, and Tracert. We'll discuss 6to4 tunneling, the IPv6 Helper service, and connecting to the 6bone.
Next, we'll discuss the planning of the network topology. This includes analyzing hardware requirements and planning for the placement of physical resources. You'll learn how to plan network traffic management, as well as how to monitor network traffic and devices using Network Monitor and System Monitor. We'll show you how to determine bandwidth requirements and how to optimize your network's performance.
The networking architecture of Windows Server 2003 uses the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS). NDIS provides a kind of wrapper in the I/O Manager layer of Windows that allows the hardware driver to be independent of the protocols used to communicate on your network. Additionally, this allows...
