TABLE OF CONTENTS The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a suite of protocols used for communicating across a variety of networks. TCP/IP works well in part because it can send data across dissimilar network types. In this chapter, we ll look at how IP addressing is configured in the Windows Server 2008 environment and we ll also explore the related IP services. Much of the information in this chapter should be familiar to those of you who are already network administrators or who have experience with other Windows Server technologies.
We ll begin by reviewing IPv4 and IPv6 addressing fundamentals as they relate to setting up the network interface on a Windows Server 2008 computer. We ll walk through setting up DHCP as well as configuring network authentication, configuring IPsec, and configuring firewall settings. In each section, we ll cover the basics as well as highlight new features and new areas to focus on for the exam.
This chapter does assume you have a basic familiarity with IP addressing such as how to configure an IPv4 address using the dotted decimal notation and how to create a subnet using the subnet mask. If you re not familiar with these basics or if you re a bit rusty, we ll point you to some resources you can use to brush up on those much-needed networking skills.
Windows Server 2008 should install IPv4 and IPv6 by default so that you can configure them on the network interface card (NIC). If they re not already installed, you can...
