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NetBEUI (NetBIOS Extended User Interface), 234, 326, 508

NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System), 234, 326, 508

NETLOG.TXT (Win9.x), 309

Network adapters. See NICs (Network Interface Cards) adapters

Network Connections, 473

Network installation of Windows

Windows 2000, 376–377

Windows NT, 342

Windows XP, 454–457

Network layer, OSI reference model, 226

Network redirector, 229

Network Setup Wizard, 473–474

Networks

administration and Windows NT, 350–354

Application Server, 229

Authentication Server, 228

bridges, 235

bus topology, 203, 230–231

Communications Server, 229

CSMA/CD access control, 224, 231

Database Server, 228

hubs, 236

ICMP, 236

IEEE 802 specifications, 208, 209–211, 224–225

Internet and Windows 2000, 394–399

Internet and Windows ME, 431–441

Internet and Windows XP, 472–477

ipconfig command, 233, 326, 472–473

IPCONFIG utility, 361

ipconfig/all command (DOS), 233

IPX/SPX, 233–234

LAN, 227

NetBEUI, 234, 326

NetBIOS, 234, 326

network redirector, 229

network, defined, 227

NICs, 237

OSI reference model, 225–227

OSPF protocol, 236

peer-to-peer networks, 228

ping command (DOS), 233, 245

Print Server, 229

protocols, 232–234

repeater, 231, 245

ring topology, 224, 232

RIP, 236

routers, 236

server-based networks, 228–229

signal bounce, 230

SMB (Server Message Block), 234

star topology, 204, 231

switches, 236

TCP/IP, 233

token passing, 232

topologies, 229–232

tracert command (DOS), 233

troubleshooting and test tips, 245–246

UNC (Universal Naming Convention), 229

via parallel cable, 194

via serial cable, 196

WAN, 227

Web Server, 229

Windows 9.x, 325–327

winipcfg command (DOS), 233

See also Internet

Nibble mode, parallel communications, 144

NiCAD batteries, 124

NICs (Network Interface Cards)

built-in chipset support, 66

described, 237, 508

memory address, 110

NiMH batteries, 124–125

NLX (InterLex) motherboard, 39, 508

NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol), 397, 509

Nonvolatile memory, 82, 83

NSLOOKUP command 362

NT Server vs. NT Workstation, 338–341

NTBACKUP.MSI, 463

NTBOOTDD.SYS, 365

NTDETECT.COM, 365

NTFS file system, 343, 509

NTLDR, 348, 365

NTLDR, 348, 365

Null modem cables, 206

Numbers

converting binary to decimal, 104–105

decimal, binary and hexadecimal equivalents, 105–106

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