I

IBM Token Ring, 82

IBSS (Independent Basic Service Set), 180

IIS (Internet Information Services), 154, 210-215

incremental backup scheme, 304, 306-307

InformationWeek (magazine), 235

InfoWorld (magazine), 235

infrastructure, 71-72, 270

infrastructure mode network, 170, 179

installing

Linux operating system, 345-346

Microsoft Office, 54

network cables, 87-89

network interface card (NIC), 99-100

network operating system (NOS), 140-149

Samba, 357

server operating system, 143-144

switches, 95

Internet

connecting to, 189-191

defined, 11

security, 376-377

Internet Information Services (IIS), 154, 210-215

Internet Service Provider (ISP), 189

intranet

creating pages, 212-213

defined, 207-208

Internet Information Services (IIS), 210-215

publishing applications, 208

requirements, 209-210

setting up, 209-210

transaction applications, 208

inventory, 65-68

IP addresses

binary numbering system, 107-109

classes, 111-114

defined, 110

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 119-123

dotted-decimal notation, 110-111

exclusions, 122

host ID, 110

logical operations, 109

multicast address, 111

network address translation (NAT), 118-119

network ID, 110

private, 118

public, 118

scopes, 121-122

subnet masks, 116-118

subnets, 115-116

subnetting, 114-116

IP next generation (IPng), 114

IP spoofing, 330

ipconfig command, 233

IPSec, 224

IPv4, 114

IPv6, 114

ISP (Internet Service Provider), 189