List of Sidebars

Chapter 1: Making Networks Make Sense

A simple view of networking

The three phases of networking

Chapter 3: Matters of Protocol

Agreeing on a set of rules

Making standards happen

Here there be acronyms!

Connection types classify protocols

Chapter 4: My Kingdom for a Topology!

Physical versus logical

More than just a simple token

Ethernet: Network bumper cars

Chapter 7: Hooking Up Your Network

Use the right pipes in your network's plumbing

10BaseT

Know your network trunks!

The many flavors of WAN links

Chapter 9: Ready, Set, Install!

Windows 2003 utilities aplenty

Chapter 11: Doing the Directory Thing

Domain trees

Chapter 14: IP AddressingZero to Insane in Two Seconds Flat

Routers move packets among subnets and networks

Enough TCP/IP to choke a hippo

Chapter 15: Managing Users with Active Directory Users and Computers

What's in a name ?

Chapter 16: Managing Shares, Permissions, and More

Taking ownership of objects in NTFS

Chapter 17: Backing Up for a Rainy Day

Great features of Windows Server 2003 NTBACKUP

Chapter 19: Using Windows 2003 Troubleshooting Utilities

Sick applications? Call Dr. Watson!

Some light summer reading

Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Installation and Configuration

A generic boot floppy saves systems!