TCP/IP Utilities
NT4, 2000, XP-
IPCONFIG
9x-
WINIPCFG
TRACERT-
traces a route
PING-
tests connectivity
Ports
21-
FTP
23-
telnet
25-
SMTP
80-
HTTP
110-
POP3
Topologies
the physical layout, bus, ring, star, mesh
bus-
usually a single coaxial cable, two 50 ohm terminators with only one end grounded, simple and inexpensive
ring-
no terminators, FDDI
star-
central hub, fault tolerant
mesh-
multiple connections, topology of internet, expensive, the most fault tolerant
Protocols
set of rules on how the computers will communicate
NetBEUI-
easy to configure, for small networks, not routable
IPX/SPX-
Novell, Microsoft's ver called NWLink, must have same frame type, routable
TCP/IP-
internet, routable
DLC-
IBM mainframes, printers, not routable
Appletalk-
Mac computers, routable