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In the current networking environment it often seems like there are about as many new security concerns as there are babies born in the United States per day. Microsoft is trying harder than ever to be the complete solution for corporate needs. The vendor has made great strides to have its Windows 2000 operating system […]

The appearance of NetWare 6 marks something of a new beginning for Novell. Besides being a major reworking of the server to make it much more Internet and TCP/IP-oriented, NetWare 6 shines with a variety of outstanding features, including iFolder and iPrint, and one “good because it’s gone” feature — the phasing out of the […]

The configurable elements of the NWLink protocol break down into three main areas. The frame type to be used, the network number, and the internal network number can all be configured, with each described below. Frame Type: This element designates the format in which packets should be sent. The reason this must be configured is […]

Introduction to Windows 2000 DNS The Domain Name System is the Internet-standard name service used by Windows 2000 to help clients resolve host names to IP addresses and find services on the network. Before getting into the details of what is new in Windows 2000 DNS, I think we should first review how DNS itself […]

This type of configuration continues to be supported in Windows 2000, and is referred to as being a ‘standard’ DNS setup. However, Windows 2000 also supports another type of DNS configuartion, which is new in Windows 2000. This configuration is called Active Directory Integrated DNS. In this setup, information about a DNS zone is stored […]

Multicast Routing Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access also has the ability to act as a multicast router, using the IGMP router and proxy protocol (it supports IGMP version 2, which is backwards compatible with version 1). For those not familiar with multicasts, this is a type of transmission that is sent to a class […]

Network Address Translation Windows 2000 Server also includes another solution similar to ICS but more robust, in the form of the Network Address Translation protocol in Routing and Remote Access. While it basically consists of the same functional elements as ICS (and works in a very similar manner), NAT has some additional features that may […]

Internet Authentication Service Windows 2000 implements a powerful centralized authentication, authorizations and accounting service (often referred to as AAA) in the form of IAS, its implementation of the Remote Access Dial-in Authentication Service (RADIUS). Used for both dial-in and VPN connections, IAS allows you to control in a more centralized manner the authentication of users, […]

by Ryan Smith In Part One of this article, I covered the basics of the OSI model and gave a few tips for memorizing the seven layers of the stack. In this part, I’m going to cover each of the seven layers of the OSI model individually and present more detail to how the OSI […]

by Ryan Smith In Part One of this article, I covered the basics of the OSI model and gave a few tips for memorizing the seven layers of the stack. In this part, I’m going to cover each of the seven layers of the OSI model individually and present more detail to how the OSI […]

Windows Workgroups Windows workgroups are a grouping of networked computers that share out their resources. Workgroups are often referred to as peer-to-peer networks because all computers in the workgroup share resources as equals without the presence of a dedicated server or a centralized database of user accounts. Each computer in the workgroup maintains a local […]

Note that you first add a routing protocol, and then configure that protocol on an interface-by-interface basis. Note also that even though the screen above suggests that only RIP version 2 can be added, this option also allows you to configure interfaces using RIP 1 if desired.  By accessing the properties of RIP via the […]