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WINDOWS 2000
BUILDING A
Melissa Craft, CCNA, MCSE, Network+, MCNE, Citrix CCA
Elliot Lewis, CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, CCSE, MCP+I, MCT
TECHNICAL EDITOR:
Stace Cunningham, CCNA, CLSE, COS/2E, CLSI, COS/2I, CLSA
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of Solution Architecture at EngineX Networks, a leading infrastructure
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gies, High Availability Infrastructure, IP Video/Audio Conferencing, IP
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design and implementation company. Sean has extensive network design
and implementation experience in complex LAN and WAN environments.
He lives in Renton, WA with his fiancée Kerry.
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CLSA, MCPS, A+) is a Systems Engineer with SDC Consulting located in
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installation of networks. Stace is also certified as an IBM Certified LAN
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Networking Basics 22
OSI Protocol Reference Model 23
Physical Layer 26
Data-Link Layer 27
Network Layer 27
Transport Layer 28
The Session Layer 29
The Presentation Layer 29
The Application Layer 29
Internet History 30
IP Networking Primer 31
Case Studies 36
ABC Chemical Company 36
West Coast Accounting, L.L.C. 37
Summary 38
FAQs 41
Chapter 2—A Tour of Windows 2000 43
Introduction 44
What’s New Since Windows NT 4 44
Active Directory 45
Installation Options 45
Security Options 47
Internet Information Services 48
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Terminal Services 48
Remote Access Protocols 49
Network Load Balancing 50
What Happened to WINS? 52
DNS Support 53

When Is It Appropriate to Use Switches? 77
Switching Overview and Application 77
Cisco Switch Models 77
Catalyst 6500 Series 77
Catalyst 5000 Series 78
Catalyst 3500 Series XL 79
Catalyst 2900 Series XL 80
GBIC Technologies 81
VLANs and How They Function 82
Trunking Technologies 82
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VTP Servers and Clients 83
Layer 3 Switching 84
Onboard Layer 3 Options 85
6500 Series and the MSFC 85
5000 Series and the RSM 85
Routing Overview and Application 87
General Overview of LAN/WAN Technologies 87
Ethernet 87
Token Ring 87
HDLC 88
Frame Relay 88
PPP 89
Routing Models 89
7500 Series 89
7200 Series 90
3600 Series 91
1700 Series 92
1600 Series 93