Networking week 2

What are Protocol Suites and Protocols ?

A protocol is a standard that governs network communications by providing a set of rules for its operation. (a similar example of this is a simple phone call when the caller hears the word "hello" the talking can start, an engaged tone means no talking and an answering machine means again no talking. This is a very simple example of a protocol.)


There are four main Protocol Suites:

• TCP/IP (Developed by the US government and is free to use)
• IPX/SPX (Developed by Xerox used primarily on networks using the Novell NetWare)
• NetBIOS
• AppleTalk (used for Apple Computer's)

The protocols I have heard or seen in use are:

• HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) Layer 7
• HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) Layer 7
• WWW (World Wide Web) Layer 7
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Layer 7
• IP (Internet Protocol) Layer 3
• TCP (Transfer Control Protocol) Layer 4
• POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) Layer 7
• UDP (User Datagram Protocol) Layer 4
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Layer 7
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Layer 7
• SSH (Secure Shell) Layer 7
• IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) Layer 3
• SPX (Sequenced packet exchange) Layer 4
• IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) Layer 7

Windows Server 2000 Install Procedures.

1. Restart the PC and boot from W2k Install disk.
2. Follow on screen Instructions to begin the Windows 2000 server Install (Licence F8,etc)
3. Select and Create a Hard disk Partition
4. Format that partition with NTFS (New Technology File System)
5. Follow Onscreen Prompts to Install Windows 2000 server (region settings, Lang, Username, etc)
6. Log Into Windows server 2000 and configure device drivers and network settings
7. Run and configure Server Services. (FTP server, Web server, Application server)