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www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info PUBLISHED BY Microsoft Press A Division of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 Copyright © 2003 by Curt Simmons Portions copyright © 2003 by James Causey All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simmons, Curt, 1968- Microsoft Windows XP Networking Inside Out / Curt Simmons. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 07356-1652-3 1. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 2. Operating systems (Computers) 3. Computer networks. I. Title. QA76.76.O63 S558553 2002 005.4'4769-dc21 2002075345 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 QWT 7 6 5 4 3 2 Distributed in Canada by H.B. Fenn and Company Ltd. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 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Acquisitions Editor: Alex Blanton Project Editor: Aileen Wrothwell Technical Editor: Curtis Philips Series Editor: Sandra Haynes Body Part No. X08-82180 www.it-ebooks.info Contents at a Glance Contents at a Glance Part 1 Part 3 Windows XP . . . . . . . .1 Network . . . . . . . . 281 Networking Connectivity Chapter 1 Chapter 10 Introduction to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Managing Workgroup Connections . . .283 Windows XP Networking Chapter 11 Chapter 2 Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311 Configuring TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Domain Connectivity and Other Protocols Chapter 12 Chapter 3 Solving Connectivity Problems . . . . . .345 Creating Network Connections . . . . . . .47 Part 4 Part 2 Network . . . . . . . . 371 Internet . . . . . . . . . . 79 Resources Networking Chapter 13 Chapter 4 Selecting a File System . . . . . . . . . . .373 Configuring Internet Connections . . . . .81 Chapter 14 Chapter 5 Understanding Resource . . . . . . . . . . .397 Using Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Sharing and NTFS Security Connection Firewall Chapter 15 Chapter 6 Making Files Available Offline . . . . .449 Using Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Advanced Features Part 5 Chapter 7 Advanced . . . . . . . 471 Using Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Networking Advanced Features Chapter 8 Chapter 16 Using Windows Messenger . . . . . . . .219 Remote Desktop and . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473 Remote Assistance Chapter 9 Using Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 Chapter 17 Information Services Remote Access and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503 Virtual Private Networking iii www.it-ebooks.info Contents at a Glance Chapter 18 Part 6 Interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519 Appendix . . . . . . . 611 with Other Systems Chapter 19 Appendix A Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531 Windows XP Service Pack 1 . . . . . . . .613 Chapter 20 Maintaining Network Security . . . . . .557 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617 Chapter 21 Monitoring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . .597 Index to Troubleshooting Topics . . . . .629 Network Performance Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631 iv www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii We’d Like to Hear from You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Conventions and Features Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Part 1 Windows XP Networking 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows XP Networking 3 Windows Networking Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What Is a Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Why Is a Network Necessary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What Is Needed for a Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Understanding Home Networks and Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Understanding Domain Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Windows XP Networking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TCP/IP Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NTFS File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Remote Control and Remote Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Virtual Private Networks and Remote Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Support for Internet Information Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wireless Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Universal Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter 2 Configuring TCP/IP and Other Protocols 15 OSI Reference Model Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using Layers in the OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Seven Layers of the OSI Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Understanding TCP/IP in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Application Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Transport Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Network Layer Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Internet Protocol Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Classifying IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Applying the Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using Default Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Understanding Public and Private IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 v www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Configuring IP Settings in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Configuring Advanced TCP/IP Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Understanding Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using IPv6 with Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Other Networking Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 AppleTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chapter 3 Creating Network Connections 47 Understanding Network Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Installing a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Connecting with Hubs and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Wiring the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Adding Routers and Residential Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Choosing a Network Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Direct Cable Connection (DCC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Ethernet Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 HomePNA Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Powerline Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Other Types of LANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Installing NICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Managing Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Checking the Status of the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Understanding Connection Protocols and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Network Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Bindings and Provider Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Bridging Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Part 2 Internet Networking 79 Chapter 4 Configuring Internet Connections 81 Internet Connections 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Role of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 What an ISP Provides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Types of Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Dial-up Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Satellite Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 vi www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Corporate Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Fixed Wireless Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Configuring Modems and Broadband Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Modem Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Diagnostics Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Driver Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Resources Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Creating New Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Managing Dial-up Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Connection Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Configuring Dialing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Managing Broadband Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Chapter 5 Using Internet Connection Firewall 117 Introducing Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 What Is a Firewall? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Understanding Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 How ICF Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 How to Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 When You Should Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 When You Should Not Use ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 What ICF Does Not Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Activating and Configuring ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Enabling ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Using the ICF Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Enabling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Allowing ICMP Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Using ICF with E-mail Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Testing ICF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Chapter 6 Using Internet Explorer Advanced Features 137 Managing Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Dial-up and Virtual Private Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Local Area Network (LAN) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Setting Internet Explorer Security Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Security Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Understanding Privacy and Content Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Privacy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Content Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 vii www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Setting Additional Internet Explorer Features and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Choosing a Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Customizing the Appearance of Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Managing AutoComplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Setting Default Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Choosing Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Customizing the Internet Explorer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Configuring the Internet Explorer Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Managing Internet Explorer History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Managing Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Customizing Search Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Importing and Exporting Favorites and Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Choosing Language Encoding Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Using Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Managing Internet Explorer with Local Group Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Understanding Local Group Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Using Local Group Policy to Invoke Internet Explorer Settings . . . . 176 Chapter 7 Using Outlook Express Advanced Features 181 Managing Connectivity and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Configuring Connectivity and Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Using Multiple Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Using Identities in Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Configuring Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Read Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Receipts Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Send Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Compose Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Signatures Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Security Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Connection Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Maintenance Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Managing E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Sending Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Using Mail Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Managing Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Managing Received Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Creating Message Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Managing Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Importing and Exporting Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Finding Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Managing the Appearance of Outlook Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 viii www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Using the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Using Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Chapter 8 Using Windows Messenger 219 Setting Up and Connecting with Windows Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Creating a .NET Passport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Connecting Through a Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Windows Messenger and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Using Windows Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Managing Sign-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Creating Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Using Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Using File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Making Voice Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Using Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Whiteboard and Application Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Requesting Remote Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Mobile Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Online Security and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Chapter 9 Using Internet Information Services 249 Running IIS on Windows XP Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Getting to Know IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 History of IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Features Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Preview of IIS Version 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Installing IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Configuring IIS Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Configuring Global Web Site Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Configuring Individual (Default) Web Site Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Configuring FTP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Configuring SMTP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Part 3 Network Connectivity 281 Chapter 10 Managing Workgroup Connections 283 Planning a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Choosing a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Gathering the Network Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 ix www.it-ebooks.info

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