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• Ethernet
  
• IP addressing fundamentals
  
• DNS
  
• IP - technical   (including Port Numbers)
  
• Routing
  
• Routing, Firewalls and network security
  
• ISDN info
  
• ATM
  
• IPv6
  
• DHCP
  
• DSL   including ADSL
  
• Wireless LANs
  
• General ethernet / IP / TCPIP / anything
  
• Wireless info
  

Ethernet

• Ethernet topologies overview - 10base2, 10base5, 10baseT, 10baseFL
  Checked: may-02
• Fast Ethernet technology pinouts of connectors, comparisons with Gigabit ethernet & ATM
  Checked: may-02
• Bridges, Routers and Gateways comparison of each, with references to OSI layers
  Checked: may-02
• Ethernet network Q & A:
  Checked: may-02
• Ethernet FAQ, including about runts, jabbers, collisions, routers ,bridges
  Checked: may-02
• list of Books and On-line resources about TCPIP
  Checked: may-02
• Charles Spurgeon's Ethernet web site   a list of FAQs related to ethernets
  Checked: may-02
• Ethernet Codes and Vendor's MAC address Codes
  Checked: may-02
• SystemToolBox's   Intro to Networking: Physical Media   covering definitions of hub, switch, router, NICs, UTP pinouts.
  Checked: may-02

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IP addressing - technical

• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know A very detailed tutorial on TCP/IP including addressing, CIDR, and VLSM. Also includes practice excercises. By Chuck Semeria and 3COM Also available as the complete book in three 21-page sections. Pages   1-21   ,   22-42   &   43-63
  Checked: may-02
• IP Addressing Fundamentals   ,   Subnet masks   (excellent page), &   IP network classes   (excellent description of network and host parts of the IP address, etc)
  Checked: may-02
• Internet Protocol Addressing Discussion of IP classes, subnetting, whois, private networks, Name Resolution (hosts file, DNS, nslookup, etc)
  Checked: may-02
• Whois
  • IP Index   (who owns what IP range divided by Class A, B, C) Was very useful but is currently under restructuring (since Feb-02)
  • IP Registries :
        RIPE   (Europe),
        ARIN   (Americas & sub-Saharan Africa)
        APNIC   (Asia Pacific)
  Checked: may-02

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DNS and Domain Naming

• Hefin's DNS guide
  Checked: may-02
• Fuzzy matching on parts of domain names in large database Give it a best-shot at a FQDN, and it does a fuzzy match on it's database or global names
  Checked: may-02
• Loads of info about different aspects of the DNS
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IP - technical

• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know A very detailed tutorial on TCP/IP including addressing, CIDR, and VLSM. Also includes practice excercises. By Chuck Semeria and 3COM Also available as the complete book in three 21-page sections. Pages   1-21   ,   22-42   &   43-63
  Checked: may-02
• Introduction to the Internet Protocols Includes TCP, IP & ethernet level info
  Checked: may-02

• ICMP

  • ICMP Messages short guide
    Checked: feb-06
  • ICMP Usage in Scanning - The complete know-how 218-page PDF exhaustive analysis of ICMP
    Checked: feb-06

• Well Known Ports/Services

  • IANA Assigned Well Known Port Numbers Up-to-date list of port numbers
    Checked: may-02
  • www.graffiti.com/services
    Checked: may-02
  • good site for port info for games and odd packages
    Checked: may-02
  • ISS's   Port Knowledgebase   - list of frequently seen TCP & UDP ports and what they mean
    Checked: jun-02

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Routing

• Intro to BorderGateway Protocol (BGP)
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Routing, firewalls and network security

• Increasing security on IP networks (by Cisco)
  Checked: may-02

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ISDN

• Uni of Glamorgan's ISDN info and slides page   set 6   and   set 7
  Checked: may-02

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ATM

• Cisco ATM pages   including info on addressing etc
  Checked: may-02
• ATM Internetworking   a long and extensive paper on ATM beginning with the basics
  Checked: may-02

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IPv6

• www.IPv6.org site   loads of links and info
  Checked: may-02
• rfc1883 - Internet Protocol version 6 specification  
  Checked: may-02

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DHCP

• Microsoft DHCP technet
  Checked: may-02
• SystemToolBox's   DHCP Daemon made Easy   How to download and install a DHCP daemon on Linux
  Checked: may-02

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DSL

• Fast Guide to DSL   including 8 paragraphs on what it is and then a comparison of the different types of DSL: ADSL, CDSL, DSL-lite, IDSL, RADL, SDSL, UDSL, VDSL, x2/DSL.
  Checked: nov-06
• ADSLguide.org.uk   including FAQs, tech description, and comparisons of facilities and rates of DSL service providers
  Checked: nov-06
• Beginner's ADSL guide
  Checked: nov-06
• JANET's ADSL guide
  Checked: nov-06
• Broadband supplier and uptodate info   including comparisons of different ISP's products and latest offers
  Checked: nov-06

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Wireless

• JANET's Repository of links on wireless issues   Intros, technologies, security, commercial ISPs, analyser tools, access points, etc
  Checked: jun-04
• Cisco's Overview and Datasheets on Wireless LANs and Aironet Checked: may-02
• FAQ on why WEP is not secure
  Checked: may-02
• "Your 802.11 Wireless Network has No Clothes"   - white paper on 802.11 security
  Checked: may-02
• JANET Conference papers on Wireless Networking Feb 2001   - includes presentations online
  Checked: may-02
• Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits   - info on wirelss vulnerabilities
  Checked: jul-06

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General Ethernet/IP/TCPIP/anything

• Cisco's Internetworking Terms and Acronyms
  Checked: may-02
• LivingInternet's Comprehensive Guide to the Internet  
  easily digestable info on Internet history, Email, WWW, Usenet, IRC, MUDs. e.g. the Internet section contains good intros to technical stuff like IP addressing, packet switching, Routing Protocol comparison, DNS, Ethernet, ... Checked: may-02
• JANET Factsheets index page  
  Checked: may-02
• Introduction to the Internet Protocols   (1987)   Tutorials of a couple of pages each on :   What is TCPIP,     TCP, IP and ethernet levels     Well known ports,   UDP, ICMP,   DNS,   Routing,   Subnets & broadcasting,   fragmentation, ethernet encapsulation, ARP,   Discussion of IP classes, subnetting, whois, private networks,   Name Resolution (hosts file, DNS, nslookup, etc)
  Checked: may-02-00
• BlackBox's list of technology guides  
  Checked: may-02
• ITpapers' guides   guides on a whole variety of technical topics
  Checked: may-02
• OSI 7-layer model description   couple ofsentences on each layer
  Checked: aug-02

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