Networking for System Administrators

Michael W Lucas

• 01 december 2025
• 9781642350883

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"One of the best technical writers in the networking and security environments." - Midwest Book ReviewStop waiting for the network team!If basic TCP/IP was hard, network administrators couldn't do it. Servers give sysadmins a incredible visibility into the network-once they know how to unlock it.Most sysadmins don't need to understand window scaling, or the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 echo requests, or other intricacies of the TCP/IP protocols. You need only enough to deploy your own applications and get easy support from the network team.This book teaches you: - How modern networks really work- The essentials of TCP/IP- The core of IPv4 and IPv6- The right tools to diagnose network problems, and how to use them- Troubleshooting everything from the physical wire to DNS- How to see the traffic you send and receive- Connectivity testing- How to communicate with your network team to quickly resolve problemsA sysadmin doesn't need to know the innards of TCP/IP, but knowing enough to diagnose your own network issues will transforms a good sysadmin into a great one.The first edition of Networking for System Administrators unlocked networking for hundreds of thousands of sysadmins. This second edition promises the same, and more!