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Preface

This document is for customers, FSC communications specialists and field system engineers working on projects involving connectivity of IBM systems to equipment manufactured by other equipment manufacturers (OEM). It should be used to gain a basic understanding of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite and to gain an overview of the possible functionality of the IBM TCP/IP products in heterogeneous networks.

The document is organized as follows:

• The Internet: Past, Present and Future

  This chapter provides a brief history of the Internet and predicts how it is likely to develop in the future.

• Architecture and Protocols

  This chapter gives the basics of the TCP/IP architecture. It also explains the protocols: IP, ICMP, ARP, RARP, UDP, TCP and DNS.

• Routing Protocols

  This chapter describes the functionality of the TCP/IP routing protocols and explains the protocols: Hello, RIP, OSPF, EGP and BGP.

• Application Protocols

  This chapter describes the functionality of the TCP/IP application protocols and their implementations in the IBM products.

• Connections

  This chapter describes the connectivity supported by the IBM products.

• Internet Access

  This chapter provides an overview of Internet access methods and introduces a selection of Internet navigation tools.

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