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NetworkingOverview

Networking Basics

Protocols

Protocol is a fancy word which simply means rule. There are four different network protocols that I know of that are in common use. These protocols and some of the common applications that run on them are:

• NetBEUI - which is windows based and supports
  • NFS - Network File System
  • SMB - Server Message Block
  • SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
• Netware - which is a network operating system itself
  • SNA - IBM's System Network Architecture which supports
    • VTAM on the mainframe and
    • APPC on PCs
• TCP/IP - which is the communications protocol used by the internet as well as by many smaller networks. TCP/IP supports
  • HTTP - Hypertext transfer protocol used for web pages where the address is prefixed by http:// or https:// (for secure servers).
  • FTP - File transfer protocol used for file transfers where the address is prefixed by ftp://.
  • SMTP - Simple mail transfer protocol used to send emails where the address is prefixed by mailto:.
  • Telnet - used to connect to a command prompt on a remote computer where the address is prefixed by telnet:.

If you are setting up a home network then you have a choice of up to three of these. If you have Netware installed then you can set up a Netware network. If all of the computers that you are networking are running a version of Windows then you can create a very quick and simple network using NetBEUI. Regardless of the operating systems that you are running you can set up a network using TCP/IP. Of these the TCP/IP configuration is the most complicated however the most widely used. To install SNA on a PC requires additional software purchases.

References

Ask Felgall - Retrieved on 20 Jan 2008

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