One of the great protocols that has been inherited from the Internet is TCP/IP and this is being used as the open standard today for all network and communications systems. The reasons for this popularity are not hard to find. TCP/IP and Ethernet are truly open standards available to competing manufacturers and providing the user with a common standard for a variety of products from different vendors. In addition, the cost of TCP/IP and Ethernet is low. Initially TCP/IP was used extensively in military applications and the purely commercial world such as banking, finance, and general business. But of great interest has been the strong movement to universal usage by the hitherto disinterested industrial and manufacturing spheres of activity who have traditionally used their own proprietary protocols and standards. These proprietary standards have been almost entirely replaced by the usage of the TCP/IP suite of protocols.
This is a hands-on book that has been structured to cover the main areas of TCP/IP and Ethernet in detail, while going through the practical implementation of TCP/IP in computer and industrial applications. Troubleshooting and maintenance of TCP/IP networks and communications systems in an office and industrial environment will also be covered.
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