Practical Networking essays

Practical Networking essays Every branch, including the Head Office in Johannesburg, will need to have a DHCP  ¡V Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server. This enables for IP addresses in that particular network to be assigned dynamically to all networked computers. This protocol brings with the advantages of: The Proxy or Internet Server that is connected to the PDC in the head office has to run the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. This allows a Web Server to be connected to Web Browsers. For this reason all the computers in any domain of any branch that requires Internet access also need to run this protocol. It creates a link between the workstation of the user and any document he/she is trying to reach. This server also needs to run an SMTP  ¡V Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. As its name suggests, this protocol allows for the transmission of mail from one Server to another. It is the most popular because it is fast, reliable and effective. On the other side of things, the PDC ¡s in the domains of the branches need to run the Internet Mail Access Protocol  ¡V IMAP or the Post Office Protocol  ¡V POP to enable individual staff members to download their mail. The IMAP may have a lot of advantages in comparison to POP and infact seems to be replacing it in certain places: « Messages ca...