About the Companion CD-ROM

The companion CD-ROM included with this book contains the following:

• Electronic version of this book (eBook) An Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the book allows you to view it online and perform text searches. If you do not already have the Adobe Reader installed, you can install it from http://www.adobe.com. You can get the latest version of this online book at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726983.aspx.

• Network Monitor 3.1 A link to the installation site for Network Monitor 3.1. The Network Monitor allows you to capture and view network traffic and view capture files. You can also install Network Monitor 3.1 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=92844. For the latest information about Network Monitor, see the Network Monitor blog at http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/.

• Network Monitor captures The Network Monitor capture files for all the captures displayed or mentioned in the book are included.

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards The set of IETF RFCs and Internet drafts that are either mentioned or relevant for each chapter of the book are stored in separate folders based on the chapter number.

• TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows The TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows online book published on Microsoft TechNet in November of 2007, in PDF format.

• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer A link to the installation site for the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003, which enables you to read the training slides on the CD-ROM. If you already have PowerPoint installed, you do not need to install this viewer. You can also install the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=59771.

• Training slides The \TrainingSlides folder contains a set of Microsoft PowerPoint files that can be used to teach TCP/IP with this book. For more information, see “A Special Note to Teachers and Instructors” in this Introduction.