TCP/IP Analysis and Troubleshooting Toolkit

Index

A

abortive release, 194

absolute time, 56

ACK packet, 302

acknowledgment (ACK) bit, 185, 186

acknowledgment number (TCP), 181

active feedback, 133–134

active management, 31, 32, 34

active routes list, 104–106

active transfer failure, 269–272

Address (A) resource record type, 256, 257

address filter, 50–51, 62

Address Mask Request/Reply message, 152

Address Resolution Protocol. See ARP

addressing, 71

Advanced Research Projects Agency, 240

advertised route, 109

alias, 257–258

amazon.com, 286, 287

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), 250

analog signaling, 9

analyzing

delays, 206–207

DNS, 260–265

upper-layer protocol, 235–238

Web architecture, 291–293

API (application program interface), 235–236

application analysis (TCP)

capturing user packets, 238

DCE/RPC, 358–359

throughput, 218–224

application layer (OSI), 8, 24, 75–76

application program interface (API), 235–236

application, understanding, 238

application-specific tools, 33

ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), 250

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

cache, 97

cache settings, 94

incomplete, 101–104

in IP communication, 101

overview of, 93–94

packet format, 94–97

protocol trace, 95, 96

troubleshooting IP communications with, 97–100

types of, 100–101

ARP utility, 96

ARPANet, 26, 240

ASN.1, 23–24

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), 133

authentication with SMB server, 341–342

auto-proxy.pac file, 207

B

Backup Browser, 363

Base-2 system, 81

batch oplock, 352

best effort, 178

BGP-4, 166

binary numbering, 81–85