Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction to networking -- The TCP/IP networking -- LAN technogies: ethernet -- Networking interface: SLIP and PPP -- The Internet layer: IP and ICMP -- The Transport layer:UDP and TCP -- Remote access: telnet -- The File transfer protocol: FTP --The E-mail protocols: SNTP and POP3 -- The World wide web protocol: HTTP -- The domain name system -- Preparing the labs -- The Application and the TCP/IP stack -- Connecting to a LAN: ethernet and ARP -- Dial-up networking: PPP -- Implementing the IP layer (IP and ICMP) -- Implementing the transport layer (UDP and TCP) -- UDP-based and TCP-based embedded server -- Sending e-mail messages: SMTP -- An Embedded web server:HTTP -- Remote monitoring, access and control -- Security and surveillance applications -- Tacking applications -- Outsourcing embedded code: using web services -- Appendix A: Bluetooth and IEE 802.11 wireless LAN -- B: Internet next generation: IPv6 -- : Dynamic host configuration protocol -- D: Simple nework management protocol -- E: Administrator utilities -- F: Network protocol analyser: Ethereal.