Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking, 3E

by Wagner, Bill; Negus, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780789724694
• ISBN10: 0789724693
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

The Complete Idiots Guide to Networking, 3rd Edition will provide the basics the reader needs to get started in a fun language that is straightforward and easy to comprehend. The pace of the book will be direct and simple. It will provide specific-steps toward the goals of gaining a knowledge base in networking. The book helps the reader learn by providing diagrams that show how to connect pieces and tables to make price/performance issues clear and understandable The information will be organized to answer specific questions for the novice user.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Scouting Out Your Network

What is a Network?

Having Your Own Network (LAN)

Using a World-Wide Network (the Internet)

Part 2 Gathering Your Network Gear

Choosing Your Networking Hardware

Network Servers and Clients at Your Service

Take a Bus, Hitch a Star, Ring Around Network Topologies

Part 3 Building Your Network Base

Making Those Internet Connections

Building Your Home Network

Hooking Up Your Small Office Network

Taking Your Network for a Drive

Linking Your Home and Office Networks

Part 4 Defending Your Network Turf

Your Fearless Leader: The System Administrator

Devising a Backup Plan

Securing Your Fortress

Troubleshooting from the Trenches

Part 5 Charting Your Networking Future

To the Internet and Beyond

Preparing for an Explosion of Network Content

Networking Your Kitchen Appliances?

Part 6 Appendix

A Speak Like a Geek: The Networking Bible

Index