Networking Self-Teaching Guide: OSI, TCP/IP, LANs, MANs, WANs, Implementation, Management, and Maintenance - Softcover

Edwards, James; Bramante, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470402385 ISBN 13: 9780470402382

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

IT professionals who want to move into the networking side in a corporate or enterprise setting will find the detailed content they need to get up to speed on the very latest networking technologies; plus, current networking professionals will find this a valuable and up-to-date resource.

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Select, design, and implement a network

If you want to make the move into a networking career, this is the resource for you. It covers the technologies you need to know, including the hardware, software, data transfer processes, and more. This guide first takes you through the essentials of networking and progresses through the advanced features and capabilities available in many of the standards. You'll then delve into network design as well as the important tasks of securing, managing, and troubleshooting issues within a given network.

• Manage all the components within a node

• Take advantage of the Ethernet, today's most prominent LAN technology

• Utilize the most commonly deployed standards and technologies in networking

• Ensure that information flows smoothly and without error between the upper layers

• Allow for direct communication between network nodes over a physical channel

• Apply and develop design concepts for a given network

• Prevent network attacks and perform traffic monitoring and analysis

• Troubleshoot any network problem using proven strategies

Synopsis

The U.S. Dept of Labor forecasts an increase of 58% in the network and system support job market by 2016. This book functions as a quick self-teaching course for IT professionals migrating over to the network side of a company. Not highly technical, exclusive to engineers, or related to a specific certification, the coverage provides both basic and advanced knowledge. Networking technologies, including the hardware, software, transmission media, and data transfer processes, are thoroughly covered, along with operating systems and systems software; LANs, WANs, and MANs; and the interactions of network components.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470402385
• ISBN 13: 9780470402382
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864