How Networks Work - Softcover

Derfler Jr., Frank J.; Freed, Les

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789732327 ISBN 13: 9780789732323

Publisher: QUE, 2004

Synopsis

Ever wonder how your office computer network works? Or how the Ethernet card inside your computer connects you to that network or to the Internet? How Networks Work will give you a thorough, detailed explanation of the inner-workings of network systems without getting you caught up in network jargon. Learn the basic principles of networking and how those principles work inside pieces of network equipment. Complete with illustrations to show how things work together, this latest edition also includes information on the newest technologies, including VoIP, wireless networks, broadband and more.

About this title

Product Description:

How Networks Work Offers an explanation of the inner-workings of network systems. This work teaches you the basic principles of networking and how those principles work inside pieces of network equipment. With illustrations to show how things work together, it also includes information on the technologies, including VoIP, wireless networks, broadband and more.

About the Author:

Frank Derfler and Les Freed are a proven networking best-selling combination. In addition to authoring the wildly successful How Networks Work, Fourth Edition, Millennium Edition and Sixth Editions they also wrote Get a Grip on Network Cabling, a success for Ziff Davis Press and still being used in many college and technical school classrooms as the course book for cabling classes. Frank is a Senior Networking Editor and Les is a Contributing Editor at PC Magazine, where they review the latest networking products and technology for the world's largest computer magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: QUE
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0789732327
• ISBN 13: 9780789732323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240