CompTIA Network+ Lab Manual: Hands-on Exercises for CompTIA Network+ (Exam N10-005) - Softcover

Skandier, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118148630 ISBN 13: 9781118148631

Publisher: Sybex, 2012

Synopsis

Gain street–smart skills in network administration

Think of the most common and challenging tasks that network administrators face, then read this book and find out how to perform those tasks, step by step. CompTIA Network + Lab Manual provides an inside look into the field of network administration as though you were actually on the job. You′ll find a variety of scenarios and potential roadblocks, as well as clearly mapped sections to help you prepare for the CompTIA Network+ Exam N10–005. Learn how to design, implement, configure, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot a network with this street–smart guide.

• Provides step–by–step instructions for many of the tasks network administrators perform on a day–to–day basis, such as configuring wireless components; placing routers and servers; configuring hubs, switches, and routers; configuring a Windows client; and troubleshooting a network
• Addresses the CompTIA Network+ Exam N10–005 objectives and also includes a variety of practice labs, giving you plenty of opportunities for hands–on skill–building
• Organized by the phases of network administration: designing a network, implementing and configuring it, maintenance and security, and troubleshooting

Study, practice, and review for the new CompTIA Network+ N10–005 Exam, or a networking career, with this practical, thorough lab manual.

About this title

About the Author

Toby Skandier, Network+, A+, i–Net+, Server+, is founder of Talskan Technologies, LLC, a technical education provider based in North Carolina. He is the author of Network Administrator Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to CompTIA Network+ Skills and has coauthored numerous books for Sybex, including the CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide.

From the Back Cover

A Practical, Task–Based Approach to Exam Prep

If you′re preparing for CompTIA′s Network+ Exam (N10–005), you′ll want to take advantage of all the exercises in this practical lab manual. Covering all phases of network administration and all Network+ Exam objectives, this valuable learning tool features dozens of step–by–step exercises designed to give you real–world, hands–on practice. Get thoroughly prepared for the exam and a career with challenging tasks that include:

• Designing and drawing an internetwork

• Identifying devices and components

• Differentiating Ethernet devices

• Planning for static and dynamic routing

• Configuring wireless components

• Implementing Bluetooth

• Simulating T1 CSU/DSUs

• Creating local user and group accounts

• Implementing file–level encryption

• Running antivirus, antispyware, and vulnerability scans

• Using ARP, NETSTAT, Ping, Traceroute, and other utilities

• Displaying computer event logs

Step–by–step exercises teach you hands–on skills

Real–world scenarios put those skills in perspective

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118148630
• ISBN 13: 9781118148631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480