Book Description
Fix your network right...the first time.
Learn network repair from the undisputed heavyweights of the PC hardware and networking world.
Real world, in-depth explanations of how the protocols, architectures and hardware used in a network operate and how to repair them when they don't.
Starts with the fundamentals and works through more advanced concepts, in a style that doesn't talk down to beginners or strike experts in the knees.
CD contains a host of troubleshooting tools, as well as a virtual library of networking and PC troubleshooting and repair books from Que!
Synopsis
Appropriate for networking courses at all levels, including courses focused on network concepts, upgrades, repair, and troubleshooting. This book gives students an extraordinarily complete single source for information on upgrading, repairing, troubleshooting, and managing any network. World-renowned technology repair/upgrade expert Scott Mueller and leading consultant Terry Ogletree cover virtually every network technology, protocol, and environment, adding hundreds of pages of new material on the very latest technologies -- from Windows Server 2003 to high-speed 802.11g wireless. They present a comprehensive section on network planning and design, as well as six full chapters on network security covering everything from firewalls and VPNs to encryption. This edition includes extensive new coverage of wireless protocols, from basic 802.11b Wi-Fi to Bluetooth. Students will find detailed coverage of managing users and resources; network monitoring and troubleshooting; migration and integration; Web protocols, and much more. This edition also adds an up-to-the-minute networking glossary, and step-by-step guidance on setting up small office/home office networks.
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