Networking: Professional’s Guide

by Kevin Beaver

If you're setting up a network at home or creating and managing one for business, there are loads of things to cogitate. Fully updated with the latest technology, this introductory textbook is the hardware design of wired and wireless network protocols, security, backup, recovery, virtualization, and more. “ Professional’s Guide” continues with an early emphasis on application-layer paradigms and application programming interfaces, encouraging a hands-on experience with protocols and networking concepts.

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• Professional Networking
• Building a network
• Learn about network cabling, topologies, hardware
• Network administration, configure and security
• Troubleshooting and disaster planning
• TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, VoIP and the Internet
• Home networking
• Wireless networking
• Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2010, Fedora 10, and Apache
• Connect LANs and WANs

“ Professional’s Guide” explains the basics of computer networking in easy to understand language that we all understand. This book takes you on a tour of the key technologies that make up the network and Internet traffic. Whether you take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in obtaining an interview just knowledge of technology, this book is for you!

520 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 16, 2011