Networking Self-Teaching Guide: OSI, TCP/IP, LAN's, MAN's, WAN's, Implementation, Management, and Maintenance

by James Edwards, Richard Bramante

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. This hands-on guide is designed so that you can select, design, and implement an actual network using the tutorials and steps in the book. Coverage includes an overview of networking technologies, including the hardware, software, transmission media, and data transfer processes; in-depth coverage of OSI and TCP/IP reference models; operating systems and other systems software used in today's networks; LANs, WANS, and MANs, including the components and standards that operate within each type of area network; and more.

834 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2009

About the author

James Edwards, as a member of the Personal Solutions Group while Groove was under development, used a combination of Macromedia Director, Flash, ActiveX, XML, and JavaScript to develop custom applications on Groove's peer-to-peer application platform, and pioneered Macromedia Shockwave and Flash integration into Groove applications. After having spent the past 15 years creating multimedia titles for Millipore, the Federal Aviation Administration, Digital Equipment Corporation, Parametric Technology, and McGraw-Hill, Jim now writes and provides multimedia and programming services for educational software developers.

Reviews

[Rich Tijerina · Rating 4 out of 5]

a beginner book that clearly helped me know more about nets.

I understood most of it even though i entered knowing little to knowing of the area