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Essential Skills for a Successful IT CareerWritten by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass the CompTIA Network+ exam and become an expert networking technician. Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Second Edition is completely up-to-date with the new CompTIA Network+ standards. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
Learn how to:
- Build a network with the OSI seven-layer model
- Configure network hardware, topologies, and cabling
- Connect multiple Ethernet components
- Configure wireless networks
- Work with network protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SIP, and IMAP
- Configure IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols
- Share and access network resources
- Interconnect network operating systems-Windows, Mac OS, UNIX/Linux
- Set up clients and servers for remote access
- Monitor and troubleshoot networks
- Secure networks with firewalls, packet filtering, encryption, authentication, and other methods
The CD-ROM features:
- CompTIA Network+ exam simulation available in Practice or Final mode
- Video introduction to CompTIA Network+
- A collection of Mike's favorite shareware and freeware networking tools and utilities
- Complete electronic book
Each chapter includes:
- Learning objectives
- Photographs and illustrations
- Real-world examples
- Try This! and Cross Check exercises
- Tech tips, notes, and warnings
- End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects
Synopsis
Essential skills for a successful IT careerFrom Mike Meyers, the number-one name in CompTIA training and exam preparation, the new edition of this now full-color text helps you pass the latest release of the CompTIA Network+ exam and become an expert network technician.
A hands-on, classroom-based tool, Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Second Edition includes learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, lab projects, end-of-chapter quizzes, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. The CD-ROM includes two full practice exams, a video presentation from Mike Meyers, plus tools and utilities.
About the Author
Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, MCP, is the bestselling author of six editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and several other computer books. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Defining Networks
Chapter 3: Building a Network with OSI
Chapter 4: Hardware Concepts
Chapter 5: Ethernet Basics
Chapter 6: Modern Ethernet
Chapter 7: Non-Ethernet Networks
Chapter 8: Installing a Physical Network
Chapter 9: Wireless Networking
Chapter 10: Protocols
Chapter 11: TCP/IP
Chapter 12: Network Operating Systems
Chapter 13: Sharing Resources
Chapter 14: Going Large with TCP/IP
Chapter 15: TCP/IP and the Internet
Chapter 16: Remote Connectivity
Chapter 17: Protecting Your Network
Chapter 18: Interconnecting Network Operating Systems
Chapter 19: The Perfect Server
Chapter 20: Zen and the Art of Network Support
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