Upgrading and Repairing Networks

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Pearson Education, May 11, 2006 - Computers - 1024 pages
Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition is the definitive guide for anyone with a network, from home networking enthusiasts to professional network administrators. The book explains network architectures and protocols using plain English and real-world examples, and gives valuable insight for fixing network problems. This updated edition includes the latest on network planning and design, and building a network using wired, wireless, or both technologies. It covers the latest updates in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as Gigabit Ethernet, virtual LANs, Bluetooth, WAP, security, firewalls, and VPN use.
 

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Upgrading and Repairing Networks
Terry William Ogletree,Mark Edward Soper
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Active Directory applications Area Networks backup bandwidth bits Bluetooth BOOTP broadcast bytes cable modem Chapter client collision command configuration connection connector create database datagram default destination devices DHCP DHCP server dialog box DNS server domain controller domain name encryption Ethernet example Fibre Channel field Figure file system firewall Frame Relay functions Gigabit Ethernet hardware header host hostname ICMP IEEE implemented install interface Internet IP address IPv6 layer Linux MAC address Microsoft NetBIOS network adapter network address network card node operating system options packet piconet port problem protocol remote request router routing segment signal SMTP specify standard storage subnet switch syntax TCP/IP telnet topology traffic transmission transmit troubleshooting Unix update upgrade users vendors VLAN Windows NT Windows Server 2003 WINS server wire wireless network Workstation

About the author (2006)

Scott Mueller is the most trusted, authoritative hardware voice in the industry, whose book Upgrading and Repairing PCs has sold more than 2 million copies. Scott has taught hardware repair to a host of agencies in the U.S. and foreign governments, and corporations in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Terry Ogletree is a consultant who has worked with networked computers since 1980, and with Unix and TCP/IP since 1985. He has worked with Windows networking tools since their first availability, and occasionally contributes articles to PC Magazine.

Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting to thousands of students since 1992. He has contributed to multiple editions of Upgrading and Repairing PCs as well as writing Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk, Absolute Beginner's Guide to A+ Certification, and many more titles.

Bibliographic information

TitleUpgrading and Repairing Networks
Upgrading and Repairing
AuthorsScott Mueller, Terry Ogletree, Mark Edward Soper
Edition5
PublisherPearson Education, 2006
ISBN0132714760, 9780132714761
Length1024 pages
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Computers / Networking / General
  
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