The Complete Guide to Networking and Network+

By Michael Graves

Clear-cut and easy to read, The Complete Guide to Networking and Network+ prepares readers for CompTIA's Network + Exam. Ideal for aspiring information and electronics technicians, this text teached readers how to install, configure, and troubleshoot computer networks. Topics match Network + exam objectives and each OSI layer is given its own chapter covering protocols and hardware. Real-world situations are presented to show how networking professionals solve common networking problems. This book is suitable for classes specializing in certification preparation, and also for use as a standard textbook and reference on basic networking technology. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1418019445
• ISBN13: 9781418019440
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.2"

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I used this book only to prepare for the test, and it was more than enough. All major areas are covered extremely good. 1. Media and Topologies - 5 stars 2. OSI model - 5 stars (you're going to understand the forbidding OSI model once you read it - about 150 pages) 3. TCP/IP - the protocol stack is explained very well (for subnetting and supernetting you're going to need some outside help - google it up) 4. IPX/SPX - 5 stars...

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Graves furnishes a comprehensive and technically sophisticated guide to the various common networks deployed in the field. The expected audience for this book is a reader from electrical engineering or computer science. Unsurprisingly, the Internet gets a lot of attention. Graves goes through the OSI model, explaining in detail what each layer does. There is usually a chapter on each, to give you an idea of the amount of...