NETWORKING FOR DUMMIES
by Lowe, DougEdition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-05-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary
New material on Internet telephony, security upgrades, and more! Here's how to build and manage a network, from the basics to the latest tools and trends Got to get the office networked by next Friday? Leave the computer science PhD for another day and pick up this easy guide. This book takes you through hardware, operating systems, connecting, network management, security, and all the other information you need to tap into the power of modern networking! Build a network from the ground up Use cables, routers, and other hardware Optimize performance Secure your network Manage network use Use the latest storage and backup tools
Author Biography
Doug Lowe is the prolific author of 21 other ... For Dummies books, including titles on Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, networking, client/server computing, memory management, Internet Explorer, and creating Web pages.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Let's Network! | |
| Networks Will Not Take Over the World, and Other Network Basics | |
| Life on the Network | |
| More Ways to Use Your Network | |
| Planning Your Network | |
| Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Cables, Adapters, and Other Stuff | |
| Dealing with TCP/IP | |
| Setting Up a Server | |
| Configuring Windows XP and Vista Clients | |
| Wireless Networking | |
| Getting Connected | |
| Connecting Your Network to the Internet | |
| Running a Mail Server | |
| Creating an Intranet | |
| Is It a Phone or a Computer? (Or, Understanding VoIP and Convergence) | |
| Connecting from Home | |
| Network Management For Dummies | |
| Welcome to Network Management | |
| Managing User Accounts with Active Directory | |
| Managing Network Storage | |
| Network Performance Anxiety | |
| Solving Network Problems | |
| How to Stay on Top of Your Network and Keep Its Users Off Your Back | |
| Protecting Your Network | |
| Backing Up Your Data | |
| Securing Your Network | |
| Hardening Your Network | |
| Beyond Windows | |
| Networking with Linux | |
| Macintosh Networking | |
| The Part of Tens | |
| More Than Ten Big Network Mistakes | |
| Ten Networking Commandments | |
| Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet | |
| Layers of the OSI Model | |
| Index | |
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