Networking Foundations - Sybex 2004

Networking Foundations - Sybex 2004



The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there are stable,
core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to know last year,
needs to know this year, and will still need to know next year.

The purpose of the Foundations series is to identify these concepts and
present them in a way that gives you the strongest possible starting-point,
no matter what your endeavor.

Networking Foundations provides essential knowledge about designing,
building, and maintaining a network.

What you learn here will benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and
practice your skills, and int he long term, as you use them.

Topics covered include:

Networking fundamentals
The OSI networking model
Network architectures
File servers and network clients
Physical and logical topologies
Electrical issues in networking
Network media and cabling devices
Network standards and protocols
LAN installation
WAN basics
Internet access