Networking Essentials: (English)

Networking Essentials: (English)

          
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Thoroughly updated to reflect CompTIA’s Network+ N10-005 exam, Networking Essentials, Third Edition, is a practical, up-to-date, and hands-on guide to the basics of networking. Written from the viewpoint of a working network administrator, it requires absolutely no experience with either network concepts or day-to-day network management.   Networking Essentials, Third Edition, includes expanded coverage of cabling, a new introduction to IPv6, and new chapters on basic switch configuration and troubleshooting. Its wireless and security chapters now focus strictly on introductory material, and you will also find up-to-date introductions to twisted-pair and fiber optic cabling, TCP/IP protocols, Internet and LAN interconnections, and basic network problem identification and resolution. Clear goals are outlined for each chapter, and every concept is introduced in easy to understand language that explains how and why networking technologies are used. Each chapter is packed with real-world examples and practical exercises that reinforce all concepts and guide you through using them to configure, analyze, and fix networks.   Key Pedagogical Features NET-CHALLENGE SIMULATION SOFTWARE provides hands-on experience with entering router and switch commands, setting up functions, and configuring interfaces and protocols WIRESHARK NETWORK PROTOCOL ANALYZER presents techniques and examples of data traffic analysis throughout PROVEN TOOLS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEARNING & NETWORK+ PREP, including chapter outlines, summaries, and Network+ objectives WORKING EXAMPLES IN EVERY CHAPTER to reinforce key concepts and promote mastery KEY TERM DEFINITIONS, LISTINGS & EXTENSIVE GLOSSARY to help you master the language of networking QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS to help you deepen your understanding   The accompanying CD-ROM includes Net-Challenge Simulation Software, including 6 labs, and the Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer Software examples.      

Table of Contents:
Introduction xxii Chapter 1 Introduction to Computer Networks 2 1-1 INTRODUCTION 5 1-2 NETWORK TOPOLOGIES 7 Section 1-2 Review 11 Test Your Knowledge 12 1-3 THE OSI MODEL 12 Section 1-3 Review 14 Test Your Knowledge 15 1-4 THE ETHERNET LAN 15 IP Addressing 19 Section 1-4 Review 21 Test Your Knowledge 22 1-5 HOME NETWORKING 22 Securing the Home Network 34 IP Addressing in the Home Network 36 Section 1-5 Review 37 Test Your Knowledge 38 1-6 ASSEMBLING AN OFFICE LAN 38 Section 1-6 Review 43 Test Your Knowledge 44 1-7 TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING A LAN 44 Section 1-7 Review 46 Test Your Knowledge 47 Summary 48 Questions and Problems 48 Section 1-1 48 Section 1-2 49 Section 1-3 50 Section 1-4 51 Section 1-5 52 Section 1-6 54 Section 1-7 55 Certification Questions 55 Chapter 2 Physical Layer Cabling: Twisted Pair 58 2-1 INTRODUCTION 61 2-2 STRUCTURED CABLING 62 Horizontal Cabling 65 Section 2-2 Review 68 Test Your Knowledge 69 2-3 UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR CABLE 69 Shielded Twisted-pair Cable 72 Section 2-3 Review 72 Test Your Knowledge 72 2-4 TERMINATING CAT6/5E/5 UTP CABLES 73 Computer Communication 74 Straight-through and Crossover Patch Cables 76 Section 2-4 Review 85 Test Your Knowledge 85 2-5 CABLE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION 86 Section 2-5 Review 90 Test Your Knowledge 90 2-6 10 Gigabit Ethernet over Copper 90 Overview 91 Alien Crosstalk 91 Signal Transmission 93     Section 2-6 Review 94 Test Your Knowledge 94 2-7 TROUBLESHOOTING CABLING SYSTEMS 94 Installation 94 Cable Stretching 95 Cable Failing to Meet Manufacturer Specifications 95 CAT5e Cable Test Examples 96 Section 2-7 Review 103 Test Your Knowledge 104 Summary 105 Questions and Problems 105 Section 2-1 105 Section 2-3 106 Section 2-4 107 Section 2-5 109 Section 2-6 109 Certification Questions 112 Chapter 3 Physical Layer Cabling: Fiber Optics 114 3-1 INTRODUCTION 117 3-2 THE NATURE OF LIGHT 119 Graded-Index Fiber 123 Single-Mode Fibers 124 Section 3-2 Review 125 Test Your Knowledge 125 3-3 FIBER ATTENUATION AND DISPERSION 126 Attenuation 126 Dispersion 127 Dispersion Compensation 129 Section 3-3 Review 130 Test Your Knowledge 130 3-4 OPTICAL COMPONENTS 130 Intermediate Components 132 Detectors 132 Fiber Connectorization 134 Section 3-4 Review 135 Test Your Knowledge 135 3-5 OPTICAL NETWORKING 136 Defining Optical Networking 136 Building Distribution 138 Campus Distribution 141 Section 3-5 Review 144 Test Your Knowledge 145 3-6 SAFETY 145 Section 3-6 Review 146 Test Your Knowledge 146 Summary 147 Questions and Problems 147 Section 3-1 147 Section 3-2 147 Section 3-3 148 Section 3-4 148 Section 3-5 149 Section 3-6 149 Certification Questions 150 Chapter 4 Wireless Networking 152 4-1 INTRODUCTION 154 4-2 THE IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LAN STANDARD 155 Section 4-2 Review 162 Test Your Knowledge 162 4-3 802.11 WIRELESS NETWORKING 163 Section 4-3 Review 171 Test Your Knowledge 172 4-4 Bluetooth, WiMAX, and RFID 172 Bluetooth 172 WiMAX 174 Radio Frequency Identification 175 Section 4-4 Review 179 Test Your Knowledge 179 4-5 SECURING WIRELESS LANS 179 Section 4-5 Review 182 Test Your Knowledge 182 4-6 CONFIGURING A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT WIRELESS LAN: A CASE STUDY 183 1. Antenna Site Survey 183 2. Establishing a Point-to-Point Wireless Link to the Home Network 184 3—4. Configuring the Multipoint Distribution/Conducting an RF Site Survey 185 5. Configuring the Remote Installations 187 Section 4-6 Review 187 Test Your Knowledge 188 Summary 189 Questions and Problems 189 Section 4-2 189 Section 4-3 190 Section 4-4 191 Section 4-5 192 Section 4-6 193 Critical Thinking 193 Certification Questions 194 Chapter 5 Interconnecting the LANs 196 5-1 INTRODUCTION 198 5-2 THE NETWORK BRIDGE 199 Section 5-2 Review 203 Test Your Knowledge 204 5-3 THE NETWORK SWITCH 204 Hub—Switch Comparison 206 Managed Switches 209 Multilayer Switches 214 Section 5-3 Review 214 Test Your Knowledge 215 5-4 THE ROUTER 215 The Router Interface: Cisco 2800 Series 216 The Router Interface–Cisco 2600 Series 217 The Router Interface–Cisco 2500 Series 218 Section 5-4 Review 220 Test Your Knowledge 220 5-5 INTERCONNECTING LANS WITH THE ROUTER 221 Gateway Address 223 Network Segments 223 Section 5-5 Review 224 Test Your Knowledge 224 5-6 CONFIGURING THE NETWORK INTERFACE–AUTO-NEGOTIATION 225 Auto-Negotiation Steps 225 Full-Duplex/Half-Duplex 226 Section 5-6 Review 228 Test Your Knowledge 228 Summary 229 Questions and Problems 229 Section 5-2 229 Section 5-3 230 Section 5-4 232 Section 5-5 232 Section 5-6 233 Critical Thinking 233 Certification Questions 234 Chapter 6 TCP/IP 236 6-1 INTRODUCTION 238 6-2 THE TCP/IP LAYERS 239 The Application Layer 240 The Transport Layer 241 The Internet Layer 245 The Network Interface Layer 248 Section 6-2 Review 248 Test Your Knowledge 249 6-3 NUMBER CONVERSION 249 Binary-to-Decimal Conversion 249 Decimal-to-Binary Conversion 251 Hexadecimal Numbers 252 Section 6-3 Review 255 Test Your Knowledge 255 6-4 IPv4 ADDRESSING 255 Private IP Addresses n hj h 258 IP Address Assignment 258 Section 6-4 Review 259 Test Your Knowledge 259 6-5 SUBNET MASKS 259 Section 6-5 Review 266 Test Your Knowledge 266 6-6 CIDR BLOCKS 267 Section 6-6 Review 269 Test Your Knowledge 270 6-7 IPV6 ADDRESSING 270 Section 6-7 Review 273 Test Your Knowledge 273 Summary 274 Questions and Problems 274 Section 6-2 274 Section 6-3 276 Section 6-4 277 Section 6-5 278 Section 6-6 280 Section 6-7 282 Critical Thinking 282 Certification Questions 283 Chapter 7 Introduction to Router Configuration 286 7-1 INTRODUCTION 288 7-2 ROUTER FUNDAMENTALS 289 Layer 3 Networks 290 Section 7-2 Review 296 Test Your Knowledge 296 7-3 THE CONSOLE PORT CONNECTION 296 Configuring the HyperTerminal Software (Windows) 298 Configuring the Z-Term Serial Communications Software (Mac) 300 Section 7-3 Review 302 Test Your Knowledge 302 7-4 THE ROUTER’S USER EXEC MODE (ROUTER>) 303 The User EXEC Mode 303 Router Configuration Challenge: The User EXEC Mode 305 Section 7-4 Review 308 Test Your Knowledge 308 7-5 THE ROUTER’S PRIVILEGED EXEC MODE (ROUTER#) 308 Hostname 309 Enable Secret 310 Setting the Line Console Passwords 310 Fast Ethernet Interface Configuration 311 Serial Interface Configuration 312 Router Configuration Challenge: The Privileged EXEC Mode 314 Section 7-5 Review 316 Test Your Knowledge 316 Summary 317 Questions and Problems 317 Section 7-1 317 Section 7-2 317 Section 7-3 320 Section 7-4 320 Section 7-5 321 Critical Thinking 322 Certification Questions 323 Chapter 8 Introduction to Switch Configuration 326 8-1 INTRODUCTION 328 8-2 Introduction to VLANs 329 Virtual LAN 329 Section 8-2 Review 330 Test Your Knowledge 330 8-3 Introduction to Switch Configuration 330 Hostname 331 Enable Secret 332 Setting the Line Console Passwords 332 Static VLAN Configuration 333 Networking Challenge–Switch Configuration 337 Section 8-3 Review 337 Test Your Knowledge 338 8-4 Spanning-Tree Protocol 338 Section 8-4 Review 339 Test Your Knowledge 340 8-5 Network Management 340 Configuring SNMP 341 Section 8-5 Review 344 Test Your Knowledge 344 8-6 Power over Ethernet 344 Section 8-6 Review 346 Test Your Knowledge 347 Summary 348 Questions and Problems 348 Section 8-2 348 Section 8-3 349 Section 8-4 350 Section 8-5 350 Section 8-6 352 Critical Thinking 353 Certification Questions 353 Chapter 9 Routing Protocols 356 9-1 INTRODUCTION 358 9-2 STATIC ROUTING 359 Gateway of Last Resort 366 Configuring Static Routes 366 Networking Challenge: Chapter 9– Static Routes 368 Section 9-2 Review 369 Test Your Knowledge 369 9-3 DYNAMIC ROUTING PROTOCOLS 370 Section 9-3 Review 371 Test Your Knowledge 371 9-4 DISTANCE VECTOR PROTOCOLS 372 Section 9-4 Review 374 Test Your Knowledge 374 9-5 LINK STATE PROTOCOLS 375 Section 9-5 Review 378 Test Your Knowledge 378 9-6 HYBRID PROTOCOLS 378 Section 9-6 Review 379 Test Your Knowledge 379 9-7 CONFIGURING RIP and RIPv2 379 Configuring Routes with RIP 381 Configuring Routes with RIP Version 2 385 Networking Challenge–RIP V2 387 Section 9-7 Review 388 Test Your Knowledge 388 Summary 389 Questions and Problems 389 Section 9-2 389 Section 9-3 391 Section 9-4 392 Section 9-5 392 Section 9-6 393 Section 9-7 394 Critical Thinking 395 Certification Questions 395 Chapter 10 Internet Technologies: Out to the Internet 398 10-1 INTRODUCTION 401 10-2 THE LINE CONNECTION 402 Data Channels 403 Point of Presence 404 Section 10-2 Review 406 Test Your Knowledge 407 10-3 REMOTE ACCESS 407 Analog Modem Technologies 407 Cable Modems 408 xDSL Modems 408 The Remote Access Server 410 Section 10-3 Review 411 Test Your Knowledge 411 10-4 Metro Ethernet/Carrier Ethernet 412 Ethernet Service Types 413 Service Attributes 414 Section 10-4 Review 415 Test Your Knowledge 416 10-5 NETWORK SERVICES–DHCP AND DNS 416 The DHCP Data Packets 418 DHCP Deployment 419 Network Services: DNS 420 Internet Domain Name 421 Section 10-5 Review 423 Test Your Knowledge 423 10-6 INTERNET ROUTING–BGP 424 Section 10-6 Review 426 Test Your Knowledge 427 10-7 ANALYZING INTERNET DATA TRAFFIC 427 Utilization/Errors Strip Chart 428 Network Layer Matrix 429 Network Layer Host Table 430 Frame Size Distribution 430 Section 10-7 Review 431 Test Your Knowledge 432 Summary 433 Questions and Problems 433 Section 10-2 433 Section 10-3 434 Section 10-4 434 Section 10-5 435 Section 10-6 435 Certification Questions 436 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting 438 11-1 INTRODUCTION 440 11-2 ANALYZING COMPUTER NETWORKS 441     Using Wireshark to Inspect Data Packets 442 Using Wireshark to Capture Packets 444 Section 11-2 Review 446 Test Your Knowledge 446 11-3 ANALYZING COMPUTER NETWORKS–FTP DATA PACKETS 446 Section 11-3 Review 447 Test Your Knowledge 448 11-4 ANALYZING CAMPUS NETWORK DATA TRAFFIC 448 Section 11-4 Review 450 Test Your Knowledge 450 11-5 TROUBLESHOOTING THE ROUTER INTERFACE 451 Section 11-5 Review 454 Test Your Knowledge 454 11-6 TROUBLESHOOTING THE SWITCH INTERFACE 454 Section 11-6 Review 457 Test Your Knowledge 457 11-7 TROUBLESHOOTING FIBER OPTICS–The OTDR 457 Section 11-7 Review 459 Test Your Knowledge 459 Summary 460 Questions and Problems 460 Section 11-2 460 Section 11-3 461 Section 11-4 462 Section 11-5 462 Section 11-6 462 Section 11-7 463 Certification Questions 463 Chapter 12 Network Security 466 12-1 INTRODUCTION 468 12-2 INTRUSION (HOW AN ATTACKER GAINS CONTROL OF A NETWORK) 469 Social Engineering 469 Password Cracking 470 Packet Sniffing 470 Vulnerable Software 471 Viruses and Worms 473 Section 12-2 Review 474 Test Your Knowledge 474 12-3 DENIAL OF SERVICE 475 Distributed Denial-of-service Attacks 476 Section 12-3 Review 477 Test Your Knowledge 477 12-4 SECURITY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE 477 Antivirus Software 477 Personal Firewall 478 Firewall 484 Other Security Appliances 485 Section 12-4 Review 486 Test Your Knowledge 486 12-5 INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK 486 VPN Tunneling Protocols 487 Configuring a Remote Access VPN Server 489 Configuring a Remote Client’s VPN Connection 489 Cisco VPN Client 491 Section 12-5 Review 495 Test Your Knowledge 495 Summary 497 Questions and Problems 497 Section 12-2 497 Section 12-3 498 Section 12-4 498 Section 12-5 499 Critical Thinking 500 Certification Questions 500 Glossary of Key Terms 503 TOC, 1/31/2012, 9780789749031  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789749031
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson IT Certification
  • Depth: 32
  • Height: 253 mm
  • No of Pages: 576
  • Spine Width: 37 mm
  • Width: 211 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0789749033
  • Publisher Date: 15 Mar 2012
  • Binding: SA
  • Edition: 3 HAR/CDR
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 1338 gr


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