Book Description
Appropriate for networking courses at all levels, including courses focused on network concepts, upgrades, repair, and troubleshooting. This book gives students an extraordinarily complete single source for information on upgrading, repairing, troubleshooting, and managing any network. World-renowned technology repair/upgrade expert Scott Mueller and leading consultant Terry Ogletree cover virtually every network technology, protocol, and environment, adding hundreds of pages of new material on the very latest technologies -- from Windows Server 2003 to high-speed 802.11g wireless. They present a comprehensive section on network planning and design, as well as six full chapters on network security covering everything from firewalls and VPNs to encryption. This edition includes extensive new coverage of wireless protocols, from basic 802.11b Wi-Fi to Bluetooth. Students will find detailed coverage of managing users and resources; network monitoring and troubleshooting; migration and integration; Web protocols, and much more. This edition also adds an up-to-the-minute networking glossary, and step-by-step guidance on setting up small office/home office networks.