Table of Contents

		Networking for Dummies, 8th Edition byDoug Lowe John Wiley & Sons 2007 (430 pages) ISBN:9780470056202 Written for even the most network-shy novice, this book begins with the most basic of basics and progresses through all the essentials, from cables, routers and hubs to building a wireless network.

Table of Contents
	Networking for Dummies, 8th Edition
	Introduction
	Part I - Let's Network!
	Chapter 1	-	Networks Will Not Take Over the World, and Other Network Basics
	Chapter 2	-	Life on the Network
	Chapter 3	-	More Ways to Use Your Network
	Part II - Building Your Own Network
	Chapter 4	-	Planning Your Network
	Chapter 5	-	Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave-Cables, Adapters, and Other Stuff
	Chapter 6	-	Dealing with TCP/IP
	Chapter 7	-	Setting Up a Server
	Chapter 8	-	Configuring Windows XP and Vista Clients
	Chapter 9	-	Wireless Networking
	Part III - Getting Connected
	Chapter 10	-	Connecting Your Network to the Internet
	Chapter 11	-	Running a Mail Server
	Chapter 12	-	Creating an Intranet
	Chapter 13	-	Is It a Phone or a Computer? (Or, Understanding VoIP and Convergence)
	Chapter 14	-	Connecting from Home
	Part IV - Network Management For Dummies
	Chapter 15	-	Welcome to Network Management
	Chapter 16	-	Managing User Accounts with Active Directory
	Chapter 17	-	Managing Network Storage
	Chapter 18	-	Network Performance Anxiety
	Chapter 19	-	Solving Network Problems
	Chapter 20	-	How to Stay on Top of Your Network and Keep Its Users Off Your Back
	Part V - Protecting Your Network
	Chapter 21	-	Backing Up Your Data
	Chapter 22	-	Securing Your Network
	Chapter 23	-	Hardening Your Network
	Part VI - Beyond Windows
	Chapter 24	-	Networking with Linux
	Chapter 25	-	Macintosh Networking
	Part VII - The Part of Tens
	Chapter 26	-	More Than Ten Big Network Mistakes
	Chapter 27	-	Ten Networking Commandments
	Chapter 28	-	Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet
	Chapter 29	-	Layers of the OSI Model
	Index
	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	List of Sidebars