Table of Contents

Computer Networking first-step
By Wendell Odom
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: April 21, 2004
Print ISBN: 1-58720-101-1
Pages: 552

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Acknowledgments
			Introduction
			Who Ought to Read This Book
			Stuff You'll Find in This Book
			For More Information…
		Part I.  Networking Basics
			Chapter 1.  What Is a Network?
				No, Really, What Is a Network?
				Different Types of Traditional Computer Networks
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 2.  A Network's Reason for Existence
				Using the Network by Accident
				Using the Network on Purpose
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 3.  Building a Network: It All Starts with a Plan
				Conforming to the Rules
				The Book(s) of Rules
				How to Eat an Elephant, TCP/IP Style
				How to Eat a T-Rex, OSI Style
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part II.  Running the Local Department of (Network) Transportation
			Chapter 4.  How to Build a Local (Network) Roadway
				Driving Bits Across the Network Roadway
				Sharing the Local Roadway: Ethernet Hubs
				Dirt Roads Versus the DOT
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 5.  Rules of the Road: How to Use the Local (Network) Roadway
				Preparing for a Trip: How to Make Your Car (Data) "Street Legal"
				Stopping at the Destination: What Happens When Someone Comes to See You
				Two Standards for Ethernet
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 6.  Reducing Congestion and Driving Faster on the Local (Network) Roadway
				Reducing Congestion by Opening Up More Lanes on Each LAN
				Switches: The Rest of the Story
				I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 7.  Adding Local (Network) Roadways for No Extra Money
				The Physical Reality Precedes the Virtual Reality
				Virtual (LAN) Reality: One Switch, but Multiple LANs
				Packing Your VLAN's Frames in a Trunk When Leaving the Switch
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part III.  Shipping and Logistics: Commerce Using the (Network) Roadways
			Chapter 8.  Shipping Goods over a (Network) Roadway
				Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Dark of Night: E-Mail
				Building a Centralized Warehouse: File Transfer
				Browsing Around the Internet Shopping Mall: The World Wide Web
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 9.  Choosing Shipping Options When Transporting the Goods over the (Network) Roadway
				"Hello, I'm at Your Service"
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part IV.  Navigating the Roadways to Find the Right Street Address
			Chapter 10.  Delivering the Goods to the Right Street (IP) Address
				Navigation Basics: Driving to the Right Destination
				How to Run a (Network) Postal Service
				Subdividing a Network into Subnets
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 11.  Knowing Where to Turn at Each Intersection (Router)
				A Short Trip from Your House (PC) to the Local Store (Server)
				Other Rules of the Road
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 12.  Painting the Road Signs on Your Interstate (Internetwork)
				Routing to Nearby Places
				Painting Road Signs and Other Long-Lasting Directions
				Dynamically Learning and Changing Routing Tables
				Picking the Best Road (Route)
				Introducing the Long List of Routing Protocols
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 13.  People Like Names, but Computers Like Numbers
				Looking Up the Name and Number in the Phone Book (Host Table)
				Asking Someone Else to Look Up the Phone Number (IP Address) for You
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part V.  Building an Interstate (Inter-LAN) Highway System
			Chapter 14.  Leasing a (Network) Roadway Between Two Points
				Leasing the Cable When You Can't Run the Cable
				Routers and WANs: A Match Made in Heaven
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 15.  Leasing a (Network) Roadway Between Lots of Places
				Making the Telco Look Like One Big Whopping Switch
				Faster, Cheaper, BetterYou Can't Go Wrong with Frame Relay
				Routers and WANs: Still a Match Made in Heaven
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 16.  Driving from Home onto the Globally Interconnected (Internet) Roadway
				Once on the Interstate (Internet), You Can Go Anywhere
				Using a Phone Line for Data
				Calling the Internet! Calling the Internet!
				Using the Phone Line for Datathe DSL Way
				Sending Data from Home Without Using a Phone Line
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part VI.  Securing the Network
			Chapter 17.  Accepting the Right People and Rejecting the Wrong People
				Safe Driving by Using AAA
				Making Sure (Internet) Drivers Have Valid Drivers' Licenses
				You're Wearing Your Credit Card Number on Your T-Shirt
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
			Chapter 18.  Keeping a Watchful Eye Over Who Drives into Your (Network) Neighborhood
				Setting the Ground Rules
				Enforcing the Ground Rules
				Using the Police to Watch for Bad Guys
				Chapter Summary
				Chapter Review Questions
		Part VII.  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  Answers to Chapter Review Questions
				Chapter 1
				Chapter 2
				Chapter 3
				Chapter 4
				Chapter 5
				Chapter 6
				Chapter 7
				Chapter 8
				Chapter 9
				Chapter 10
				Chapter 11
				Chapter 12
				Chapter 13
				Chapter 14
				Chapter 15
				Chapter 16
				Chapter 17
				Chapter 18
			Appendix B.  Converting IP Addresses Between Decimal and Binary
				Decimal and Binary Numbering Systems
				Converting Between Binary and Decimal Numbers
				Converting IP Addresses
				Chapter Summary
		Glossary
		Index