Computer Networking First-Step

ISBN: 1587201011
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 173

Authors: Wendell Odom

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Computer Networking first-step
Table of Contents
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
PartI.Networking Basics
Chapter1.What Is a Network?
No, Really, What Is a Network?
Different Types of Traditional Computer Networks
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Chapter2.A Network s Reason for Existence
Using the Network by Accident
Using the Network on Purpose
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Chapter3.Building a Network: It All Starts with a Plan
Conforming to the Rules
The Book(s) of Rules
How to Eat an Elephant, TCPIP Style
How to Eat a T-Rex, OSI Style
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
PartII.Running the Local Department of (Network) Transportation
Chapter4.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
Chapter5.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
Chapter6.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
Chapter7.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
PartIII.Shipping and Logistics: Commerce Using the (Network) Roadways
Chapter8.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
Chapter9.Choosing Shipping Options When Transporting the Goods over the (Network) Roadway
Hello, I m at Your Service
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
PartIV.Navigating the Roadways to Find the Right Street Address
Chapter10.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
Chapter11.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
Chapter12.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
Chapter13.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
PartV.Building an Interstate (Inter-LAN) Highway System
Chapter14.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
Chapter15.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
Chapter16.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
PartVI.Securing the Network
Chapter17.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
Chapter18.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
PartVII.Appendixes
AppendixA.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
AppendixB.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
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