Computer Networking First-Step
Computer Networking First-Step
ISBN: 1587201011
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 173
Pages: 173
Authors: Wendell Odom
- 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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Computer Networking First-Step
ISBN: 1587201011
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 173
Pages: 173
Authors: Wendell Odom
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