Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Second Edition - Softcover

Meyers, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071614834 ISBN 13: 9780071614832

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2009

Synopsis

Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Written by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass the CompTIA Network+ exam and become an expert networking technician. Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Second Edition is completely up-to-date with the new CompTIA Network+ standards. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Learn how to:

• Build a network with the OSI seven-layer model
• Configure network hardware, topologies, and cabling
• Connect multiple Ethernet components
• Configure wireless networks
• Work with network protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SIP, and IMAP
• Configure IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols
• Share and access network resources
• Interconnect network operating systems-Windows, Mac OS, UNIX/Linux
• Set up clients and servers for remote access
• Monitor and troubleshoot networks
• Secure networks with firewalls, packet filtering, encryption, authentication, and other methods

The CD-ROM features:

• CompTIA Network+ exam simulation available in Practice or Final mode
• Video introduction to CompTIA Network+
• A collection of Mike's favorite shareware and freeware networking tools and utilities
• Complete electronic book

Each chapter includes:

• Learning objectives
• Photographs and illustrations
• Real-world examples
• Try This! and Cross Check exercises
• Tech tips, notes, and warnings
• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

About this title

About the Author

Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, MCP, is the bestselling author of six editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and several other computer books. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071614834
• ISBN 13: 9780071614832
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592