Sams Teach Yourself Network Troubleshooting in 24 Hours

A practical, hands-on quide to network troubleshooting that emphasizes diagnostic techniques that both professionals and part-time network adminstrators can understand and use in their day-to-day activities. In today's pervasive network environment, many of these people are often responsible for fixing a network if it goes down. This book emphasizes fixing practical networking applications like shared printers, using the Internet, and sharing files. It does not get into the specifics of protocols or specific applications, but provides short, concise overviews of topics like wireless networking, Unix, Windows 2000, Novell Netware, routers, and firewalls.

Jonathan Feldman is a hands-on network troubleshooting professional who is also a columnist and contributing editor for Network Computing magazine. He is the author of Network+ Exam Guide, and a contributor to Maximum Security, Third Edition. A multi-disciplinary troubleshooting expert, Jonathan has given networking workshops throughout the United States, at venues such as PC Expo/TECHXNY and Certification Expo. Network tools that he's developed have been used by large organizations including American Express, the State of Virginia, the State of Montana, Novell, and NASA.

He currently lives and works in Savannah, Georgia as Chatham County's chief technical manager. In his copious spare time, he enjoys running, cooking, and playing the guitar, but not all at the same time. He can be reached at jf@feldman.org.