Networking Essentials : Hands-On, Self-Paced Training for Supporting Local and Wide Area Networks

Smith, Edited By Shari G.

ISBN 10: 1556158068 / ISBN 13: 9781556158063

Published by Microsoft Press, Redmond, 1996

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The complete Microsoft training guide for LAN and WAN networks, functioning both as a course and as a strong reference, covering all aspects such as network orientation, connecting components, functionality, protocols and architectures, operations, administration and support, larger networks, resolving problems, standards and specifications, much more. Book is slipcased, and with the original accompanying CD-ROM. Large-format softcover, contains illustrations, diagrams, charts, 836pp., slipcased, with CD-ROM. Rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Networking Essentials : Hands-On, Self-Paced Training for Supporting Local and Wide Area Networks
• Publisher: Microsoft Press, Redmond
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556158068
• ISBN 13: 9781556158063
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near New
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

A book/CD-ROM kit for learning the fundamentals of network technology and preparing for the Microsoft Certified Professional Exam, providing detailed explanations of concepts and components of network environments and an overview of the Internet. Units on network orientation; connecting components; network architectures; network operations; larger networks; and troubleshooting contain self-paced lessons with objectives, questions, exercises, and answers. Assumes knowledge of the operation and support of hardware and software in stand-alone personal computers. The companion CD-ROM contains network simulation exercises and video demonstrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Review

Like most general networking texts for the non-expert, this offering from Microsoft Press explains all the expected stuff about network architectures and the reasons you'd want to set up a network in the first place. Networking Essentials, however, distinguishes itself by providing an in-depth look at administrating a network that is running Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 as its network operating system (NOS). Even though NT 4.0 replaced this outmoded NOS a year ago, lots of people still run 3.51 and it is still valuable to know.

This book's accompanying CD-ROM features some very handy animations that show how various network architectures work. These animations range from the simplistic--a green ball representing data zips into a telephone jack on the wall to illustrate modem communications--to the genuinely informative--green balls illustrate different means of avoiding or dealing with collisions.