Book description
All-in-One is All You Need
Get complete coverage of all the material included on the latest release of the CompTIA Network+ exam inside this fully updated, comprehensive resource. Written by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this authoritative exam guide features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to help you pass the CompTIA Network+ exam with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference.
Covers all exam topics, including 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
- Hundreds of practice questions
- Video introduction to CompTIA Network+
- A collection of Mike's favorite shareware and freeware networking tools and utilities
- Complete electronic book
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- CompTIA Network+®
- Copyright Page
- CD Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 CompTIA Network+ in a Nutshell
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Chapter 2 Building a Network with the OSI Model
- Historical/Conceptual
- Working with Models
- Test Specific
- Let’s Get Physical—Network Hardware and Layers 1–2
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Beyond the Single Wire—Network Software and Layers 3–7
- IP—Playing on Layer 3, the Network Layer
- There’s Frames in Them Thar Frames!
- Assembly and Disassembly—Layer 4, the Transport Layer
- Talking on a Network—Layer 5, the Session Layer
- Standardized Formats, or Why Layer 6, Presentation, Has No Friends
- Network Applications—Layer 7, the Application Layer
- How Tiffany Gets Her Document
- The Tech’s Troubleshooting Tool
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 3 Cabling and Topology
- Chapter 4 Ethernet Basics
- Chapter 5 Modern Ethernet
- Chapter 6 Installing a Physical Network
- Chapter 7 TCP/IP Basics
- Chapter 8 The Wonderful World of Routing
- Chapter 9 TCP/IP Applications
- Chapter 10 Network Naming
- Chapter 11 Securing TCP/IP
- Chapter 12 Advanced Networking Devices
- Chapter 13 IPv6
- Chapter 14 Remote Connection Basics
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Chapter 15 Network Troubleshooting
- Test Specific
- Troubleshooting Tools
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The Troubleshooting Process
- Gather Information—Identify Symptoms and Problems
- Identify the Affected Areas of the Network
- Establish if Anything Has Changed
- Identify the Most Probable Cause
- Determine if Escalation Is Necessary
- Create an Action Plan and Solution Identifying Potential Effects
- Implement and Test a Solution
- Identify the Results and Effects of the Solution
- Document the Solution and the Entire Process
- Troubleshooting Scenarios
- Chapter Review
- Chapter 16 Wireless Networking
- Chapter 17 Protecting Your Network
- Chapter 18 Network Management
- Appendix A Objectives Map: CompTIA Network+
- Appendix B About the Download
- Glossary
- Index
- MediaCenter
Product information
- Title: CompTIA Network All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2009
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071614887
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