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Index
Cover
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Authors
Credits
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Networking Nuts and Bolts
Chapter 1: Introduction to Networking
1.1 Networking: A Brief Introduction
1.2 History of Networking
1.3 Standards and Standards Organizations
1.4 An Introduction to the OSI Reference Model
1.5 TCP/IP, Please (and Don’t Be Stingy with the IP)
1.6 Chapter Exercises
1.7 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 2: LANs, MANs, and WANs
2.1 Local Area Networks
2.2 Metropolitan Area Networks
2.3 Wide Area Networks
2.4 Chapter Exercises
2.5 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 3: Network Hardware and Transmission Media
3.1 Stuff You Just Need to Know
3.2 Transmission Media
3.3 Network Hardware
3.4 Chapter Exercises
3.5 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 4: Operating Systems and Networking Software
4.1 Computer Operating System Basics
4.2 Network Operating System Basics
4.3 Other Operating Systems
4.4 Chapter Exercises
4.5 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 5: The TCP/IP Protocol Suite
5.1 The TCP/IP Layers
5.2 Popular TCP/IP Protocols
5.3 End of Chapter Hodgepodge
5.4 Chapter Exercises
5.5 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 6: Ethernet Concepts
6.1 The Beginning of Ethernet Technology
6.2 Ethernet Components
6.3 Ethernet and IEEE 802.3’s Relationship to the OSI Model
6.4 Ethernet Frame Format
6.5 Traffic Optimization
6.6 Chapter Exercises
6.7 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 7: Not to Be Forgotten
7.1 Can’t Get Enough of Those LAN Technologies
7.2 As If You Haven’t Had Enough of These Sweet Protocols
7.3 Chapter Exercises
7.4 Pop Quiz Answers
Part II: The OSI Layers
Chapter 8: The Upper Layers
8.1 Background
8.2 The TCP/IP Model
8.3 OSI Application Layer
8.4 OSI Presentation Layer
8.5 OSI Session Layer
8.6 Chapter Exercises
8.7 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 9: The Transport Layer
9.1 The Terms and Conditions of Chapter 9
9.2 Transport Layer Operations
9.3 Transport Layer Protocols
9.4 The Meaning of Control
9.5 Chapter Exercises
9.6 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 10: The Network Layer
10.1 Network Connection Types
10.2 TCP/IP Network Layer Protocols
10.3 Chapter Exercises
10.4 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 11: The Data Link Layer
11.1 Concerns of the LAN
11.2 Accessing the Medium
11.3 Meet the Sublayers
11.4 The “ings” — Casting, Detecting, and Addressing
11.5 ’’Knode’’ the LAN
11.6 Chapter Exercises
11.7 Pop Quiz Answers
Part III: Network Design and Implementation
Chapter 12: Design Methodologies
12.1 Your Task Is to Design a Network
12.2 Let’s Start Planning
12.3 A Hierarchical Design Model
12.4 5-4-3-2-1, Speed Is Not the Big Concern
12.5 Making Determinations
12.6 Network Implementation
12.7 Chapter Exercises
12.8 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 13: Implementation
13.1 Planning
13.2 Network Supporting Infrastructure
13.3 Budgeting
13.4 Staging
13.5 Rollout
13.6 Verification
13.7 Documentation
13.8 The Final Stretch
13.9 Chapter Exercise
13.10 Pop Quiz Answer
Part IV: Managing and Maintaining the Network
Chapter 14: Network Security
14.1 Elements of Network Security
14.2 Network Security Methodologies
14.3 Chapter Exercises
14.4 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 15: Network Management
15.1 Operation
15.2 Administration
15.3 Maintenance
15.4 Provisioning
15.5 Tools
15.6 Chapter Exercises
15.7 Pop Quiz Answers
Chapter 16: Troubleshooting
16.1 The Little LAN that Cried Wolf
16.2 The Proactive Approach Beats the Reactive Approach Hands Down
16.3 Troubleshooting Tools
16.4 A Logical Order
16.5 Layered Strategy
16.6 Troubleshooting Examples
16.7 Chapter Exercises
16.8 Pop Quiz Answers
Appendix A: Additional Exercises
Appendix B: Exercise Answers
Appendix C: Glossary
Appendix D: Acronyms
Index
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