Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition gives readers the ability and understanding necessary to create and administer a network. The book shows the reader how to physically connect computers and other devices to a network and access peripherals such as printers over the network. Readers will also be able to configure computers to access the network and the network to share an Internet connection. This book will provide easy-to-understand details on new technologies and background information (such as basic networking, including protocols and physical infrastructure) necessary for the user to network computer devices. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking takes the frustration out of planning and creating a network, and helps readers understand what they are getting into when planning a network and strategies for making the network a success.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition gives readers the ability and understanding necessary to create and administer a network. The book shows the reader how to physically connect computers and other devices to a network and access peripherals such as printers over the network. Readers will also be able to configure computers to access the network and the network to share an Internet connection. This book will provide easy-to-understand details on new technologies and background information (such as basic networking, including protocols and physical infrastructure) necessary for the user to network computer devices.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking takes the frustration out of planning and creating a network, and helps readers understand what they are getting into when planning a network and strategies for making the network a success.

A gentle, straightforward introduction to the fundamentals of setting up and maintaining a computer network. * Teaches the strategies of networking, whether connecting two computers or two hundred. * Demystifies the technology behind different types of networks, operating systems, hardware components, and protocols. * Provides readers with important information about security, administration, and troubleshooting communication problems. "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking Provides you with the basics of networking personal computers and helps you get your network up and running no matter the desktop or server platform."--BOOK JACKET