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Overview
Your first step into the world of computer networking
- No experience required
- Includes clear and easily understood explanations
- Makes learning easy
Your first step to computer networking begins here!
- Learn basic networking terminology
- Understand how information is routed from place to place
- Explore Internet connectivity secrets
- Protect your computer from intrusion
- Build local-area networks (LANs)
Welcome to the world of networking!
Networking and the Internet touch our lives in untold ways every day. From connecting our computers together at home and surfing the net at high speeds to editing and sharing digital music and video, computer networking has become both ubiquitous and indispensable.
No experience needed!
Computer Networking First-Step explains the basics of computer networking in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the core technologies that make up network and Internet traffic. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in just gaining a conversational knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!
Synopsis
Your first step into the world of computer networking
- No experience required
- Includes clear and easily understood explanations
- Makes learning easy
Your first step to computer networking begins here!
- Learn basic networking terminology
- Understand how information is routed from place to place
- Explore Internet connectivity secrets
- Protect your computer from intrusion
- Build local-area networks (LANs)
Welcome to the world of networking!
Networking and the Internet touch our lives in untold ways every day. From connecting our computers together at home and surfing the net at high speeds to editing and sharing digital music and video, computer networking has become both ubiquitous and indispensable.
No experience needed!
Computer Networking First-Step explains the basics of computer networking in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the core technologies that make up network and Internet traffic. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in just gaining a conversational knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!
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The best thing going for the book is its relaxed, you-can-do-it tone. ... If you are looking for a conceptual understanding of computer networking to untangle the underlying mystery, read this book. I think this is a great text for high school students, home computer users, and even computer professionals who do not deal with networking in their daily work.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewComputer Networking First Step explains basic network concepts about as easily and gently as any book we’ve seen. Read it, and you’ll look like you know what you’re talking about -- because you actually will.
Wendell Odom introduces LANs, WANs, the Internet, routers, switches, network addressing, remote access, security, and a whole lot more. Throughout, he uses the running analogy of “roadways” to make sense of networking -- and it works very, very well.
Maybe you’re taking a first networking course and you can’t make sense of the textbook. Maybe you’re planning to earn certification someday. Maybe you’re a manager who has to supervise techies. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur who needs to get a network installed. Whatever the reason, start right here. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.