The Essential Guide to Networking

• The plain-English guide to understanding how networks work—and how they're built
• Intranets, extranets, the Internet, and other IP networks
• Network reliability, security, and troubleshooting
• Next-generation wireless technologies—Bluetooth, WAP, and JINI
• Networking industry overview
• The future of networking

Your complete, no-nonsense guide to networking: the fundamentals, without the hype!

The Essential Guide to Networking is the complete briefing on networking and the Internet for every non-technical professional! In one easy-to-understand book, James Keogh explains all of today's hottest networking technologies—and helps you make sense of the fast-changing networking industry. The Essential Guide to Networking is a breath of fresh air: an intelligent, thorough, friendly, and up-to-date guide to networking for non-engineers! You'll learn all this, and more:

• The technical fundamentals and evolution of networks
• LANs and WANs: connections, media, and building blocks
• Intranets, extranets, the Internet, and other IP-based networks
• DSL, cable modems, and other high-speed Internet access alternatives
• Understanding Internet security and privacy
• Up-to-the-minute wireless coverage: Bluetooth, WAP, Jini, and more
• Options for maximizing network reliability and security
• Key resources for troubleshooting network problems
• The networking industry and its key players
• Powerful trends shaping tomorrow's networks

If you need to understand the dynamic, ever-changing world of networking and how it's revolutionizing today's high tech economy, this is your complete briefing.

JAMES KEOGH has written more than 45 computer books, including Core MCSE: Networking Essentials (Prentice Hall PTR). He spent over a decade developing mission-critical systems for top Wall Street firms. Keogh chairs the Electronic Commerce track at Columbia University and serves on the graduate school faculty of Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, NJ, where he teaches networking.