CompTIA Network All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Feb 14, 2009 - Computers - 864 pages

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

From inside the book

Contents

Chapter 1 CompTIA Network+ in a Nutshell
1
Chapter 2 Building a Network with the OSI Model
11
Chapter 3 Cabling and Topology
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About the author (2009)

Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, MCP, is the bestselling author of six editions of CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and several other computer books. He is the president and founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations throughout the world, and a member of CompTIA.

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