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Description
- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 8" x 10"
- Pages: 700
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7897-4845-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4845-4
Introduction to Networking provides you with a comprehensive overview of the technologies and standards that make the modern connected world a reality. Requiring no previous knowledge of computer networking, this textbook takes you on a tour of the building blocks of modern-day networks. Major concepts, such as OSI and TCP/IP models, network media specifications and functions, LAN/WAN protocols, topologies, and capabilities, are covered in detail. Industry standards and a brief historical development of major networking technologies are surveyed in conjunction with basic awareness of software and hardware components used in typical networking and internetworking environments.
Expert instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom provides you with a solid foundation of how computer networks function. He then shows you how to build both local-area networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WAN) for transmission of data over short and long distances. You also learn how TCP/IP uses these LANs and WANs to create corporate networks and the worldwide Internet. The book concludes by showing you how networking connects applications you use on a daily basis with resources that reside on the global Internet.
Full of real-world practical examples, Introduction to Networking provides you with the foundation knowledge and skills you need to start a career in networking.
Powerful features make learning about networking easier!
-- Clear introductions describe the big ideas and show how they fit with what you’ve already learned
-- Specific chapter objectives tell you exactly what you need to learn
-- Key Terms lists help you identify important terms, and a complete Glossary helps you understand them
-- Author’s Notes point out important transitions, key connections to other topics, and items that might otherwise be lost in the detail
-- The On the Side feature points out related items from pop culture, history, and the real world as it relates to networking
-- Chapter Review questions, tools, and activities help you make sure you’ve learned the material
-- Numeric Reference Tables provide common information about numbers used in networking, including a conversion table for 8-bit binary to decimal
Exclusive Mind Mapping activities!
-- Organize networking ideas visually, in your mind, in your words
-- Learn more, remember more
-- Understand how different ideas fit together
Coverage includes
-- Computer data fundamentals
-- Computer networking basics
-- TCP/IP networks
-- Transmitting bits
-- Ethernet LANs
-- Wireless LANs
-- Wide-area networks (WAN)
-- The Internet protocol (IP)
-- Connecting to the Internet
-- TCP/IP transport
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Sample Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to Computer Data
Introducing Data and Information, Bits and Bytes
Defining Bits, Bytes
Random-Access Memory (RAM)
Representing Information Using Bytes of Data
Permanent Storage for Bits, Bytes
File Systems
Hard Disk Drives
Other Permanent Storage Devices
Input and Output
Keyboard
Mouse
Display
Printers
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 2 Introduction to Computer Networking
Defining a Network with User Applications
An Informal General Definition of a Computer Network
Voice Telephone Calls
Recorded Video
Refining the Definition of a Network
A Deeper Look at One Application: World Wi de Web
Web Browsers (Web Clients)
Web Servers
The Process to Get One Web Page
Refining the Definition of a Network
Uncovering the Network Between the Application Endpoints
Comparing Computer Networks to Road Systems
Small Lab Networks
Home Networks
SMB and Enterprise Networks
The Internet
Refining the Definition of a Network One More Time
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 3 TCP/IP Networks
Defining the Rules for a TCP /IP Network
Our Current Working Definition for Network
Standards, Protocols, Conventions, and Other Terms
The TCP/IP Model
Standards Organizations Useful to TCP/IP
Comparing TCP/IP to Other Networking Models
A History of Networking Models
Open Networking Models: TCP/IP and OSI
Understanding How a TCP /IP Network Works
Ethernet LANs in TCP/IP Networks
WANs in TCP/IP Networks
IP as the TCP/IP Network Layer
TCP and UDP as the TCP/IP Transport Layer
Summarizing the TCP/IP Roles
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 4 Transmitting Bits
Sending Bits with Electricity and Copper Wires
Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits
Sending Data Over Electrical Circuits
Using Ethernet LANs as an Example
Sending Bits with Li ght and Fib er-Optic Cables
The Basics of Optical Transmission Using Fiber Optics
Fiber-Optic Cables
Fiber-Optic Transmitters
Fiber Optics in Ethernet LANs
Fiber Optics in the WAN
Sending Bits with Radio Waves and No Cables
Radio Basics
Wireless WANs
Wireless LANs
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 5 Ethernet LANs
Defining Ethernet LANs
Comparing Ethernet LANs to WANs
Comparing Ethernet LANs to Other Types of Wired LANs
Comparing 802.3 Ethernet LANs to 802.11 Wireless LANs
Comparing Ethernet to Itself
Names of Ethernet Standards
Building Ethernet LANs
Trade-offs of Speed Versus Pricing
Migration Issues and Autonegotiation
Distances Using Fiber Optics Versus UTP
Ethernet Cabling Pinouts
Exploring Ethernet Data-Li nk Features
Ethernet Frames and Addresses
Ethernet MAC Addresses Explained
LAN Switching
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 6 Wireless LANs
Defining Wi reless LANs
Comparing Wireless LANs to Wired LANs
Wireless LAN Standards
WLAN Roles
Exploring WLAN Physical Layer Features
WLAN Topologies
Coverage Areas and Speed
Wireless LAN Radio Frequencies
Summarizing Key Differences in 802.11 Standards
Exploring WLAN Common Features
WLAN Frames and Addresses
Associating with an Access Point
Access Point Operation
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 7 Wide-Area Networks
Introducing Wide-Area Networks
Basic Telco Services
Using Routers to Send IP Packets over WANs
WAN and LAN Topologies
Understanding Leased-Li ne WAN Links
The Customer Perspective on Physical Leased Lines
The T-Carrier System and TDM
T1 and the Role of the CSU/DSU
Controlling Leased Lines with Data-Link Protocols
Understanding Packet Switching and Multiaccess WANs
Packet Switching Versus TDM
Frame Relay
Summary of Packet-Switching Services and Beyond
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 8 The Internet Protocol (IP)
Introducing the Internet Protocol (IP)
IP and the TCP/IP Model
Functions of the IP Protocol
Other TCP/IP Layer 3 Functions
IP Addressing on User LANs
Planning LAN IP Addresses
Assigning LAN IP Addresses
IP Routing with Focus on Layer 3 Only
IP Routing with Classful IP Networks
IP Routing with IP Subnets
Host Routing Logic
IP Routing with Layer 1, 2, and 3 Interactions
Defining Encapsulation and Deencapsulation
Routing Inside One Subnet
Routing Between Hosts in Different Subnets
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 9 The Internet
The Internet as a Network of Networks
Connecting Enterprises to an ISP
Connecting Individuals to an ISP
Creating the Internet Core Using ISPs
Adding Value with Other Providers of Service
Internet Access Technologies
A Phone Line and Analog Modem
A Phone Line and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Modem
A Cable TV Cable and Cable Modem
Other Internet Access Options
Network Layer Concepts Before Scarce IP Addresses
IP Address Assignments in the Global Internet
IP Routing with the Internet
Name Resolution and the Global DNS System
Network Layer Concepts with Scarce IPv4 Addresses
IPv4 Address Exhaustion
Classless Interdomain Routing
Network Address Translation
IP Addressing with CIDR and NAT
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 10 TCP/IP Transport
Providing Services with Transport and Application Protocols
Host Perspectives on the Upper Layers
Network Perspectives on TCP/IP Upper Layers
Choosing Application and Transport Protocols
Connecting Apps Using Transport Layer Port Numbers
Application Connections and Flows
Using Port Numbers to Identify the Application Process
Choosing the Port Numbers to Use for Each App
Comparing Other TCP and UDP Functions
Segmentation
Guaranteed Delivery and Error Recovery
UDP and TCP Compared
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Appendix A Numeric Reference Tables
Glossary
Online
Appendix B Memory Tables
Appendix C Memory Tables Answer Key
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