Networking Essentials

Networking Essentials

Third Edition

Jeffrey S. Beasley and Piyasat Nilkaew

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NETWORKING ESSENTIALS, THIRD EDITION

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4903-1 ISBN-10: 0-7897-4903-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beasley, Jeffrey S., 1955Networking essentials / Jeffrey S. Beasley and Piyasat Nilkaew. ? 3rd ed.

p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Networking / Jeffrey S. Beasley. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7897-4903-1 (hardcover w/cd) 1. Computer networks--Design and construction. 2. TCP/IP (Computer network protocol) 3. Internetworking (Telecommunication) I. Nilkaew, Piyasat. II. Beasley, Jeffrey S., 1955- Networking. III. Title. TK5105.5.B39 2012 004.6--dc23

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction

xxii

Chapter 1 Introduction to Computer Networks

2

Chapter 2 Physical Layer Cabling: Twisted Pair

58

Chapter 3 Physical Layer Cabling: Fiber Optics

114

Chapter 4 Wireless Networking

152

Chapter 5 Interconnecting the LANs

196

Chapter 6 TCP/IP

236

Chapter 7 Introduction to Router Configuration

286

Chapter 8 Introduction to Switch Configuration

326

Chapter 9 Routing Protocols

356

Chapter 10 Internet Technologies: Out to the Internet 398

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting

438

Chapter 12 Network Security

466

Glossary

503

Index

518

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

xxii

Introduction to Computer Networks 2

1-1 INTRODUCTION

5

1-2 NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

7

Section 1-2 Review

11

Test Your Knowledge

12

1-3 THE OSI MODEL

12

Section 1-3 Review

14

Test Your Knowledge

15

1-4 THE ETHERNET LAN

15

IP Addressing

19

Section 1-4 Review

21

Test Your Knowledge

22

1-5 HOME NETWORKING

22

Securing the Home Network

34

IP Addressing in the Home Network

36

Section 1-5 Review

37

Test Your Knowledge

38

1-6 ASSEMBLING AN OFFICE LAN

38

Section 1-6 Review

43

Test Your Knowledge

44

1-7 TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING A LAN 44

Section 1-7 Review

46

Test Your Knowledge

47

Summary

48

Questions and Problems

48

Section 1-1

48

Section 1-2

49

Section 1-3

50

Section 1-4

51

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