Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career
Written by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass the CompTIA Network+ exam and become an expert networking technician. Mike Meyers' CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Second Edition is completely up-to-date with the new CompTIA Network+ standards. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.
Learn 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:
- CompTIA Network+ exam simulation available in Practice or Final mode
- Video introduction to CompTIA Network+
- A collection of Mike's favorite shareware and freeware networking tools and utilities
- Complete electronic book
Each chapter includes:
- Learning objectives
- Photographs and illustrations
- Real-world examples
- Try This! and Cross Check exercises
- Tech tips, notes, and warnings
- End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects
Michael Meyers, MCP, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ (Houston, TX), is one of the industry's leading authorities on CompTIA certification. He is the president and founder and Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA and the United Nations. Mike is the best-selling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide.