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Title: Networking: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition by Bruce A. Hallberg ISBN: 0-07-222563-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 18 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A life saver for a begginer
Comment: If you are a freshman wanting to delve into networking and
perhaps spring a professional career out of it, this is where
you can have a good start. The author cleverly presents networking from a top view and progresses down to the hardware and software components of networking in easy to understand English. Each chapter flows to the next seamlessly to conclude, towards the end of the book, with a specific examples of setting up your own LAN with Windows 2000 Server and a workstation with Windows 9x connected to the Server followed by the administration of the server. And the author put in a good section on setting up a LAN with RedHat Linux in a similar approach to the Windows 2000 server section. However, there's a slight disappointment in the RedHat Linux set up section where the author said "This chapter discusses the intstallation process of RedHat Linux 7.0.." on page 326, which turns out to be "This section documents the steps necessary to install RedHat Linux 6.1..." on page 330. This could be a typo - I am not too sure. I've only read through the RedHat Linux set up section.
Some requests from the author, though: In the RedHat Linux set up section, could you illustrate the "Setting up Networking" section on page 342 with IP adress, Netmask... etc and explain a little more on the parameters on the screen shot on page 343. And also illustrate how to set up and connect a RedHat Linux workstation to the RedHat Linux server similar to that of the Windws 2000 Server section? Also how to connect a Windows 2000 Professional workstation to the Windows 2000 Server? And maybe post it on the net or somehow let us know. If you can do this, this is a six stars book.
Other than the above mentioned requests, this is a well
deserved 5 stars book. Well done Bruce.
Give us some more of your good stuffs. Perhaps volume II, Volume III of this book.
Be warned, this book is for the beginners only.
Rating: 5
Summary: For anyone wanting to master computer networking basics
Comment: Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Bruce Hallberg's Networking: A Beginner's Guide continues to be an ideal "hands-on" introduction to learning the basics of computer networking for the novice. Readers will gain a useful understanding of networking from a corporate perspective; learn the differences between peer-to-peer and client-server networking; obtain details on networking hardware components and the OSI model; understand LAN and WAN connections; be able to work with network protocols; select backup strategies and employ disaster recovery methods; install, set up, and administer NetWare 5.1, Windows 2000 Server, and Linux; and be able to both maintain and troubleshoot workstations. Networking is essential for anyone wanting to master the basics of computer networking and would well serve even experienced networkers as a continuing reference manual.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good coverage but biased
Comment: First off this is the best introduction to networking I've seen. The text is clear and straightforward. The balance of theory and details is excellent. I'm glad I have the book.
That said, I do have a couple of gripes. For a networking book to basically ignore Unix and Linux for the first 70% of the book is absurd. Halberg mentions Windows 7 times in the first chapter and does not mention Linux until chapter 6 and then only to state that Unix and Linux treat each computer as a host.
I understand that Windows dominates the corporate server market but to ignore the fact that 'nix dominates the web server market is silly. Does Redmond hold his first-born captive?
When Linux is mentioned it is suddenly with instructions on how to install Red Hat 6.1, an already dated release. And, the sudden introduction of Linux seems odd, since it was basically ignored through the rest of the book. The discontinuity is strange.
I didn't read the first edition of this book but wonder if the Linux information was updated. For a book written in 2001 the failure to include current information on Linux, Mac OS X and 802.11b networking, which Apple had fully introduced as a home/small office solution is almost criminal.
Conclusion: A good primer on general networking principles and practices especially in the Intel/Microsoft world. Somewhat lacking when it comes to the larger world of the net.
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Title: Networking for Dummies, Sixth Edition by Doug Lowe ISBN: 0764516779 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 04 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Cisco : A Beginner's Guide by Toby J. Velte, Anthony T. Velte, Tom Shaughnessy ISBN: 0072133392 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Network Tutorial by Steve Steinke, Network Magazine, Editors of Network Magazine ISBN: 1578203023 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Telecommunications: A Beginner's Guide by Hill Associates Inc ISBN: 0072193565 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 11 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Network and System Integration for Dummies (With CD-ROM) by Michael Bellomo, James Marchetti ISBN: 0764507745 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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