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Title: Networking for Dummies, Sixth Edition by Doug Lowe, Doug Lowe ISBN: 0-7645-1677-9 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 04 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.89 (19 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Very very basic
Comment: Wow, perhaps the title says it all. If you need to know how to connect to a network *printer* this book might be the one for you. I build web sites and want to learn more about the backend, hardware side of things. Our network guys suggested that I learn about different kind of networks, OSI model and protocols. For that, I recommend "Teach Yourself Networking Visually" by maran graphics. The "Dummies" book is not what I needed. It's probably ideal for extreme novices.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gives you all the basics on computer networks + some extras
Comment: Who this book is for: This book is intended to help the absolute beginner in computer networking get a basic overview of the issues and terminology involved. It is well-written and contains some of the typical "dummies"-humor helping to keep the text easily digestable.
What this book is NOT: A how-to manual that will get your network going if you're sitting in front of a screen clueless on a Sunday morning. That said: after reading this book you won't be clueless any more.
On to the detailed contents. The book is divided into six parts:
Part I: The absolute basics
No further info necessary: How to open up your computer, so that you can install a networking card, for example.
Part II: Building your own network
Planning you network; making basic choices of e.g cabling etc.
Part III: Network management for dummies
Basic network management: making backups, taking care of security
Part IV: Webifying your network
Creating the connection to the internet; creating websites
Part V: More ways to network
Miscelaneous, like: networking your home, dial-in networks and non-standard hard-/software (MacIntosh; Linux etc.)
Part VI: The part of tens
A number of top-ten lists, partially amusing, partially useless
As I wrote: the book is really good in helping you to obtain an overview of the types of networks that exist and the different terminologies/choices involved. Once you have made a decision that you will need/want to create a network involving operating system X running on computers of type y, you will probably need to get another, more specific book to help you dig deeper.
If you haven't made that decision yet: Go get this book!
Rating: 4
Summary: Networking for the rest of us (it ain't easy)
Comment: Make no mistake, networking is NOT for dummies. I live with a network engineer who constantly tells me that this technology is out of my league (and I used to dread setting networks up on a previous job, though I could do it after a fashion.) My approach has been "monkey see, monkey do" or more accurately "monkey, push random keys and hope it all works." So if anyone needs a dummy book, yep, it would be me.
What I really like here is the start the book gave me in learning about networks. Even after HOURS of lectures at work on TCP/IP, ARPA services and other incomprehensibles, I failed to really grasp what the heck "gateway", "submask" and "workgroup" really meant. So I happily grabbed at this book, hoping all this Delphic language would reveal itself out of the fog of ignorance. I was partially rewarded.
The parts I liked best were the "ten big mistakes" and the "ten commandments of networks." There is a section on wireless and while it will help you set one up, the advanced security features you really ought to have (can you say "WAR-DRIVING and online banking don't mix?) are best left to more experienced persons than me. But this was a nice start, this book, and it's fairly readable in chunks or to answer specific questions.
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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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Title: TCP/IP for Dummies, Fifth Edition by Candace Leiden, Marshall Wilensky, Scott Bradner, Candace Leiden, Marshall Wilensky ISBN: 0764517600 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Network Security for Dummies by Chey Cobb, Chey Cobb ISBN: 0764516795 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Firewalls for Dummies, Second Edition by Brian Komar, Ronald Beekelaar, Joern Wettern ISBN: 0764540483 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 16 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Virtual Private Networks for Dummies by Mark S. Merkow ISBN: 0764505904 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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