Networking For Dummies

Description

This updated bestseller covers Windows 8, new storage and backup technologies, and more Both beginning network administrators and home users have made previous editions of this book a top seller. Now fully updated, this edition shows you step by step how to set up and maintain a network and covers Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Author Doug Lowe also includes updated coverage of broadband technologies as well as storage and back-up procedures, all in his easy-to-follow style. You'll learn to build a wired or wireless network, secure and optimize it, safely connect to the Internet, troubleshoot problems, and much more. A perennial bestseller, this guide to networking has been fully revised to cover Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, new broadband technologies, and updated storage and backup procedures Provides introductory-level networking fundamentals for those inexperienced in network technology Covers networking with all major operating systems Shows how to build, secure, and optimize a network, safely connect to the Internet, troubleshoot problems, and more Networking For Dummies, 10th Edition walks you through the process of setting up and maintaining a network, at home or in the office.

Author description

Doug Lowe is the information technology director for a civil engineering firm in Clovis, CA. Doug has been managing networks for more than 20 years. He has written 50+ technology books demystifying everything from memory management to creating web pages, among them Electronics All-in-One For Dummies.

Table of contents

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Networking 7 Chapter 1: Let's Network! 9 Chapter 2: Life on the Network 21 Chapter 3: More Ways to Use Your Network 41 Part II: Setting Up a Network 63 Chapter 4: Planning a Network 65 Chapter 5: Dealing with TCP/IP 83 Chapter 6: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Cables, Switches, and Routers 107 Chapter 7: Configuring Windows Clients 125 Chapter 8: Connecting Your Network to the Internet 139 Chapter 9: Setting Up a Wireless Network 147 Part III: Working with Servers 163 Chapter 10: Setting Up a Server 165 Chapter 11: Managing Windows User Accounts 183 Chapter 12: Managing Network Storage 199 Chapter 13: Managing Exchange Server 2010 213 Chapter 14: Creating an Intranet 231 Part IV: Cloudy with a Chance of Gigabytes 245 Chapter 15: Life in Cloud City 247 Chapter 16: Managing Mobile Devices 257 Chapter 17: Connecting from Home 271 Part V: Managing and Protecting Your Network 279 Chapter 18: Welcome to Network Management 281 Chapter 19: Solving Network Problems 291 Chapter 20: Backing Up Your Data 307 Chapter 21: Securing Your Network 321 Chapter 22: Hardening Your Network 337 Chapter 23: Network Performance Anxiety349 Part VI: More Ways to Network 359 Chapter 24: Going Virtual 361 Chapter 25: Networking with Linux 373 Chapter 26: Macintosh Networking 391 Part VII: The Part of Tens 399 Chapter 27: Ten Networking Commandments 401 Chapter 28: Ten Big Network Mistakes 405 Chapter 29: Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet 411 Index 415