Head First Networking

Frustrated with networking books so chock-full of acronyms that your brain goes into sleep mode? Head First Networking’s unique, visually rich format provides a task-based approach to computer networking that makes it easy to get your brain engaged. You’ll learn the concepts by tying them to on-the-job tasks, blending practice and theory in a way that only Head First can.

• Master the functionality, protocols, and packets that make up real-world networking
• Learn networking concepts through examples in the field
• Tackle tasks such as planning and diagramming networks, running cables, and configuring network devices such as routers and switches
• Monitor networks for performance and problems, and learn troubleshooting techniques
• Practice what you’ve learned with nearly one hundred exercises, questions, sample problems, and projects

Head First’s popular format is proven to stimulate learning and retention by engaging you with images, puzzles, stories, and more. Whether you’re a network professional with a CCNA/CCNP or a student taking your first college networking course, Head First Networking will help you become a network guru.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Walking on Wires
Chapter 2. Networking in the Dark
Chapter 3. Into the Wire
Chapter 4. You’ve Been Framed
Chapter 5. How Smart is Your Network?
Chapter 6. Bringing Things Together
Chapter 7. It’s a Matter of Protocol
Chapter 8. Names to Numbers
Chapter 9. Listen to Your Network’s Troubles
Chapter 10. Working Without Wires
Chapter 11. Get Defensive
Chapter 12. You Gotta Have a Plan!

Appendix i: leftovers
Appendix ii: ascii tables
Appendix iii: installing bind