How Networks Work

Franck Derfler Jr., Les Freed

233 pages, parution le 18/11/2004 (7^eme édition)

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Networks are a part of everything today. This book illustrates and explains how those parts fit together to make it all work.

This Seventh Edition includes new and expanded coverage of how networks contribute to business continuity and to home entertainment. From relying on networking services to the intricacies of the Internet, you'll love discovering How Networks Work.

How network operating system software turns computers into clients and servers
How local networks become national networks and the Internet
How cable DSL modems bring fast access to homes and businesses
How one LAN can connect to another and allow communication and data sharing over a wider area
How the different types of network cable can affect performance
How wireless LANs work in homes, offices, and public places
How the Internet carries voice messages, images, and applications around the world
How to secure home, business, and enterprise networks

Together, Derfler and Freed have authored more than a dozen popular books on connectivity topics. Derfler and Freed are also the authors of Que's Practical Network Cabling.

L'auteur - Franck Derfler Jr.

Frank Derfler and Les Freed are a proven networking best-selling combination. In addition to authoring the wildly successful How Networks Work, Fourth Edition, Millennium Edition and Sixth Editions they also wrote Get a Grip on Network Cabling, a success for Ziff Davis Press and still being used in many college and technical school classrooms as the course book for cabling classes. Frank is a Senior Networking Editor and Les is a Contributing Editor at PC Magazine, where they review the latest networking products and technology for the world's largest computer magazine.

L'auteur - Les Freed

Les Freed has been a contributing editor at PC Magazine since 1994 and a frequent contributor since 1990. Before joining PC Magazine, Les was founder and CEO of Crosstalk Communications, developers of the popular Crosstalk data communications program for PCs-back in the days before the Internet made communications software obsolete. Prior to founding Crosstalk, Les was a Senior Technician and Videotape Editor at CBS News from 1976 to 1981 and a Cameraman and News Editor at WTVJ-TV in Miami from 1972 to 1976. He graduated from the University of Miami in 1974 with B.A. in Electronic Journalism. Les is the author or co-author of 14 books on networking, computing, and digital photography.

Les and long-time collaborator Frank Derfler shared the 1993 Computer Press Association award for Best How-To Book for their book How Networks Work, still in print in its 6th edition.

Sommaire

Communicating by Wire
Mixing Computers and Telephones
Local Area Networks (LANs)
Links Between LANs
The Internet
Networks for e-Business
Intertainment

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Éditeur(s)	Que
Auteur(s)	Franck Derfler Jr., Les Freed
Parution	18/11/2004
Édition	7^eme édition
Nb. de pages	233
Format	20 x 25,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	588g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780789732323
ISBN13	978-0-7897-3232-3