The Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking [Paperback]

Daniel T. Bobola (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1995

Millions of offices are now equipped with network systems-and millions of users are confused by network jargon and tasks. Finally, there's a book that makes sense of it all and provides lighthearted steps to getting a network up and running and using it effectively.

• Provides straightforward instructions on configurations, software issues, interconnectivity, security, and more
• Humorous, friendly approach makes an intimidating topic easy-and even fun
• Includes Oops! notes, Techno Nerd Teaches tips, and Speak Like a Geek definitions

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Review

Millions of offices are now equipped with network systems--and millions of users are confused by network jargon and tasks. Finally, there's a book that makes sense of it all and provides lighthearted steps to getting a network up and running and using it effectively. Provides straightforward instructions on configurations, software issues, interconnectivity, security, and more. Humorous, friendly approach makes an intimidating topic easy--and even fun. Includes Oops! notes, Techno Nerd Teaches tips, and Speak Like a Geek definitions. Covers Various Software for IBM & Compatibles. -- Alpha Books

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Millions of offices are now equipped with network systems-and millions of users are confused by network jargon and tasks. Finally, there's a book that makes sense of it all and provides lighthearted steps to getting a network up and running and using it effectively. - Provides straightforward instructions on configurations, software issues, interconnectivity, security, and more

- Humorous, friendly approach makes an intimidating topic easy-and even fun

- Includes Oops! notes, Techno Nerd Teaches tips, and Speak Like a Geek definitions

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Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Alpha Books (February 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567615902
• ISBN-13: 978-1567615906
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,690,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid being a complete idiot, January 8, 2000

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tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking (Paperback)

This is the first _Idiot's Guide_ I've ever bought, and if others are like this one it will be my last.

It's hard to figure out what exactly this book was designed to do. It gives almost no helpful information in the actual preparation of a network, but instead focuses (inasmuch as it ever does come to a point) on the nature of networks. Maybe this is good stuff for those facing a written exam in a theoretical course in college, but for those of us in the real world, there's simply not much here. Don't expect that this book will actually help you set up a network.

Apparently this a "Complete Idiot's Guide" not because it explains how to set up a network in simple terms, but because you feel like a complete idiot after buying it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Networks and the Complete Idiot, June 8, 2000

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Wendy-Marie Chabot "The Bad Gwen" (Central CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking (Paperback)

This book gives a very basic understanding of the who's, what's and where's of networking. Have recently signed up for a networking course at the local community college and honestly had no clue about ANYTHING to do with networks. Best used as a primer for what networks are. If you have a good grasp of network basics already, then this book will not be the best buy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry guys, but it's a dog, November 21, 2000

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JE in SH "...sigs" (California US and A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Networking (Paperback)

This book is just way too basic.

If you had never heard of a network before it might be useful, but even as a relative beginner I found this book to be _way_ too simpleminded.

I like information to be presented in a non-technical, accessible way. This book manages to be irritatingly simplistic and unclear at the same time. Quite a feat.

I was particularly disappointed because I've liked other books in the same series. I really doubt that anyone with any experience (even just surfing the internet) would find this book very useful.

I hope the authors put a lot of effort into improving the next version, if there is another.