Network+ Guide to Networks [Paperback]

Tamara Dean (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0760011451 | ISBN-13: 978-0760011454 | Publication Date: August 31, 1999 | Edition: Bk&CD-Rom

This title will prepare users for the Network+ Certification Exam, created by CompTIA, the creators of the popular A+ Certification. This book features extensive hands-on is designed to help users pass this vendor-neutral certification.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"More than a preparatory network book for CompTIA's certification exam, Network+ Guide to Networks offers some important guidance to those seeking to enhance their general knowledge about transmission media, network protocols, topology methods, remote connectivity, wireless and network operating systems." - Esfandiar Bakhtiar, Clayton College & State University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tamara Dean has over 12 years of networking expertise, during which she has been a network engineer and a LAN administrater, and most recently, the manager of network and data center options at a major Internet services firm in the Midwest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology Ptr (Sd); Bk&CD-Rom edition (August 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760011451
• ISBN-13: 978-0760011454
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,768,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tamara Dean has over 12 years of networking expertise, during which she has been a network engineer and a LAN administrater, and most recently, the manager of network and data center options at a major Internet services firm in the Midwest.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars O.K. for beginners..., August 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Network+ Guide to Networks (Paperback)

I used this book in a Networking Essentials class that I took at a local college. This book is good for someone who has little experience and wants to learn about the various aspects of networking, or maybe for someone who has experience and needs a refresher on broad based concepts. But despite the book's title, Network+ Guide to Networks should NOT be your one-stop shop if you are looking to pass the Network+ exam. CompTia's Network+ test is rather detail oriented, and Network+ Guide to Networks is just too broad in scope to be effective (I passed with an 875 out of 900, but I had prior networking experience and I used some third-party software to help me prepare). It almost seems like they started this book with networking 'essentials' in mind, but then stamped Network+ on the cover at the last minute in order to generate some additional sales. All-in-all, not a bad book, but it's just not up to task for the demands of the Network+ exam.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grueling Course, February 4, 2008

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Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Network+ Guide to Networks (Networking) (Paperback)

This book is officially approved courseware for the CompTIA Network+ exam. It has been approved also by the CSSIA (Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance). The book is very comprehensive. But as all textbooks go it has both strengths and weaknesses. In this review I will try to highlight some of both.

Like most computer industry books, this one comes with a supplemental CD. That CD includes the Certblaster and MeasureUP self-test software and other files the student will find useful.

Each chapter begins with a highlight box that will outline what will be covered in the chapters. Then it includes a letter or story from someone working in the industry. At first these seemed a little cheesy, but as I moved further and further into the book I realized that they were a great source for a feel for the material in the real world, and not just in the classroom or self-study. On the side of the pages are some green bars; these bars highlight specific information you are required to know for the CompTIA exam, and which exam objective they are part of.

One of the greatest strengths is that each chapter ends with a mini glossary of key terms or new terms from that chapter. There is also a complete glossary of all of these terms at the back of the book. Then at each chapter's end there is a series of review questions - multiple choice questions much like those found in self-test software and on the actual exam. Finally, each chapter has a series of hands-on projects. Each project gets progressively more difficult.

The greatest strength of this book is that it has all-encompassing hardware, software, different OS's. The weakness is that it is a lot of material packed very densely into nearly a thousand pages. When I did the school program, we did this book in 3 weeks. For most it was a little overwhelming.

If you want to write the CompTIA Network+ exam, this is a great book to help get you there. Pay special attention to the Novell Netware sections. There were a lot of questions on the exam about those. And Good Luck!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My thoughts, February 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Network+ Guide to Networks (Paperback)

This was a textbook for a master's level course on "Intro to PC Networking". The book covers UNIX/NT/Netware and breaks up hardware and media into very logical parts and has some very comprehensive explanations of key terms BUT some of the remarks about specific operating systems are dead wrong! This book just came out (2000) and they should know NT 4.0 by now, but the technical proofreader obviously didn't do his job. I can't recommend it because of the incorrect information.