PC Networking Handbook [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 1995

The PC Networking Handbook is an indispensable reference tool for troubleshooting and maintaining PC LANs. This handbook provides comprehensive information on how to install, maintain, operate and troubleshoot a network. This book provides comprehensive information on how to install, maintain, and troubleshoot a network. Cross-Platform networking concepts and technologies are covered, offering advice on layout, wiring, protocols, software and hardware, cost analysis and planning. With its emphasis on clear, practical suggestions and abundant illustrations, The PC Networking Handbook is the essential resource for today's networking professional.


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* Provides nuts and bolts of networking concepts and installations, maintenance of software and hardware, troubleshooting guides.
* Features complete vendor lists and resource guides with contact information and glossary of networking terms.
* Offers legal and financial guidelines and tips, including information on managing software licenses and suggestions for effective budgeting and hiring.

Product Details

• Paperback: 857 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press (October 31, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0126913986
• ISBN-13: 978-0126913989
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,735,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Tittel is a full-time freelance writer, trainer, and consultant who specializes in information security, markup languages, and networking technologies. He is a regular contributor to numerous TechTarget websites; teaches online security and technology courses for HP; and writes regularly for Tom's Hardware and ITExpertVoice.

Ed has contributed to over 100 books on various computing subjects, including a dozen different titles in the ...For Dummies series. He is probably best known for creating the Exam Cram series of IT certification prep books in 1997, and for having edited that series from 1997 until 2006. Ed's best-selling titles include "HTML, XHTML and CSS For Dummies" (soon to go into a 7th edition, for a cumulative total of 13 editions of HTML For Dummies titles he's worked on), "The Guide to TCP/IP" (which he co-authored with protocol expert Laura Chappell), "Windows Server 2008 For Dummies," and "Networking Essentials." He's also written numerous titles on security including the "CISSP Study Guide" (4th edition, with co-authors James Michael Stewart and Mike Chapple), "The PC Magazine Guide to Fighting Spyware, Viruses, and Malware," and the "TISCA Training Guide."

For more information on Ed, please visit his personal Website at www.edtittel.com. You can also visit his profile on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/edtittel to get information about various blogs and other activities.