Networking All-in-One For Dummies

Whether you're in charge of a small network or a large network, Networking All-in-One is full of the information you'll need to set up a network and keep it functioning. Fully updated to capture the latest Windows 10 releases through Spring 2018, this is the comprehensive guide to setting...

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Otros Autores: Lowe, Doug, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated [2021]
Edición:Eighth edition
Colección:--For dummies
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009633550606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
  • Book 1 Getting Started with Networking
  • Chapter 1 Welcome to Networking
  • Defining a Network
  • Delving into Network Lingo
  • Why Bother with a Network?
  • Accessing the Internet
  • Sharing files
  • Sharing resources
  • Sharing programs
  • Servers and Clients
  • Dedicated Servers and Peers
  • What Makes a Network Tick?
  • Putting the Pieces Together
  • Networks Big and Small
  • It's Not a Personal Computer Anymore!
  • The Network Administrator
  • Chapter 2 Network Infrastructure
  • Introducing Infrastructure
  • Understanding Network Protocols and Standards
  • Recognizing Network Topology
  • Bus topology
  • Star topology
  • Expanding stars
  • Ring topology
  • Mesh topology
  • Considering Cable
  • Twisted-pair cable
  • RJ45 connectors
  • Patch panels and patch cables
  • Repeaters and hubs
  • Switches
  • Perusing Ports, Interfaces, and MAC Addresses
  • Pondering Packets
  • Contemplating Collisions
  • Dealing with Broadcast Packets
  • Examining Wireless Networks
  • Chapter 3 Switches, Routers, and VLANs
  • Understanding Switches
  • Learning
  • Forwarding
  • Flooding
  • Looking Deeper into Switches
  • Collision domains
  • Bridging
  • SFP ports and uplinks
  • Broadcast domains
  • Managed and unmanaged switches
  • Understanding Routers
  • Network address translation
  • Virtual private network
  • Understanding VLANs
  • Chapter 4 Cybersecurity
  • But We're a Small Business - Do We Need Security?
  • The Two Pillars of Cybersecurity
  • Prevention
  • Recovery
  • Cybersecurity Frameworks
  • The NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • Chapter 5 Servers and Virtualization
  • Understanding Network Operating Systems
  • Network services
  • File-sharing services
  • Multitasking.
  • Directory services
  • Security services
  • What's Important in a Server
  • Scalability
  • Reliability
  • Availability
  • Service and support
  • Components of a Server Computer
  • Motherboard
  • Processor
  • Memory
  • Hard drives
  • Network interfaces
  • Video
  • Power supply
  • Considering Server Form Factors
  • Tower case
  • Rack mount
  • Blade servers
  • Considering Virtualization
  • Chapter 6 Cloud Computing
  • Introducing Cloud Computing
  • Looking at the Benefits of Cloud Computing
  • Detailing the Drawbacks of Cloud Computing
  • Examining Three Basic Kinds of Cloud Services
  • Applications
  • Platforms
  • Infrastructure
  • Public Clouds versus Private Clouds
  • Introducing Some of the Major Cloud Providers
  • Amazon
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Getting Into the Cloud
  • Book 2 Understanding Network Protocols
  • Chapter 1 Network Protocols and Standards
  • Understanding Protocols
  • Understanding Standards
  • Seeing the Seven Layers of the OSI Reference Model
  • The physical layer
  • The data link layer
  • The network layer
  • Logical addressing
  • Routing
  • The transport layer
  • The session layer
  • The presentation layer
  • The application layer
  • Following a Packet through the Layers
  • The Ethernet Protocol
  • Standard Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Beyond gigabit
  • The TCP/IP Protocol Suite
  • IP
  • TCP
  • UDP
  • Other Protocols Worth Knowing About
  • Chapter 2 TCP/IP and the Internet
  • What Is the Internet?
  • A Little Internet History
  • TCP/IP Standards and RFCs
  • The TCP/IP Protocol Framework
  • Network interface layer
  • Network layer
  • Transport layer
  • Application layer
  • Chapter 3 IP Addresses
  • Understanding Binary
  • Counting by ones
  • Doing the logic thing
  • Working with the binary Windows Calculator
  • Introducing IP Addresses
  • Networks and hosts
  • The dotted-decimal dance.
  • Classifying IP Addresses
  • Class A addresses
  • Class B addresses
  • Class C addresses
  • Subnetting
  • Subnets
  • Subnet masks
  • Network prefix notation
  • Default subnets
  • The great subnet roundup
  • IP block parties
  • Private and public addresses
  • Pondering Ports
  • Understanding Network Address Translation
  • Chapter 4 Routing
  • Considering the Usefulness of Routers
  • Connecting to the Internet
  • Connecting remote locations
  • Splitting up large networks
  • Understanding Routing Tables
  • Chapter 5 DHCP
  • Understanding DHCP
  • Configuration information provided by DHCP
  • DHCP servers
  • How DHCP actually works
  • Understanding Scopes
  • Scopes, subnets, and VLANs
  • Feeling excluded?
  • Reservations suggested
  • How long to lease?
  • Working with a DHCP Server
  • Installing a Windows Server 2019 DHCP server
  • Configuring a new scope
  • How to Configure a Windows DHCP Client
  • Automatic private IP addressing
  • Renewing and releasing leases
  • Chapter 6 DNS
  • Understanding DNS Names
  • Domains and domain names
  • Fully qualified domain names
  • Top-Level Domains
  • Generic domains
  • Geographic domains
  • The Hosts File
  • Understanding DNS Servers and Zones
  • Zones
  • Primary and secondary servers
  • Root servers
  • Caching
  • Understanding DNS Queries
  • A real-life DNS example
  • Zone Files and Resource Records
  • SOA records
  • NS records
  • A records
  • CNAME records
  • PTR records
  • MX records
  • Reverse Lookup Zones
  • Working with the Windows DNS Server
  • Creating a new zone
  • Creating a new host record
  • How to Configure a Windows DNS Client
  • Chapter 7 TCP/IP Tools and Commands
  • Using the arp Command
  • Using the hostname Command
  • Using the ipconfig Command
  • Displaying basic IP configuration
  • Displaying detailed configuration information
  • Renewing an IP lease
  • Releasing an IP lease.
  • Flushing the local DNS cache
  • Using the nbtstat Command
  • Using the netstat Command
  • Displaying connections
  • Displaying interface statistics
  • Using the nslookup Command
  • Looking up an IP address
  • Using nslookup subcommands
  • Displaying DNS records
  • Locating the mail server for an email address
  • Taking a ride through DNS-Land
  • Using the pathping Command
  • Using the ping Command
  • Using the route Command
  • Displaying the routing table
  • Modifying the routing table
  • Using the tracert Command
  • Book 3 Planning a Network
  • Chapter 1 Local Area Networks
  • Making a Network Plan
  • Being Purposeful
  • Taking Stock
  • What you need to know
  • Programs that gather information for you
  • Considering Cable
  • Surmising Switches
  • Planning the Network Topology
  • Planning the TCP/IP Implementation
  • Drawing Diagrams
  • More Questions Your Network Plan Should Address
  • Chapter 2 Wide Area Networks
  • Connecting to the Internet
  • Connecting with cable or DSL
  • Connecting with T1 lines
  • Connecting with fiber
  • Connecting with a cellular network
  • Choosing a Router
  • Choosing a small office router
  • Choosing an enterprise router
  • Choosing a cellular router
  • Securing Your Connection with a Firewall
  • Providing Redundancy for Your Internet Connection
  • Securing Connections to Remote Locations and Remote Users
  • Connecting Remote Offices with an Ethernet Private Line
  • Chapter 3 Server Architecture
  • Deciding How Many Servers You Need
  • Deciding Which Servers You Need
  • Domain controllers
  • DHCP servers
  • Mail servers
  • File servers
  • Print servers
  • Web servers
  • Database servers
  • Application servers
  • Backup servers
  • License servers
  • Deployment servers
  • Update servers
  • Virtualization management platform
  • Connecting Your Servers
  • Chapter 4 Virtualization Architecture
  • Understanding Virtualization.
  • Understanding Hypervisors
  • Understanding Virtual Disks
  • Understanding Network Virtualization
  • Considering the Benefits of Virtualization
  • Choosing Virtualization Hosts
  • Understanding Windows Server 2019 Licensing
  • Chapter 5 Storage Architecture
  • Planning Disk Capacity
  • Considering Disk Drive Types
  • Hard disk drives
  • Solid state drives
  • Considering Drive Interfaces
  • SATA
  • SAS
  • Considering RAID
  • RAID 10
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • Considering Attachment Types
  • Direct attached storage
  • Storage area networks
  • Network-attached storage
  • Chapter 6 Backup Architecture
  • Backup Basics
  • Considering Three Basic Types of Backup
  • Where to Back Up Your Data
  • Backing Up to Tape
  • Looking closer at LTO
  • Hardware for tape backup
  • A word about tape reliability
  • About cleaning the heads
  • Backing Up to NAS
  • Using a Backup Appliance
  • Understanding File-Based Backup
  • Types of file-based backups
  • Normal backups
  • Copy backups
  • Daily backups
  • Incremental backups
  • Differential backups
  • Understanding Image-Based Backups and Virtualization
  • Backup Security
  • Chapter 7 Hyperconverged Infrastructure
  • Considering the Headaches of Traditional IT Architecture
  • Defining Hyperconverged Infrastructure
  • Discerning Deduplication
  • Understanding How Deduplication Works
  • Considering Backup
  • Digging into HCI Clusters
  • Incorporating HCI Into Your Plan
  • Book 4 Implementing a Network
  • Chapter 1 Network Hardware
  • Working with Cable
  • Cable categories
  • What's with the pairs?
  • To shield or not to shield
  • When to use plenum cable
  • Sometimes solid, sometimes stranded
  • Installation guidelines
  • Getting the tools that you need
  • Pinouts for twisted-pair cables
  • Attaching RJ-45 connectors
  • Wall jacks and patch panels
  • Server rooms and distribution frames
  • Installing Switches.
  • Chapter 2 Wireless Networks.