24/07/2023
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E-book Title: Networking Fundamentals
Authors: Crystal Panek
About the E-book:
Chapter 1: Understanding Local Area Networking This chapter covers understanding local area networks (LANs), perimeter networks, addressing, reserved address ranges for local use (including local loopback IP), VLANs, wired LAN and wireless LAN.
Chapter 2: Defining Networks with the OSI Model This chapter covers understanding the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. Discusses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) model, examples of devices, protocols, applications, and which OSI/TCP layer they belong to.
Chapter 3: Understanding Wired and Wireless Networks This chapter covers understanding different media types, cable types and their characteristics, including media segment length and speed, fiber optic, twisted pair shielded or unshielded, catxx cabling, wireless, susceptibility to external interference (machinery and power cables), susceptibility to electricity (lightning), and susceptibility to interception.
Chapter 4: Understanding Internet Protocol This chapter covers understanding Local Area Networks (LANs), using reserved address ranges for local use (including the local loopback IP).
Chapter 5: Implementing TCP/IP in the Command Line This chapter covers understanding TCP/IP tools such as ping, tracert, pathping, Telnet, IPconfig, netstat, reserved address ranges for local use (including local loopback IP), protocols as well as discussing using a routers routing table memory.
Chapter 6: Working with Networking Services This chapter covers a brief discussion on understanding wireless networking, understanding names resolution, DNS, resource records, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), the name resolution process, HOSTS file and the LMHOSTS file.
Chapter 7: Understanding Wide Area Networks This chapter covers understanding routers and directly connected routes, static routing, dynamic routing (routing protocols), RIP vs. OSPF, default routes; routing table and how it selects best route(s).
Chapter 8: Defining Network Infrastructures and Network Security This chapter covers understanding the concepts of Internet, intranet, and extranet as well as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), security zones and firewalls.
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