This average user's guide to networking success, centered on task-based solutions and tips, gives step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used features of networks. It examines different kinds of networks and general networking concepts, and proceeds through sections dealing with hardware, vendors, setups, and networking standards. It compares network operating systems, such as NetWare and Linux, and explains the nuts and bolts of connecting a PC to an intranet, the Internet, a printer, a mainframe, and another PC. Derfler is author or coauthor of some 20 computer books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Practical Networking

Computers & Technology

Derfler, Frank J., Jr.

Derfler, Frank

Koch, Jeff

Certification

Que Pub

Focusing on problems of connectivity, the writer of a PC  Magazine column on the subject offers complete coverage of such  important issues as selecting the right network, exchanging files,  installing adapters, and sharing printers.

PC Magazine Guide to Connectivity

Networking & Cloud Computing

Ziff-Davis Press

A look at PC-based computer networks features chapters on communicating by wire (Morse's Telegraph), mixing computers and telephones (From Keypunches to Terminals), local area networks (A LAN Overview), LAN-to-LAN connections, and applications. Original.

How Networks Work

Freed, Les

The first edition of this lavishly illustrated book sold more than 100,000 copies. The new edition adds chapters on the Internet and the Web, e-mail, information about on-line services, and more. Full-color illustrations explain everything from peer-to-peer LANS and switched digital services.

How Networks Work (How It Works)

Ursa Software Ltd

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