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Book Description

This updated bestseller covers Windows 8, new storage and backup technologies, and more

Both beginning network administrators and home users have made previous editions of this book a top seller. Now fully updated, this edition shows you step by step how to set up and maintain a network and covers Windows 8 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Author Doug Lowe also includes updated coverage of broadband technologies as well as storage and back-up procedures, all in his easy-to-follow style. You'll learn to build a wired or wireless network, secure and optimize it, safely connect to the Internet, troubleshoot problems, and much more.

  • A perennial bestseller, this guide to networking has been fully revised to cover Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, new broadband technologies, and updated storage and backup procedures

  • Provides introductory-level networking fundamentals for those inexperienced in network technology

  • Covers networking with all major operating systems

  • Shows how to build, secure, and optimize a network, safely connect to the Internet, troubleshoot problems, and more

Networking For Dummies, 10th Edition walks you through the process of setting up and maintaining a network, at home or in the office.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I: Getting Started with Networking
    1. Chapter 1: Let's Network!
    2. Chapter 2: Life on the Network
    3. Chapter 3: More Ways to Use Your Network
  6. Part II: Setting Up a Network
    1. Chapter 4: Planning a Network
    2. Chapter 5: Dealing with TCP/IP
    3. Chapter 6: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Cables, Switches, and Routers
    4. Chapter 7: Configuring Windows Clients
    5. Chapter 8: Connecting Your Network to the Internet
    6. Chapter 9: Setting Up a Wireless Network
  7. Part III: Working with Servers
    1. Chapter 10: Setting Up a Server
    2. Chapter 11: Managing Windows User Accounts
    3. Chapter 12: Managing Network Storage
    4. Chapter 13: Managing Exchange Server 2010
    5. Chapter 14: Creating an Intranet
  8. Part IV: Cloudy with a Chance of Gigabytes
    1. Chapter 15: Life in Cloud City
    2. Chapter 16: Managing Mobile Devices
    3. Chapter 17: Connecting from Home
  9. Part V: Managing and Protecting Your Network
    1. Chapter 18: Welcome to Network Management
    2. Chapter 19: Solving Network Problems
    3. Chapter 20: Backing Up Your Data
    4. Chapter 21: Securing Your Network
    5. Chapter 22: Hardening Your Network
    6. Chapter 23: Network Performance Anxiety
  10. Part VI: More Ways to Network
    1. Chapter 24: Going Virtual
    2. Chapter 25: Networking with Linux
    3. Chapter 26: Macintosh Networking
  11. Part VII: The Part of Tens
    1. Chapter 27: Ten Networking Commandments
    2. Chapter 28: Ten Big Network Mistakes
    3. Chapter 29: Ten Things You Should Keep in Your Closet
    4. Cheat Sheet