Networking Self-Teaching Guide: OSI, TCP/IP, LANs, MANs, WANs, Implementation, Management, and Maintenance -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Networking Nuts and Bolts -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Networking -- 1.1 Networking: A Brief Introduction -- 1.2 History of Networking -- 1.3 Standards and Standards Organizations -- 1.4 An Introduction to the OSI Reference Model -- 1.5 TCP/IP, Please (and Don't Be Stingy with the IP) -- 1.6 Chapter Exercises -- 1.7 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 2: LANs, MANs, and WANs -- 2.1 Local Area Networks -- 2.2 Metropolitan Area Networks -- 2.3 Wide Area Networks -- 2.4 Chapter Exercises -- 2.5 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 3: Network Hardware and Transmission Media -- 3.1 Stuff You Just Need to Know -- 3.2 Transmission Media -- 3.3 Network Hardware -- 3.4 Chapter Exercises -- 3.5 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 4: Operating Systems and Networking Software -- 4.1 Computer Operating System Basics -- 4.2 Network Operating System Basics -- 4.3 Other Operating Systems -- 4.4 Chapter Exercises -- 4.5 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 5: The TCP/IP Protocol Suite -- 5.1 The TCP/IP Layers -- 5.2 Popular TCP/IP Protocols -- 5.3 End of Chapter Hodgepodge -- 5.4 Chapter Exercises -- 5.5 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 6: Ethernet Concepts -- 6.1 The Beginning of Ethernet Technology -- 6.2 Ethernet Components -- 6.3 Ethernet and IEEE 802.3's Relationship to the OSI Model -- 6.4 Ethernet Frame Format -- 6.5 Traffic Optimization -- 6.6 Chapter Exercises -- 6.7 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 7: Not to Be Forgotten -- 7.1 Can't Get Enough of Those LAN Technologies -- 7.2 As If You Haven't Had Enough of These Sweet Protocols -- 7.3 Chapter Exercises -- 7.4 Pop Quiz Answers -- Part II: The OSI Layers -- Chapter 8: The Upper Layers -- 8.1 Background -- 8.2 The TCP/IP Model.

8.3 OSI Application Layer -- 8.4 OSI Presentation Layer -- 8.5 OSI Session Layer -- 8.6 Chapter Exercises -- 8.7 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 9: The Transport Layer -- 9.1 The Terms and Conditions of Chapter 9 -- 9.2 Transport Layer Operations -- 9.3 Transport Layer Protocols -- 9.4 The Meaning of Control -- 9.5 Chapter Exercises -- 9.6 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 10: The Network Layer -- 10.1 Network Connection Types -- 10.2 TCP/IP Network Layer Protocols -- 10.3 Chapter Exercises -- 10.4 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 11: The Data Link Layer -- 11.1 Concerns of the LAN -- 11.2 Accessing the Medium -- 11.3 Meet the Sublayers -- 11.4 The ''ings'' - Casting, Detecting, and Addressing -- 11.5 ''Knode'' the LAN -- 11.6 Chapter Exercises -- 11.7 Pop Quiz Answers -- Part III: Network Design and Implementation -- Chapter 12: Design Methodologies -- 12.1 Your Task Is to Design a Network -- 12.2 Let's Start Planning -- 12.3 A Hierarchical Design Model -- 12.4 5-4-3-2-1, Speed Is Not the Big Concern -- 12.5 Making Determinations -- 12.6 Network Implementation -- 12.7 Chapter Exercises -- 12.8 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 13: Implementation -- 13.1 Planning -- 13.2 Network Supporting Infrastructure -- 13.3 Budgeting -- 13.4 Staging -- 13.5 Rollout -- 13.6 Verification -- 13.7 Documentation -- 13.8 The Final Stretch -- 13.9 Chapter Exercise -- 13.10 Pop Quiz Answer -- Part IV: Managing and Maintaining the Network -- Chapter 14: Network Security -- 14.1 Elements of Network Security -- 14.2 Network Security Methodologies -- 14.3 Chapter Exercises -- 14.4 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 15: Network Management -- 15.1 Operation -- 15.2 Administration -- 15.3 Maintenance -- 15.4 Provisioning -- 15.5 Tools -- 15.6 Chapter Exercises -- 15.7 Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 16: Troubleshooting -- 16.1 The Little LAN that Cried Wolf.

16.2 The Proactive Approach Beats the Reactive Approach Hands Down -- 16.3 Troubleshooting Tools -- 16.4 A Logical Order -- 16.5 Layered Strategy -- 16.6 Troubleshooting Examples -- 16.7 Chapter Exercises -- 16.8 Pop Quiz Answers -- Appendix A: Additional Exercises -- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Networking -- Chapter 2 - LANs, WANs, and MANs -- Chapter 3 - Network Hardware and Transmission Media -- Chapter 4 - Operating Systems and Networking Software -- Chapter 5 - The TCP/IP Protocol Suite -- Chapter 6 - Ethernet Concepts -- Chapter 7 - Not to Be Forgotten -- Chapter 8 - The Upper Layers -- Chapter 9 - The Transport Layer -- Chapter 10 - The Network Layer -- Chapter 11 - The Data Link Layer -- Chapter 12 - Design Methodologies -- Chapter 13 - Implementation -- Chapter 14 - Network Security -- Chapter 15 - Network Management -- Chapter 16 - Troubleshooting -- Appendix B: Exercise Answers -- Chapter 1 Exercises -- Chapter 2 Exercises -- Chapter 3 Exercises -- Chapter 4 Exercises -- Chapter 5 Exercises -- Chapter 6 Exercises -- Chapter 7 Exercises -- Chapter 8 Exercises -- Chapter 9 Exercises -- Chapter 10 Exercises -- Chapter 11 Exercises -- Chapter 12 Exercises -- Chapter 13 Exercises -- Chapter 14 Exercises -- Chapter 15 Exercises -- Chapter 16 Exercises -- Appendix A Exercises -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendix D: Acronyms -- Index.