About the Authors -- About the Book -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tcat Houser -- Helen O'Boyle -- How To Read This Book -- Humor -- Real-World Lessons -- Continued Support -- The Why of this Book -- Icon Alerts -- Historical -- Geek -- Future -- Real World -- Who is? -- Network+ 2002 Exam Specifics -- Exam Skills Measured and Weighting -- Introduction -- Welcome! -- Intended Audience -- Self-Study Students -- What is NETWORK+? -- What is the NETWORK+ test? -- About the Test -- Chapter 0000: Network Basics -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts & Terms Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II What is a Network? -- III Network Types by Geographic Scope -- LAN -- LANs and Subnets -- MAN -- WAN -- IV VLANs - Creating Virtual LAN's -- V Network Models for Resource Sharing -- Models in Networking -- Sneaker Net -- Peer-to-Peer Networks -- Client Server model -- Pop Quiz 0000.00 -- VI Private VS Public Networks -- Classifying Networks by Infrastructure Sharing Type -- Private Networks -- Public Networks -- Virtual Private Networks -- VII Intranets, Extranets and Internets -- Internet -- Intranet -- Extranet -- VIII Network Topologies -- Topologies -- Mesh Network -- Star Network -- Bus Network -- Ring Network -- Pop Quiz 0000.01 -- IX Broadband vs. Baseband Networks -- X Chapter 0000: Summary -- XI Test 0000: Success Questions -- Chapter 0001: LAN Cabling -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts & Terms Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Connections -- III Legacy Cable / Physical Topologies -- IV Legacy Coax -- 10 Base 5 -- 10 Base 2 -- 5-4-3 Rule -- Connecting Computers to a LAN Using Coax -- Termination -- Troubleshooting 10Base2 and 10Base5 -- Loose or Missing Terminator -- Cable Break -- Jabbering Transceiver -- Broadcast Storm -- The wrong type of cable.

V Coax Cable - New Developments -- Twisted Pair Background -- Major Types of Twisted Pair Cable -- Twisted Pair Cable Naming Conventions -- Pop Quiz 0001.00 -- VI Twisted Pair Technologies -- Can I tell twisted pair cables apart by looking at them? -- Can I substitute one lookalike cable for another? -- How do I know which to use? -- Twisted Pair cabling standards -- 10xBase-T Family -- VGAnyLan -- 1000BaseTX: The Latest UTP Ethernet Standard -- Troubleshooting 10nBaseTx -- Cable Break -- Wrong Type of Cable -- Bad Connector -- Pop Quiz 0001.01 -- VII Fiber-optics -- Got Fiber? -- Installation -- SingleMode/MultiMode Fiber -- Fiber-Optic Based Ethernet Cable standards -- Fiber-Optic Connectors -- VIII Wireless Networking -- Deciphering the alphabet soup of 802.11x -- Begin with b -- What happened to a? -- e for Excellent -- g is for Great -- IX Combining Cable Technologies -- X Real-World LAN Cabling -- Typical Network Cabling Architecture -- Changing the Physical Cable Topology -- Patch Panels -- Patch Cable -- Straight Cable -- Crossover Cables -- Pop Quiz 0001.10 -- XI Cable Summary -- Category N UTP Cable Specs -- XII Chapter 0001: Summary -- XIII Test 0001: Success Questions -- Chapter 0010: ISO, OSI, and IEEE Standards -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Open Systems Interconnect -- Applying the OSI Model to Network Communication -- Layer 1 - Physical Layer -- Layer 2 - Data Link Layer -- Layer 3 - Network Layer -- Layer 4 Transport Layer -- Layer 5 Session Layer -- Layer 6 Presentation Layer -- Layer 7 Application Layer -- Pop Quiz 0010.00 -- III IEEE 802.x Standards -- -- IEEE 802 -- 802.1 Internetwork Definition -- 802.2 Logical Link Control -- 802.3 Ethernet Networks (CSMA/CD) -- CSMA/CD Explained -- Extending 802.3 for the New Millennium.

802.4 Token Bus Network -- 802.5 Token Ring Network -- 802.6 Metropolitan Area Networks -- 802.7 Broadband Technical Advisory Group -- 802.8 Fiber-optic Technical Advisory Group -- 802.9 Integrated Data and Voice Networks -- 802.10 Network Security Technical Advisory Group -- 802.11 Wireless Networking -- 802.12 Demand Priority (100VG-AnyLAN) -- 802.14 Cable Modems -- IV Chapter 0010: Summary -- V Test 0010: Success Questions -- Chapter 0011: Network Hardware -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Introduction -- III Layer 1 - Physical Layer -- NIC (Network Interface Card) -- Hub -- Repeater -- MAU -- Media Filter -- Transceiver -- Wireless Access Point -- IV Layer 2 - Data Link Layer -- Bridge -- Switch -- Brouter -- V Layer 3 - Network Layer -- Router -- Pop Quiz 0011.00 -- VI Layer 4 - Transport -- VII Layers 5, 6 & 7- Session, Presentation Appli -- Gateway -- Proxy Gateway -- E-mail/SMTP Gateway -- SNA Gateway -- VIII Chapter 0011: Summary -- IX Test 0011: Success Questions -- Chapter 0100: Network Protocols -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Protocol Suite Overview -- Frames -- Packets -- Packet Fragmentation -- Protocols for conversations -- Protocol Suites -- III Protocol Suite Characteristics -- Addressing -- Packet Format -- Routable vs. Non-routable -- Connection-oriented vs. Connectionless Service -- IV IPX/SPX -- V NetBEUI -- VI AppleTalk -- Other challenges -- Pop Quiz 0100.00 -- VII TCP/IP -- IP (Internet Protocol) -- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) -- UDP (Universal Datagram Protocol) -- VIII Routing Protocols -- IX Routable Protocols and Routing Protocols -- X Chapter 0100: Summary -- XI Test 0100: Success Questions -- Chapter 0101: TCP/IP.

Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need to Know -- II TCP/IP Addressing Overview -- III IP Address Details -- Class A -- Class B -- Class C -- Loopback Connections in TCP/IP -- Hardware Loopback Connections -- Crossover Connection Between Two Computers -- IV Name Resolution -- Static Mapping with Text Files -- Hosts File -- LMHOSTS -- Limitations of Static Mapping -- Name Services -- DNS -- DNS Configuration -- Domain Name -- DNS Server Search Order -- Domain Suffix Search Order -- WINS -- WINS Configuration -- Pop Quiz 0101.00 -- V TCP/IP Routing -- Static vs. Dynamic Routing -- IP Default Gateway -- VI Locating Services -- Ports -- FTP -- TFTP -- HTTP -- POP3 -- SMTP -- TELNET -- NNTP -- NTP -- DNS -- VII Network Management Protocols and Utilities -- VIII TCP/IP Configuration -- Centralized Client Configuration Management -- How Does This Work? -- DHCP -- BOOTP -- IX TCP/IP Network Diagnostic Utilities -- ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) -- IPCONFIG -- WINIPCFG -- NBTSTAT -- NETSTAT -- NSLOOKUP -- PING -- TRACERT -- X Network Monitoring Protocols -- XI New Developments in TCP/IP -- -- Pop Quiz 0101.01 -- XII IP Proxy -- XIII Network Address Translation -- How NAT works -- XIV Classless Inter-Domain Routing -- XV IPv6 -- XVI CIDR and Ipv6 -- Pop Quiz 0101.10 -- XVII QoS -- XVIII Chapter 0101: Summary -- XIX Test 0101: Success Questions -- Chapter 0110: NOS Anatomy -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need to Know -- II Anatomy of a NOS -- File and Printer Sharing -- Network User Authentication -- III Microsoft Windows NT (and 2000) -- NT Services -- Administering Services on Windows -- NT Utilities -- Administrative Wizard -- Disk administrator -- Event Viewer -- Network Neighborhood -- Server Manager.

IV User Manager for Domains -- File Sharing, Client Connectivity -- Printing, Client Connectivity -- V Novell Netware -- File and Printer Sharing, Client Connectivity -- Pop Quiz 0110.00 -- VI Linux -- Distributions -- Configuration -- Linux (UNIX) File Permissions -- Linux File Sharing, Client Connectivity -- Linux Printing, Client Connectivity -- VII Apple Macintosh -- VIII Print Server -- -- Pop Quiz 0110.01 -- IX RAID (Server Disk Arrays) -- RAID -- RAID 0 -- RAID 1 -- RAID 5 -- Volumes -- X Network Attached Storage -- -- Pop Quiz 0110.10 -- XI System Area Networks (Clusters) -- XII Comparing SAN vs. NAS -- XIII Chapter 0110: Summary -- IX Test 0110: Success Questions -- Chapter 0111: Wide Area Networking -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Remote Access -- III Individual Dial Up Remote Access -- Remote Access From the User's Perspective -- Remote Access Dial-up Line Alternatives -- POTS (Plain Old Telephone Stuff) -- Modem Configuration -- Maximum Port Speed -- Default Port Settings -- ISDN -- BRI ISDN -- PRI ISDN -- Remote Access Dial-up Protocols -- IV TCP/IP Encapsulation Protocols -- SLIP -- PPP -- PPTP -- How Does Packet Tunneling Work? -- L2TP -- Pop Quiz 0111.00 -- V High-Bandwidth Individual Remote Access -- New Remote Access technologies for Individuals -- DSL -- Cable Internet -- VI TCP/IP Encapsulation for High-Speed Internet Connections -- Making Dedicated Access Look Like On-Demand -- PPPoE -- Pop Quiz 0111.01 -- VII Wide Area Networking Technologies -- Point-to-Point Leased Line -- X.25 -- Frame Relay -- ATM -- Packet Switching vs. Circuit-Switching -- VIII Chapter 0111: Summary -- IX Test 0111: Success Questions -- Chapter 1000: Security in the Real World -- Getting Ready - Questions -- Getting Ready - Answers -- I Concepts Required.

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