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ISBN 10: 1119471621
ISBN 13: 9781119471622
Author: Doug Lowe

Becoming a master of networking has never been easier

Whether you’re in charge of a small network or a large network, Networking All-in-One is full of the information you’ll need to set up a network and keep it functioning. Fully updated to capture the latest Windows 10 releases through Spring 2018, this is the comprehensive guide to setting up, managing, and securing a successful network.

Inside, nine minibooks cover essential, up-to-date information for networking in systems such as Windows 10 and Linux, as well as best practices for security, mobile and cloud-based networking, and much more. 

• Serves as a single source for the most-often needed network administration information
• Covers the latest trends in networking
• Get nine detailed and easy-to-understand networking minibooks in one affordable package

Networking All-in-One For Dummies is the perfect beginner’s guide as well as the professional’s ideal reference book.

Networking All in One For Dummies 7th Edition Table of contents:

Book 1: Networking Basics

Chapter 1: Welcome to Networking

Defining a Network

Why Bother with a Network?

Servers and Clients

Dedicated Servers and Peers

What Makes a Network Tick?

Networks Big and Small

It’s Not a Personal Computer Anymore!

Understanding Network Topology

The Network Administrator

Chapter 2: Network Infrastructure

Introducing Infrastructure

Introducing Network Protocols and Standards

Understanding Cable Infrastructure

Understanding Ports, Interfaces, and MAC Addresses

Understanding Packets

Understanding Collisions

Understanding Broadcast Packets

Understanding Wireless Networks

Chapter 3: Switches, Routers, and VLANs

Understanding Switches

Looking Deeper into Switches

Understanding Routers

Understanding VLANs

Chapter 4: Servers and Virtualization

Understanding Network Operating Systems

What’s Important in a Server

Components of a Server Computer

Considering Server Form Factors

Considering Virtualization

Chapter 5: Cloud Computing

Introducing Cloud Computing

Looking at the Benefits of Cloud Computing

Detailing the Drawbacks of Cloud Computing

Examining Three Basic Kinds of Cloud Services

Public Clouds versus Private Clouds

Introducing Some of the Major Cloud Providers

Getting Into the Cloud

Book 2: Understanding Network Protocols

Chapter 1: Network Protocols and Standards

Understanding Protocols

Understanding Standards

Seeing the Seven Layers of the OSI Reference Model

Following a Packet through the Layers

The Ethernet Protocol

The TCP/IP Protocol Suite

Other Protocols Worth Knowing About

Chapter 2: TCP/IP and the Internet

What Is the Internet?

A Little Internet History

TCP/IP Standards and RFCs

The TCP/IP Protocol Framework

Chapter 3: IP Addresses

Understanding Binary

Introducing IP Addresses

Classifying IP Addresses

Subnetting

Network Address Translation

Chapter 4: Routing

Considering the Usefulness of Routers

Understanding Routing Tables

Chapter 5: DHCP

Understanding DHCP

Understanding Scopes

Working with a DHCP Server

How to Configure a Windows DHCP Client

Chapter 6: DNS

Understanding DNS Names

Top-Level Domains

The Hosts File

Understanding DNS Servers and Zones

Understanding DNS Queries

Zone Files and Resource Records

Reverse Lookup Zones

Working with the Windows DNS Server

How to Configure a Windows DNS Client

Chapter 7: TCP/IP Tools and Commands

Using the arp Command

Using the hostname Command

Using the ipconfig Command

Using the nbtstat Command

Using the netstat Command

Using the nslookup Command

Using the pathping Command

Using the ping Command

Using the route Command

Using the tracert Command

Book 3: Planning a Network

Chapter 1: Local Area Networks

Making a Network Plan

Being Purposeful

Taking Stock

Considering Cable

Surmising Switches

Planning the Network Topology

Planning the TCP/IP Implementation

Drawing Diagrams

More Questions Your Network Plan Should Address

Chapter 2: Wide Area Networks

Connecting to the Internet

Choosing a Router

Securing Your Connection with a Firewall

Providing Redundancy for Your Internet Connection

Securing Connections to Remote Locations and Users

Chapter 3: Server Architecture

Deciding How Many Servers You Need

Deciding Which Servers You Need

Connecting Your Servers

Chapter 4: Virtualization Architecture

Understanding Virtualization

Understanding Hypervisors

Understanding Virtual Disks

Understanding Network Virtualization

Considering the Benefits of Virtualization

Choosing Virtualization Hosts

Understanding Windows Server 2016 Licensing

Chapter 5: Storage Architecture

Considering Disk Space

Considering Disk Drive Types

Considering Drive Interfaces

Considering RAID

Considering Attachment Types

Book 4: Implementing a Network

Chapter 1: Network Hardware

Working with Cable

Installing Switches

Daisy-Chaining Switches

Chapter 2: Wireless Networks

Installing a Wireless Access Point

Configuring a Wireless Access Point

Connecting to a Wireless Network

Paying Attention to Wireless Network Security

Chapter 3: Windows Clients

Configuring Network Connections

Joining a Domain

Chapter 4: Mac Networking

Basic Mac Network Settings

Joining a Domain

Connecting to a Share

Chapter 5: Network Printers

Configuring Network Printers

Chapter 6: Virtual Private Networks

Understanding VPN

Looking at VPN Security

Understanding VPN Servers and Clients

Book 5: Implementing Virtualization

Chapter 1: Hyper-V

Understanding the Hyper-V Hypervisor

Understanding Hyper-V Virtual Disks

Enabling Hyper-V

Getting Familiar with Hyper-V

Creating a Virtual Switch

Creating a Virtual Disk

Creating a Virtual Machine

Installing an Operating System

Chapter 2: VMware

Looking at vSphere

Getting Started with VMware Player

Creating a Virtual Machine

Installing VMware Tools

Chapter 3: Azure

Looking at Azure Services

Creating an Azure Account

Examining the Azure Portal

Creating a Windows Virtual Machine

Managing an Azure Virtual Machine

Connecting to an Azure Virtual Machine

Chapter 4: Amazon Web Services

Looking at What Amazon Web Services Can Do

Creating an Amazon Web Services Account

Examining the Amazon Web Services Console

Creating a Windows Virtual Machine

Managing an Amazon Web Services Virtual Machine

Connecting to an Amazon Web Services Virtual Machine

Chapter 5: Desktop Virtualization

Introducing Desktop Virtualization

Considering Two Approaches to Desktop Virtualization

Looking at VMware’s Horizon View

Looking at Citrix XenApp

Book 6: Implementing Windows Server 2016

Chapter 1: Installing Windows Server 2016

Planning a Windows Server Installation

Before You Install …

Running Setup

Adding Server Roles and Features

Chapter 2: Configuring Windows Server 2016

Using the Administrator Account

Using Remote Desktop Connection

Using Microsoft Management Console

Customizing MMC

Chapter 3: Configuring Active Directory

What Directories Do

Remembering the Good Ol’ Days of NT Domains

Active Directory to the Rescue

Understanding How Active Directory Is Structured

Creating a New Domain

Creating an Organizational Unit

Chapter 4: Configuring User Accounts

Understanding Windows User Accounts

Creating a New User

Setting User Properties

Resetting User Passwords

Disabling and Enabling User Accounts

Deleting a User

Working with Groups

Working with User Profiles

Creating a Logon Script

Chapter 5: Configuring a File Server

Understanding Permissions

Understanding Shares

Managing Your File Server

Chapter 6: Using Group Policy

Understanding Group Policy

Enabling Group Policy Management on Windows Server 2016

Creating Group Policy Objects

Filtering Group Policy Objects

Chapter 7: Configuring Internet Information Services

Installing IIS

Understanding the Default Website

Creating Websites

Chapter 8: Configuring Exchange Server 2016

Creating a Mailbox

Managing Mailboxes

Configuring Outlook for Exchange

Viewing Another Mailbox

Chapter 9: Configuring SQL Server 2014

What Is a Database?

What Is a Relational Database?

What Is SQL?

Using SQL Server 2014 Management Studio

Creating a New Database

Creating Tables

Editing Tables

Working with Queries

Working with Scripts

Chapter 10: Windows Commands

Using a Command Window

Special Command Tricks

The EventCreate Command

Net Commands

The RunAs Command

Chapter 11: Using PowerShell

Using PowerShell

Understanding PowerShell Commands

Using Cmdlets

Using Parameters

Getting Help

Using Aliases

Using the Pipeline

Using Providers

Using Scripts

Book 7: Implementing Linux

Chapter 1: Installing a Linux Server

Planning a Linux Server Installation

Installing Fedora 26

Chapter 2: Configuring Linux

Linux: It Isn’t Windows

On Again, Off Again

Using GNOME

Getting to a Command Shell

Enabling the SUDO Command

Managing User Accounts

Chapter 3: Basic Linux Network Configuration

Using the Network Configuration Program

Restarting Your Network

Working with Network Configuration Files

Displaying Your Network Configuration with the ifconfig Command

Chapter 4: Running DHCP and DNS

Running a DHCP Server

Running a DNS Server

Chapter 5: Doing the Samba Dance

Understanding Samba

Installing Samba

Starting and Stopping Samba

Editing the smb.conf File

Using the Samba Client

Chapter 6: Running Apache

Installing Apache

Starting and Stopping Apache

Confirming That Apache Is Running

Using the HTTP Configuration Tool

Allowing or Restricting Access to an Apache Server

Configuring Virtual Hosts

Manually Editing Apache’s Configuration Files

Creating Web Pages

Chapter 7: Running Sendmail

Understanding Email

Installing Sendmail

Modifying sendmail.mc

Using SpamAssassin

Using the Mail Console Client

Using Evolution

Chapter 8: Linux Commands

Command Shell Basics

Directory- and File-Handling Commands

Commands for Working with Packages and Services

Commands for Administering Users

Commands for Managing Ownership and Permissions

Networking Commands

Book 8: Managing a Network

Chapter 1: Welcome to Network Administration

Knowing What Network Administrators Do

Choosing the Part-Time Administrator

Establishing Routine Chores

Managing Network Users

Patching Up Your Operating System and Software

Discovering Software Tools for Network Administrators

Building a Library

Getting Certified

Gurus Need Gurus, Too

Helpful Bluffs and Excuses

Chapter 2: Managing Remotely

Enabling Remote Desktop Connection

Connecting Remotely

Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Remote Desktop

Configuring Remote Desktop Options

Using Remote Assistance

Enabling Remote Assistance

Inviting Someone to Help You via a Remote Assistance Session

Responding to a Remote Assistance Invitation

Chapter 3: Managing Network Assets

Introducing IT Asset Management

Why Bother?

Getting Organized

What to Track

Taking Pictures

Picking a Number

Making Labels

Tracking Software

Using Asset-Tracking Software

Other Sources of Asset-Tracking Information

Chapter 4: Managing the Help Desk

Establishing the Help Desk’s Charter

Tracking Support Tickets

Deciding How to Communicate with Users

Providing Remote Support

Creating a Knowledge Base

Creating a Self-Service Help Portal

Using Satisfaction Surveys

Tracking Help-Desk Performance

Using Help-Desk Management Software

Chapter 5: Solving Network Problems

When Bad Things Happen to Good Computers

Fixing Dead Computers

Ways to Check a Network Connection

A Bunch of Error Messages Just Flew By!

Double-Checking Your Network Settings

Time to Experiment

Who’s on First?

Restarting a Client Computer

Booting in Safe Mode

Using System Restore

Restarting Network Services

Restarting a Network Server

Looking at Event Logs

Documenting Your Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 6: Managing Software Deployment

Understanding Software Licenses

Using a License Server

Options for Deploying Network Software

Keeping Software Up to Date

Chapter 7: Managing Email Retention

Why Email Ends Up Everywhere

Creating a Retention Policy

Configuring Exchange Retention Policies

Planning for a Litigation Hold

Using the Exchange Journaling Feature

Using Exchange Online Archiving

Chapter 8: Managing Mobile Devices

The Many Types of Mobile Devices

Considering Security for Mobile Devices

Managing iOS Devices

Managing Android Devices

Book 9: Managing Cybersecurity

Chapter 1: Welcome to Cybersecurity

But We’re a Small Business … Do We Need Security?

The Two Pillars of Cybersecurity

Considering Two Basic Approaches to Security

Physical Security: Locking Your Doors

Securing User Accounts

Securing the Human Firewall

Chapter 2: Managing Firewalls and Virus Protection

Firewalls

The Many Types of Firewalls

The Built-In Windows Firewall

Virus Protection

Using Windows Action Center

Chapter 3: Managing Spam

Defining Spam

Sampling the Many Flavors of Spam

Using Antispam Software

Understanding Spam Filters

Looking at Three Types of Antispam Software

Minimizing Spam

Chapter 4: Managing Backups

Backing Up Your Data

Where to Back Up Your Data

Backing Up to Tape

Backup Software

Types of Backups

Local versus Network Backups

How Many Sets of Backups Should You Keep?

A Word about Tape Reliability

About Cleaning the Heads

Backup and Virtualization

Backup Security

Chapter 5: Managing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning

Assessing Different Types of Disasters

Analyzing the Impact of a Disaster

Developing a Business Continuity Plan

Holding a Fire Drill

Appendix A: Directory of Useful Websites

Appendix B: Glossary

About the Author

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