Head First Networking |  | Authors: Al Anderson, Ryan Benedetti
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Category: Book
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0596521553
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
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Publication Date: May 27, 2009
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Product Description
Frustrated with networking books so chock-full of acronyms that your brain goes into sleep mode? Head First Networking's unique, visually rich format provides a task-based approach to computer networking that makes it easy to get your brain engaged. You'll learn the concepts by tying them to on-the-job tasks, blending practice and theory in a way that only Head First can.
With this book, you'll learn skills through a variety of genuine scenarios, from fixing a malfunctioning office network to planning a network for a high-technology haunted house. You'll learn exactly what you need to know, rather than a laundry list of acronyms and diagrams. This book will help you: - Master the functionality, protocols, and packets that make up real-world networking
- Learn networking concepts through examples in the field
- Tackle tasks such as planning and diagramming networks, running cables, and configuring network devices such as routers and switches
- Monitor networks for performance and problems, and learn troubleshooting techniques
- Practice what you've learned with nearly one hundred exercises, questions, sample problems, and projects
Head First's popular format is proven to stimulate learning and retention by engaging you with images, puzzles, stories, and more. Whether you're a network professional with a CCNA/CCNP or a student taking your first college networking course, Head First Networking will help you become a network guru.
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 A very good intro/refresher read August 28, 2009
J. Gotti (NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Head First methodology, you either love it or hate it. I fall into the former category hence my 5 star review. I think those that give poor reviews and complain about the "distracting" captions and conversations should have known what the Head First series is about before buying the book.
I am a Comp Sci major that is 3 years removed from graduation and being "out of the game". Trying to refresh on a few key topics I picked this book up with intentions of studying towards a Network+ and eventually, down the road, a CCNA.
This book does a great job of bringing some key concepts together and presenting them in layman's terms, while also proposing real life problems that a network admin might come across.
The basic flow of the book is to introduce a concept, then see how that concept can be used to troubleshoot your network. This ebbs on the side of hands on action instead of theoretical concepts. Between the various, well thought out, excercises and the Head First metacognitive approach, the concepts of each chapter will, effortlessly, soak into your brain.
This is not a reference book, nor a study guide for a certification [it never claims to be]. In my opinion, this book would best fit as a supplimental/recommended read for a networking course OR an introductory book for someone just starting out in networking.
An Effective Bottom-Up Introduction To Modern Networking July 6, 2009
Ira Laefsky (Philadelphia, PA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are many books which seek to explain PC and Unix-based networking to the novice, but this volume has at least two significant advantages over every other introductory networking tutorial I have seen in print. First, it employs the excellent, visual and cognitively-planned pedagogy of the Head-First series which has been perfected and scientifically tuned by experts in technology and education (YOU WILL LEARN WHAT THE BOOK PROMISES!). Secondly, unlike other networking texts which teach you pull down menu's and network interfaces which will only work in one particular operating system and one particular version of hardware this book teaches the underlying principles, protocols and packet configurations which will work with any hardware connected to the Internet. This book emphasizes both the foundations of modern computer network architecture and the low-level building blocks and technologies which will allow you to plan implement and debug any modern network. The instruction covers command-line utilities (not pull-down GUI menu's), underlying protocols and bit patterns (including how the network appears on an oscilloscope, logic probe or multimeter), and how to install and splice CAT-5 and optical cables. You will not be baffled by any proprietary product or network configuration which you encounter in the future. This book teaches the underlying principles of modern computer networking and teaches them well.
--Ira Laefsky
Highly recommended for any computer library catering to network admins September 18, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
If computer networking is providing a systems challenge and you're making the journey from junior network admin to expert, HEAD FIRST NETWORKING is for you. It covers the basics of solving real-world networking problems, from breaks in fiber networks to common mapping or switching issues that can shut down a network. As part of the 'Head First' series, this uses a visually rich format based on the latest brain research to encourage quick understanding. Highly recommended for any computer library catering to network admins.
Great Refresher/Intro to Networking Topics September 2, 2009
Tech Geek (Seattle, WA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off, to the guy who holds the CCNP docking the book to 3 stars I'm sure you forgot about the people who need the basics before getting to your level.
To everyone else, you're probably looking at this book and thinking "oh great, another silly take on a technical concept" and I can say I thought the very same thing. I've looked at these Head First books for other concepts and thought they were just too loose to be of any good. Maybe the others are, but this book, if you know just a little about networking and want some good basics or need a quick refresh, is GREAT. The way the book goes about explaining it can be a little silly, but they are basic real world scenarios that walk you through using the things you learn. There is also a "Dumb Questions" page in each section with things that you would likely ask in a classroom. There are little quizzes throughout the pages such as a few diagrams of routers linked, and in some the connection between 2 is broken or a router is down and you need to circle the ones that will update their routing tables. The following page has answers.
It really breaks it down, like a Dummies book but in a good way. If you're looking for a book on the basics of Routers, DNS, IP Addresses, Wireless, etc this is worth the price.
how to do networking July 4, 2009
Van E. Wahlgren
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I can't recommend this book highly enough. You were asking the other day about networking stuff, routers, switches, hubs, network cards. This book will explain it all and more and it is an extremely easy read.
Trust me, get this book, and you will be a networking geek, your entire house will be networked. I just glanced at it at a local bookstore for about a minute and i had about five questions about networking answered.
I just saw it at a local bookstore and i just ordered it from amazon. i save $20.00 by getting it at amazon.
i have a lot of these head first books and they are more than worth their money they are worth 10 other books on the same subject.
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