Cisco Networking Simplified
Second Edition

 

  • Master today’s world of Cisco networking with this book’s completely updated, fully illustrated visual approach
  • Easy enough for novices, substantive enough for networking professionals
  • Covers the latest networking topics—from network architecture to secure wireless, unified communications to telepresence

 

In Full Color

 

Jim Doherty • Neil Anderson • Paul Della Maggiora

 

Now 100 percent updated for the latest technologies, this is today’s easiest, most visual guide to Cisco® networking. Even if you’ve never set up or managed a network, Cisco Networking Simplified, Second Edition, helps you quickly master the concepts you need to understand. Its full-color diagrams and clear explanations give you the big picture: how each important networking technology works, what it can do for you, and how they all fit together. The authors illuminate networking from the smallest LANs to the largest enterprise infrastructures, offering practical introductions to key issues ranging from security to availability, mobility to virtualization.

 

What you always wanted to know about networking but were afraid to ask!

  • How networks and the Internet work
  • How to build coherent, cost-effective network infrastructures
  • How to design networks for maximum reliability and availability
  • What you need to know about data center and application networking
  • How to secure networks against today’s threats and attacks
  • How to take advantage of the latest mobility technologies
  • How virtualizing networks can help businesses leverage their network investments even further
  • How to combine messaging, calendaring, telephony, audio, video, and web conferencing into a unified communications architecture

 

 

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco®.

 

Category: Cisco

Covers: General Networking

 


Wireless Home Networking Simplified

 

  • The full-color, fully illustrated, simple guide to wireless home networking
  • Step-by-step instructions: Plan, install, secure, optimize, and troubleshoot your wireless network
  • Discover all the fun things you can do with your wireless network

 

Jim Doherty

Neil Anderson

 

 

Using today’s wireless networks, you can save money, become more productive, and even have more fun! Now, there’s an easy, fully illustrated step-by-step guide to wireless networking for your home: Wireless Home Networking Simplified.

 

This plain-English guide teaches you everything you need to know to set up a wireless network at home, even if you do not have a technical background. You’ll find simple, easy-to-follow guidance on selecting the right equipment, installing your network devices properly, connecting to the Internet, safeguarding your information, fixing problems, and much more.

 

  • Understand how wireless home networks work
  • Compare today’s wireless standards, and choose the right one for you
  • Design your wireless network for maximum convenience, reliability, and simplicity
  • Secure your network, step by step–and keep it secure
  • Troubleshoot failed connections, poor coverage, and slow performance
  • Temporarily allow guests onto your network without exposing your data
  • Use your network to listen to music, view video, and play video games anywhere in your home
  • Preview and prepare for tomorrow’s wireless technologies

 

Wireless Home Networking Simplified cuts through the confusion, demystifies the technologies, and helps you make the most of wireless… quickly, simply, painlessly.

 

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press®, the only authorized publisher for Cisco Systems®.

 

Category: Networking

Covers: Home Networking