Network Design Basics for Cabling Professionals

Here is the most reliable, proven, and authoritative training material available for those wishing to make the career-enhancing jump from installing data systems to actually designing them. This heavily illustrated volume provides the time-tested methods and procedures you need to master the design and customization of network infrastructure plans capable of meeting a clients most exacting requirements.

BICSIs world-renowned official training material is based on Network Design Basics for Cabling Professionals so you know it has been successfully field-tested by network design professionals around the world. Clearly and simply written and presented in as easy-to-understand format, the hands-on guide:

* Provides valuable working knowledge of industry-standard practices
* Network components
* Network connections
* Networked communications
Switching and Virtual LANs
* Services and applications
* Security
* Network management
* Offers vendor-neutral explanations of hardware and cabling technologies
* Thoroughly describes standards and topologies
* Breaks each task down into bulleted steps

Network Design Basics for Cabling Professionals offers the depth and breadth of coverage you would expect when two industry leaders such as McGraw-Hill and BICSI join forces--and expertise that cannot be found anywhere else.

Contents           

    Network Design Overview     Introduction to Network Design     Local Area Networks     Design Process    Networking Fundamentals     Introduction     LAN Fundamentals     Remote Access Fundamentals     Internetwork Fundamentals     Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model    Network Components     Stations     Servers and Shared Peripherals     Network Access Devices    Network Connections     Cabling Infrastructure     Telecommunications Circuits    Network Communications     Network Topologies     Network Addressing     Network Access Control     Network Signaling     Internetwork Routing     IEEE Standards     IETF Standards    Switching and Virtual LANs     Bridging, Switching, and VLAN Standards     LAN Bridging     Layer 2 Switching     VLAN Operations and Types    Network Services and Applications     Addressing Services     Naming Services     Directory Services     Internet Services     Voice Applications     Video Applications    Network Security     Encryption     Authentication     Authorization     Firewalls     Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)     Security Planning    Network Management     Management Tools     SNMP     Appendix A.
Binary and Hexadecimal Numbering Fundamentals     Appendix B.
Internet Protocol (IP) Addressing Fundamentals     Appendix C.
Network Design Examples.     Glossary     Bibliography