Networking for dummies / by Doug Lowe.

Format:

Book

Series:

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 pages)

Edition:

12th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, c2020.

Summary:

Set up a secure network at home or the office Fully revised to cover Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, this new edition of the trusted Networking For Dummies helps both beginning network administrators and home users to set up and maintain a network. Updated coverage of broadband and wireless technologies, as well as storage and back-up procedures, ensures that you'll learn how to build a wired or wireless network, secure and optimize it, troubleshoot problems, and much more. From connecting to the Internet and setting up a wireless network to solving networking problems and backing up your data-this #1 bestselling guide covers it all. * Build a wired or wireless network * Secure and optimize your network * Set up a server and manage Windows user accounts * Use the cloud-safely Written by a seasoned technology author-and jam-packed with tons of helpful step-by-step instructions-this is the book network administrators and everyday computer users will turn to again and again.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1 Getting Started with Networking

Chapter 1 Let's Network!

Defining a Network

Why Bother with a Network?

Sharing files

Sharing resources

Sharing programs

Sharing messages

Servers and Clients

Dedicated Servers and Peers

What Makes a Network Tick?

It's Not a Personal Computer Anymore!

The Network Administrator

What Have They Got That You Don't Got?

Chapter 2 Configuring Windows and Mac Clients

Configuring Windows Network Connections

Joining a Windows Computer to a Domain

Configuring Mac Network Settings

Joining a Mac Computer to a Domain

Chapter 3 Life on the Network

Distinguishing between Local Resources and Network Resources

What's in a Name?

Logging on to the Network

Understanding Shared Folders

Four Good Uses for a Shared Folder

Store files that everybody needs

Store your own files

Make a temporary resting place for files on their way to other users

Back up your local hard drive

Oh, the Network Places You'll Go

Mapping Network Drives

Using a Network Printer

Adding a network printer

Printing to a network printer

Playing with the print queue

Logging off the Network

Chapter 4 More Ways to Use Your Network

Sharing Your Stuff

Enabling File and Printer Sharing

Sharing a Folder

Using the Public Folder

Sharing a Printer

Using Microsoft Office on a Network

Accessing network files

Using workgroup templates

Networking an Access database

Working with Offline Files

Part 2 Designing Your Network

Chapter 5 Planning a Network

Making a Network Plan

Being Purposeful

Taking Stock

What you need to know.

Programs that gather information for you

To Dedicate or Not to Dedicate: That Is the Question

File servers

Print servers

Web servers

Mail servers

Database servers

Application servers

License servers

Choosing a Server Operating System

Planning the Infrastructure

Drawing Diagrams

Chapter 6 Dealing with TCP/IP

Understanding Binary

Counting by ones

Doing the logic thing

Introducing IP Addresses

Networks and hosts

The dotted-decimal dance

Classifying IP Addresses

Class A addresses

Class B addresses

Class C addresses

Subnetting

Subnets

Subnet masks

The great subnet roundup

Private and public addresses

Understanding Network Address Translation

Configuring Your Network for DHCP

Understanding DHCP

DHCP servers

Understanding scopes

Feeling excluded?

Reservations suggested

How long to lease?

Managing a Windows Server 2019 DHCP Server

Configuring a Windows DHCP Client

Using DNS

Domains and domain names

Fully qualified domain names

Working with the Windows DNS Server

Configuring a Windows DNS Client

Chapter 7 Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave: Cables and Switches

What Is Ethernet?

All about Cable

Cable categories

What's with the pairs?

To shield or not to shield

When to use plenum cable

Sometimes solid, sometimes stranded

Installation guidelines

The tools you need

Pinouts for twisted-pair cables

RJ-45 connectors

Crossover cables

Wall jacks and patch panels

Understanding Switches

Comparing managed and unmanaged switches

Daisy-chaining switches

Stacking switches

Looking at distribution switches and access switches

Powering Up with Power over Ethernet

Looking at Three Types of Network Rooms

Chapter 8 Setting Up a Wireless Network

Diving into Wireless Networking.

A Little High School Electronics

Waves and frequencies

Wavelength and antennas

Spectrums and the FCC

Eight-Oh-Two-Dot-Eleventy Something: Understanding Wireless Standards

Home on the Range

Using Wireless Network Adapters

Setting Wireless Access Points

Infrastructure mode

Multifunction WAPs

Roaming Capabilities

Wireless bridging

Ad-hoc networks

Configuring a Wireless Access Point

Basic configuration options

DHCP configuration

Connecting to a Wireless Network

Paying Attention to Wireless Network Security

Chapter 9 Connecting to the Internet

Connecting to the Internet

Connecting with cable or DSL

Connecting with high-speed private lines

Sharing an Internet connection

Securing Your Connection with a Firewall

Using a firewall

Comparing residential gateways to firewall routers

Looking at the built-in Windows firewall

Providing a Backup Internet Connection

Part 3 Working with Servers

Chapter 10 Virtualizing Your Network

Understanding Virtualization

Understanding Hypervisors

Understanding Virtual Disks

Understanding Network Virtualization

Looking at the Benefits of Virtualization

Choosing Virtualization Hosts

Understanding Windows Server 2019 Licensing

Introducing Hyper-V

Understanding the Hyper-V hypervisor

Understanding 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 11 Setting Up a Windows Server

Planning a Windows Server Installation

Checking system requirements

Reading the release notes

Considering your licensing options

Deciding your TCP/IP configuration

Choosing workgroups or domains

Running Setup

Adding Server Roles and Features

Creating a New Domain.

Chapter 12 Managing Windows User Accounts

Understanding How Active Directory Is Organized

Objects

Domains

Organizational units

Trees

Forests

Understanding Windows User Accounts

Local accounts versus domain accounts

User account properties

Creating a New User

Setting User Properties

Changing the user's contact information

Setting account options

Specifying logon hours

Restricting access to certain computers

Setting the user's profile information

Resetting User Passwords

Disabling and Enabling User Accounts

Deleting a User

Working with Groups

Creating a group

Adding a member to a group

Creating a Logon Script

Chapter 13 Managing Network Storage

Understanding Disk Storage

Hard disk drives

Solid state drives to the rescue!

It's a RAID!

Three ways to attach disks to your servers

Focusing on File Servers

Understanding permissions

Understanding shares

Managing Your File Server

Using the New Share Wizard

Sharing a folder without the wizard

Granting permissions

Part 4 Managing Your Network

Chapter 14 Welcome to Network Management

What a Network Administrator Does

Choosing the Part-Time Administrator

The Three "Ups" of Network Management

Managing Network Users

Acquiring Software Tools for Network Administrators

Building a Library

Pursuing Certification

Helpful Bluffs and Excuses

Chapter 15 Supporting Your Users

Establishing the Help Desk's Charter

Tracking Support Tickets

Deciding How to Communicate with Users

Using Remote Assistance

Enabling Remote Assistance

Inviting someone to help you via a Remote Assistance session

Responding to a Remote Assistance invitation

Creating a Knowledge Base

Creating a Self-Service Help Portal

Using Satisfaction Surveys

Tracking Help Desk Performance.

Using Help Desk Management Software

Chapter 16 Using Group Policy

Understanding Group Policy

Enabling Group Policy Management on Windows Server 2019

Creating Group Policy Objects

Filtering Group Policy Objects

Forcing Group Policy Updates

Chapter 17 Managing Software Deployment

Understanding Software Licenses

Using a License Server

Deploying Network Software

Deploying software manually

Running Setup from a network share

Installing silently

Creating an administrative installation image

Pushing out software with Group Policy

Keeping Software Up to Date

Chapter 18 Managing Mobile Devices

The Many Types of Mobile Devices

Considering Security for Mobile Devices

Managing iOS Devices

Understanding the iPhone

Understanding the iPad

Integrating iOS devices with Exchange

Configuring an iOS device for Exchange email

Managing Android Devices

Looking at the Android OS

Perusing Android's core applications

Integrating Android with Exchange

Part 5 Securing Your Network

Chapter 19 Welcome to Cybersecurity Network

Do You Need Security?

The Three Pillars of Cybersecurity

Two Approaches to Security

Physical Security: Locking Your Doors

Securing User Accounts

Obfuscating your usernames

Using passwords wisely

Generating passwords For Dummies

Secure the Administrator account

Managing User Security

User accounts

Built-in accounts

User rights

Permissions (who gets what)

Group therapy

User profiles

Logon scripts

Securing the Human Firewall

Chapter 20 Hardening Your Network

Firewalls

The Many Types of Firewalls

Packet filtering

Stateful packet inspection (SPI)

Circuit-level gateway

Application gateway

Next-generation firewall

Virus Protection

What is a virus?

Antivirus programs

Safe computing.

Patching Things Up.

Notes:

Includes index

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-119-64851-3

1-119-74868-2

1-119-74867-4

1-119-64849-1

OCLC:

1147290948