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How networks work

Frank J. Derfler

1993198 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1993
first published
  • 1993Ziff-Davis Press · 216 pages · ENGISBN 9781562761295
  • 1996Ziff-Davis · 198 pages · ENGISBN 9781562763763
  • 1998Que · 212 pages · ENGISBN 9780789715951
  • 2000Que · 232 pages · ENGISBN 9780789724458
  • 2003Pearson Education · ENGISBN 9780768655544
  • 2004Que · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780789732323

Part of the best-selling How It Works series, How Networks Work is a stunning, full-color illustrated title on networking technology. Each spread provides the reader with the information necessary to understand the fundamentals of connectivity, and each detailed illustration is labeled and annotated in easy to comprehend terms, helping the reader cut through the difficult vocabulary of the networking world. In this excursion through the inner-workings of all the network pieces, you’ll see the inside of a modem and the purpose of each component, how a wiring hub fits into a network operating system, how data goes in and out of a network interface card (NIC), and much more.

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