About the Authors -- About the Book -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tcat Houser -- Helen O�Boyle -- How To Read This Book -- Humor -- Real-World Lessons -- Continued Support -- The Why of this Book -- Icon Alerts -- Historical -- Geek -- Future -- Real World -- Who is? -- Network+ 2002 Exam Specifics -- Exam Skills Measured and Weighting -- Introduction -- Welcome! -- Intended Audience -- Self-Study Students -- What is NETWORK+? -- What is the NETWORK+ test? -- About the Test -- Chapter 0000: Network Basics
Getting Ready -- QuestionsGetting Ready -- Answers -- I Concepts & Terms Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II What is a Network? -- III Network Types by Geographic Scope -- LAN -- LANs and Subnets -- MAN -- WAN -- IV VLANs � Creating Virtual LAN�s -- V Network Models for Resource Sharing -- Models in Networking -- Sneaker Net -- Peer-to-Peer Networks -- Client Server model -- Pop Quiz 0000.00 -- VI Private VS Public Networks -- Classifying Networks by Infrastructure Sharing Type -- Private Networks -- Public Networks
Virtual Private NetworksVII Intranets, Extranets and Internets -- Internet -- Intranet -- Extranet -- VIII Network Topologies -- Topologies -- Mesh Network -- Star Network -- Bus Network -- Ring Network -- Pop Quiz 0000.01 -- IX Broadband vs. Baseband Networks -- X Chapter 0000: Summary -- XI Test 0000: Success Questions -- Chapter 0001: LAN Cabling -- Getting Ready -- Questions -- Getting Ready -- Answers -- I Concepts & Terms Required -- Definitions You Need To Know -- II Connections -- III Legacy Cable / Physical Topologies
IV Legacy Coax10 Base 5 -- 10 Base 2 -- 5-4-3 Rule -- Connecting Computers to a LAN Using Coax -- Termination -- Troubleshooting 10Base2 and 10Base5 -- Loose or Missing Terminator -- Cable Break -- Jabbering Transceiver -- Broadcast Storm -- The wrong type of cable -- V Coax Cable � New Developments -- Twisted Pair Background -- Major Types of Twisted Pair Cable -- Twisted Pair Cable Naming Conventions -- Pop Quiz 0001.00 -- VI Twisted Pair Technologies -- Can I tell twisted pair cables apart by looking at them?
Can I substitute one lookalike cable for another?How do I know which to use? -- Twisted Pair cabling standards -- 10xBase-T Family -- VGAnyLan -- 1000BaseTX: The Latest UTP Ethernet Standard -- Troubleshooting 10nBaseTx -- Cable Break -- Wrong Type of Cable -- Bad Connector -- Pop Quiz 0001.01 -- VII Fiber-optics -- Got Fiber? -- Installation -- SingleMode/MultiMode Fiber -- Fiber-Optic Based Ethernet Cable standards -- Fiber-Optic Connectors -- VIII Wireless Networking -- Deciphering the alphabet soup of 802.11x -- Begin with b
