Network Press Encyclopedia of Networking, with CD-ROM

by Werner Feibel and w-feibel

A thorough revision of Novell's Complete Encyclopedia of Networking--updated to include coverage of NetWare 4.1, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, OS/2 Warp, and UNIXWare 2. Extensive cross-references and indexing make it easier for readers to find the information they need, at the level of detail they want. An integrated glossary provides brief definitions of concepts and terms. CD contains the complete text.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782118291
• ISBN13: 9780782118292
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Network Press
• Length: 1315 Pages
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 7.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Extremely useful

Encyclopedia of Networking is a very valuable reference tool for anyone studying or working in the networking industry. This book has summaries of the major concepts related to networking. While this book is definitely useful, it is obviously not the ideal guide to learn from scratch, but if you have other good titles for each specific area (or general networking titles like Fred Halsall's and Tanenbaum's) you will find this very helpful when it is necessary to quickly remember the basics of a particular subject. With hundreds of acronyms out there, having this reference can save a lot of time. These books are of course obsolete even before they hit the shelves, but in any case, the essentials are covered. It has entries from simple characters (Like *, describing its common use as a wildcard) to technologies that can take hundreds of pages, like ATM,FDDI-II and wireless LANs).Given the very condensed way of exposing the subjects, some explanations are extremely hard to follow unless you have previous knowledge, but if you know what's going on and are just remembering, it's perfect I should have found it earlier. :)

Incredible Networking Resource

An Absolute must for anyone wanting to become an Inter (WAN) and/or Intra (LAN) computer engineer. Covers many telecom and networking standards, protocols, design, and theories. This reference along with the "Illistrated Telecom Dictionary," by Jade Clayton, is of great assistance with the MCSE's Networking Essentials, Comptia's Network +, and Cisco Routers.