Networking Foundations: Technology Fundamentals for IT Success

The world of IT is always evolving, but in every area there arestable, core concepts that anyone just setting out needed to knowlast year, needs to know this year, and will still need to knownext year. The purpose of the Foundations series is to identifythese concepts and present them in a way that gives you thestrongest possible starting-point, no matter what your endeavor.

Networking Foundations provides essential knowledge aboutdesigning, building, and maintaining a network. What you learn herewill benefit you in the short term, as you acquire and practiceyour skills, and in the long term, as you use them. Topics coveredinclude:

• Networking fundamentals
• The OSI networking model
• Network architectures
• File servers and network clients
• Physical and logical topologies
• Electrical issues in networking
• Network media and cabling devices
• Network standards and protocols
• LAN installation
• WAN basics
• Internet access