Uyless Black's Networking 101 Training Course (Complete Video Courses)

Whatever your role in the technology industry -- from marketing to programming -- you need a clear understanding of the fundamentals of networking. With this video course, legendary author and consultant Uyless Black becomes your personal networking trainer, delivering more than four hours of outstanding digital video instruction covering every essential concept underlying networks and the Internet. Based on Black's popular live seminars, this course brings together expert lectures, interactive Q&As, Web resources, and a complete companion workbook -- all designed to help you master networking quickly and painlessly! Black first introduces the fundamentals of human and machine communications, and sketches how networks transmit information between users. He introduces modems and the classic switched telephone network; then quickly moves on to today's sophisticated digital networks. He clearly explains key concepts such as bit rates, bandwidth, and multiplexing; and shows how voice and data can be integrated. Finally, he introduces key issues associated with the Internet, including network addressing and names, routing, backup, route discovery, and the role of Internet Service Providers.