Doug Lowe - Networking All-in-One For Dummies

Networking All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

by Doug Lowe

Networking All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

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About the Author

Doug Lowe has written a whole bunch of computer books, including more than 50 For Dummies books, among them Networking For Dummies, 9th Edition; Java All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition, and PowerPoint 2012 For Dummies. He lives in sunny Fresno, California, where the motto is Fres-YES. He is the Information Technology Director at Blair, Church & Flynn Consulting Engineers in nearby Clovis, CA, where the motto is Fres-NO.

Dedication

This one is for Kristen.

Authors Acknowledgments

Id like to thank everyone who was involved with the fifth edition of this book, especially the most excellent project editor Chris Morris, who once again has championed this book through all of the editorial details needed to put a book of this scope together on time. Thanks also to Dan DiNicolo, who once again gave the manuscript a thorough review to ensure the technical accuracy of every sentence and in the process offered many excellent suggestions for improvements, and to copy editors Teresa Artman and Kathy Simpson, who whipped my prose into shape, crossing all the is and dotting all the ts, or something like that. And as always, thanks to all the behind-the-scenes people who chipped in with help Im not even aware of.

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