Beasley J.S. - Networking Essentials: A CompTIA Network+ N10-006 Textbook

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A CompTIA Network+ N10-006 Textbook

JEFFREY S. BEASLEY AND PIYASAT NILKAEW

800 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

NETWORKING ESSENTIALS: FOURTH EDITION

Copyright 2016 by Pearson Education, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

Networking Essentials, Fourth Edition

ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5819-4
ISBN-10: 0-7897-5819-9

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015955285

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: December 2015

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Jeffrey S. Beasley is a professor in the Information and Communications Technology program at New Mexico State University, where he teaches computer networking and many related topics. He is the author of Networking, Second Edition, as well as coauthor of Modern Electronic Communication, Ninth Edition, Networking Essentials 3e, and A Practical Guide to Advance Networking.

Piyasat Nilkaew is the director of Telecommunications and Networking at New Mexico State University, with more than 15 years of experience in network management and consulting. He has extensive expertise in deploying and integrating multiprotocol and multivendor data, voice, and video network solutions. He is coauthor of Networking Essentials 3e and A Practical Guide to Advance Networking.

This book is dedicated to my family: Kim, Damon, and Dana. Jeff Beasley

This book is dedicated to my family: June, Ariya, and Atisat. Piyasat Nilkaew

I am grateful to the many people who have helped with this text. My sincere thanks go to the following technical consultants:

Danny Bosch and Matthew Peralta for sharing their expertise with optical networks and unshielded twisted-pair cabling, Don Yates for his help with the initial Net-Challenge software, and Abel Sanchez for his assistance the newest version of Net-Challenge.

I would also like to thank my many past and present students for their help with this book.

Kathryn Sager and Joshua Cook for their work on the Net-Challenge software; Adam Segura for his help with taking pictures of the steps for CAT6 termination; Marc Montez, Carine George-Morris, Brian Morales, Michael Thomas, Jacob Ulibarri, Scott Leppelman, and Aarin Buskirk for their help with laboratory development; and Josiah Jones and Raul Marquez Jr. for their help with the Wireshark material.

Aaron Shapiro and Aaron Jackson for their help in testing the many network connections presented in the text.

Paul Bueno and Anthony Bueno for reading through the early draft of the text.

Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

We appreciate the excellent feedback of the following reviewers: Phillip Davis, DelMar College, TX; Thomas D. Edwards, Carteret Community College, NC; William Hessmiller, Editors & Training Associates; Bill Liu, DeVry University, CA; and Timothy Staley, DeVry University, TX.

Our thanks to the people at Pearson for making this project possible: Dave Dusthimer, for providing us with the opportunity to work on the fourth edition of this text, and Vanessa Evans, for helping make this process enjoyable. Thanks to Christopher Cleveland, and the all the people at Pearson IT Certification, and also to the many technical editors for their help with editing the manuscript.

Special thanks to our families for their continued support and patience.

Jeffrey S. Beasley and Piyasat Nilkaew

Anthony Sequeria began his IT career in 1994 with IBM in Tampa, Florida. He quickly formed his own computer consultancy, Computer Solutions, and then discovered his true passionteaching and writing about Microsoft and Cisco technologies. Anthony has lectured to massive audiences around the world while working for Mastering Computers. Anthony has never been happier in his career than he is now as a full-time trainer for CBT Nuggets. He is an avid tennis player, a private pilot, and a semi-professional poker player, and he enjoys getting beaten up by women and children at the martial arts school he attends with his daughter.