Your first step into the world of computer networking
No experience required
Includes clear and easily understood explanations
Makes learning easy
The best-selling introductory networking author
Your first step to computer networking begins here!
Learn basic networking terminology
Understand how information is routed from place to place
Explore Internet connectivity secrets
Protect your computer from intrusion
Build local-area networks (LANs)
Welcome to the world of networking! Networking and the Internet touch our lives in untold ways every day. From connecting our computers together at home and surfing the net at high speeds to editing and sharing digital music and video, computer networking has become both ubiquitous and indispensable.
No experience needed! Computer Networking First-Step explains the basics of computer networking in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the core technologies that make up network and Internet traffic. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in just gaining a conversational knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Learned more from this book than in my introductory networking course:
Simply put, this book is well-written for learning the basics of networking. This books clearly breaks down everything you would need to know and uses real life examples for clarification. I was enrolled in an introductory networking course and learned nothing compared to what I've learned since reading this book. Now that I've completed this book, I've moved on to the TCP/IP first-step book.
Surprising book:
Well, when I read some of the reviews for this book, I thought it might not be that good or be too basic for me. However, it wasn't. This book has taught me a lot and I really like the way it explains things. Maybe it won't make sense to someone that knows all this networking stuff, but to me the way he explains things helped me learn. It also has good diagrams. I believe anyone can learn networking using this book. Great job Wendell Odom!
Great Book, Great Read!:
I originally bought the book because it had fairly good reviews, and I had a poor understanding of networking and how it actually works (although I've networked computers in my home and such). I'm a CS major so I find this stuff interesting, and needed a good place to start on networking since it is not my area of expertise. I've been inspired to write a review of my experience with the book, partially in response to a long review stating that the book was rather verbose. To start, this is an... more info
Great book for a green newbie that doesn't want the Dummy/Idiot series:
"This book is intended for anyone who needs to know a 'little' about networking, but it also requires almost 'no' prerequisite knowledge." It is an "easy first step toward learning about networking." If you are intimidated about "taking a doozy of a step off the networking ledge" or about getting a book "geared toward people who want to be networking geeks", then this book is just about perfect. I've read other books that don't flow well, or are too "chatty," but this book strikes a good balance. They were... more info
