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Posted December 2, 2010
Not a bad book, however ruined with her choice of pronouns. Feminine gender is used consistantly to represent leadership and roles of responsibility up to and including the President of the United States. The male form is consistantly used to represent less-than-perfect users, hackers, and other lesser roles including administrative assistants. Not bashing, just stating my own observations. If you are feminist with an axe to grind, this book is for you. If you are a male chauvinist jerk, avoid it at all costs. If you are one of the other 98% of the population that has no agenda, you will be constantly distracted. You might want to avoid this book as well.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 24, 2009
I bought this required book for a college class my freshmen year last year. I am not in school for networking and had to take a class as a filler for my first semester so I took networking.
I absolutely hated this book. First off, I'm very good with computers and networks. My main career path is to become a programmer and database developer but I know a good thing or two about networks and have installed them before with multiple devices and routers. I thought I knew the terminology well and alot about ports and networking, but maybe I was wrong. Or maybe this book sucks at explaining anything.
This book is crammed with pointless, confusing, and missing pieces of information. This book should NOT be considered an introduction to networking. I think it's ridiculous that any instructors or professors use this book for introducing networking to students. This book is meant for intermediate to advanced students who have a good knowledge in the terminology and methods behind networking. A second or third networking class after an introduction class this book would suit.
What this book is, is basically a study guide for a networking certification. In fact, it says that right in the first chapter! Then it goes on about different types of cables, area networks, lan lines, and blah blah blah blah!
I ended up failing my networking class because the teacher wanted us to read the entire book in on semester and I didn't know the terminology well. Luckily, I did very well in the rest of my classes for programming, which I actually wanted to go to college for.
If you have a deep interest in networks and/or plan on getting a degree or certification for networking, than this book is for you. But if you are not interested in networks and have a different career path, do not take a filler class like I did that uses this book. It's very confusing.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.If you're looking for an informative and logically ordered book, this is not it. The author seems to repeat simple information 2 or 3 times, thus adding greatly to the number of pages in an already heavy book while more complex concepts are only explained once. To add to the confusion, the review questions at the end of each chapter seem either too simplistic, or focus on trivial information that is buried deep in an obscure paragraph in the middle of the chapter, or the question offers choices that do not exactly match up with the answer in the book, leaving you to make the best guess. You can never get every answer right unless your brain is very attuned to this author's teaching style. One gets the feeling that you must memorize every single word and paragraph in order to pass the questions at the end.
The basic concepts as they are covered are a little better to understand as the examples do not depend so much on experience and a hands-on knowledge. But for the most part, this book seems geared to students who already have a decent amount of experience and merely need to learn the particulars to pass the certification. Due to the author's awful teaching style, I wouldn't recommend this book for that purpose either. Indeed, some of the information seems either wrong or out of date. I often found myself having to check with internet sources to get the information or just for plain clarification. No course book is perfect, but this one fails because the mistakes are too numerous.
If Tamara's point in making it hard to find information is to make you think about the answer, she has only made it more tiring to read through and harder to focus on what needs to be learned. I shouldn't have to read the same paragraph 4 times to understand what information is being conveyed.
It really is necessary to have quite a few more illustrations to complement the text, and the text could have been reduced if the information had been written more elegantly.
What is also extremely irritating is the constant gender switching that takes place. She will often use the feminine to describe a person in leadership, and then use the masculine to describe a person who is in a more menial or less important position or often someone who has made a mistake. It is the norm now to refer to various traditional male job roles interchangeably with the female attribute, but she seems to take almost every opportunity to mention a person's sex when it could have easily been written to be gender neutral. This is incredibly distracting because it breaks up the flow when you find yourself having to re-read the sentence because of this. The IT industry is male dominated, therefore the text ought to reflect the current trends or just be neutral.
Overall, this book is not worth your time or your money, even though it still manages to inform and teach, especially in the beginning. But you will be needing another book to study if you want to pass the certification test, I can almost guarantee it.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 28, 2010
I found Tamara Dean's instructional style odd at best.
To me the book was verbose, with convoluted information and riddled with irritating analogies.
What is up with not including chapter review answers anyway, is this not a study guide?
Try author Todd Lammle for an Exam N10-004 study guide. At least Mr. Lammle's Network+ Study Guide affords a chuckle or two along with serious meat on the bone information. Interestingly enough Mr. Lammle's book never gave me the urge to hurl IT through a window in frustration.
Don't mind me; Tamara Dean did have some decent information, even though hunting for it was exasperating. I'm just upset about replacement cost of the glass.
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 5, 2010
I used a combination of this book and the flash cards at flashcardcertified.com and passed the Network+ exam with a decent score. I would recommend this book to others seeking to take the Network+ exam.
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Posted January 22, 2005
Tamara Dean makes it easy to understand networking, with an in depth knowledge of all aspects.
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Posted April 16, 2001
This book is loaded with easy to read and understand information. An outstanding reference with in-depth detail.
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Posted May 3, 2001
there are a couple of updates to this book, sadly, some of the mistakes are no brainers, Did Anyone Edit This Book? or just send it to press.
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Posted September 13, 2000
I teach at a Technical College in Silicon Valley and my school selected this book as the text for my class. This book has a great table of contents and, at a glance, appears to be a good book. The problem is that this book's sources are a few years out of date. Also, this book's approach to presenting complex technologies seems to be to omit 'complicated' information--I disagree with that approach. Just as innaccurate information is detrimental to understanding, so too is incomplete information--this book has both. Certifications come and go but, the fundamentals of networking are relatively constant. Books such as Radia Perlman's, 'INTERCONNECTIONS', Douglas Comer's ''COMPUTER NETWORKS AND INTERNETS' and Larry Peterson & Bruce Davie's 'COMPUTER NETWORKS' eloquently explain complex technologies without omitting relevant information. Such books allow you to prepare for real-world performance and multiple certifications simultaneously. If you must use this book, be sure to cross reference the material with a trusted source.
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Posted August 25, 2000
I use this book to teach students and prepare them for Net+ certification. It is an excellent book. The only problem is the price.
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More About This Textbook
Overview
Knowing how to install, configure, and troubleshoot a computer network is a highly marketable and exciting skill. This book first introduces the fundamental building blocks that form a modern network, such as protocols, topologies, hardware, and network operating systems. It then provides in-depth coverage of the most important concepts in contemporary networking, such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, wireless transmission, and security. After reading the book and completing the end-of-chapter exercises, you will be prepared to select the best network design, hardware, and software for your environment. You will also have the skills to build a network from scratch and maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot an existing network. Finally, you will be well prepared to pass CompTIA's (the Computing Technology Industry Association's) Network+ certification exam. This book explains concepts logically and in a clear, approachable style. In addition, concepts are reinforced by real-world examples of networking issues from a professional's standpoint. Each chapter opens with an On the Job story from a network engineer. These real-world examples, along with Hands-on Projects and Case Projects in each chapter, make this book a practical learning tool. The numerous tables and illustrations, along with the glossaries, appendices, and study questions make the book a valuable reference for any networking professional
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"More than a preparatory network book for CompTIA's certification exam, Network+ Guide to Networks offers some important guidance to those seeking to enhance their general knowledge about transmission media, network protocols, topology methods, remote connectivity, wireless and network operating systems." - Esfandiar Bakhtiar, Clayton College & State UniversityProduct Details
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Meet the Author
Tamara Dean has worked in the field of networking for nearly 20 years, most recently as a networking consultant, and before that, as the manager of Internet services and data center operations for a regional ISP. She has managed LANs at the University of Wisconsin and at a pharmaceutical firm, worked as a telecommunications analyst for the FCC, and cofounded a local radio station. Well-published in networking, she is the author of Guide to Telecommunications Technology, Network+ CoursePrep Study Guide, as well as several previous editions of Network+ Guide to Networks and CompTIA Network+ In Depth all published by Cengage Learning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Networking. Chapter 2 - Networking Standards and the OSI Model. Chapter 3 - Transmission Basics and Networking Media. Chapter 4 - Introduction to TCP/IP. Chapter 5 - Topologies and Ethernet Standards. Chapter 6 - Network Hardware. Chapter 7 - WANs and Remote Connectivity. Chapter 8 - Wireless Networking. Chapter 9 -Network Operating Systems. Chapter 10 - In-Depth TCP/IP Networking. Chapter 11 - Voice, Video, and Data Convergence. Chapter 12 - Network Security. Chapter 13 - Troubleshooting Network Problems. Chapter 14 - Ensuring Integrity and Availability. Chapter 15 - Network Management. Chapter Summary. Key Terms. Review Questions. Hands-on Projects. Case Projects. Appendix A - Network+ Examination Objectives. Appendix B - Network+ Practice Exam. Appendix C - Visual Guide to Connectors.