Network+ Guide to Networks, Fourth Edition (Networking)
by Tamara Dean
List Price:
Our Price: $70.00
You Save: $31.95 (31%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $61.40 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Tamara DeanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-04
ISBN: 061921743X
Number of pages: 984
Publisher: Course Technology
Book Reviews of Network+ Guide to Networks, Fourth Edition (Networking)
Book Review: Grueling Course
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is officially approved courseware for the CompTIA Network+ exam. It has been approved also by the CSSIA (Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance). The book is very comprehensive. But as all textbooks go it has both strengths and weaknesses. In this review I will try to highlight some of both.
Like most computer industry books, this one comes with a supplemental CD. That CD includes the Certblaster and MeasureUP self-test software and other files the student will find useful.
Each chapter begins with a highlight box that will outline what will be covered in the chapters. Then it includes a letter or story from someone working in the industry. At first these seemed a little cheesy, but as I moved further and further into the book I realized that they were a great source for a feel for the material in the real world, and not just in the classroom or self-study. On the side of the pages are some green bars; these bars highlight specific information you are required to know for the CompTIA exam, and which exam objective they are part of.
One of the greatest strengths is that each chapter ends with a mini glossary of key terms or new terms from that chapter. There is also a complete glossary of all of these terms at the back of the book. Then at each chapter's end there is a series of review questions - multiple choice questions much like those found in self-test software and on the actual exam. Finally, each chapter has a series of hands-on projects. Each project gets progressively more difficult.
The greatest strength of this book is that it has all-encompassing hardware, software, different OS's. The weakness is that it is a lot of material packed very densely into nearly a thousand pages. When I did the school program, we did this book in 3 weeks. For most it was a little overwhelming.
If you want to write the CompTIA Network+ exam, this is a great book to help get you there. Pay special attention to the Novell Netware sections. There were a lot of questions on the exam about those. And Good Luck!
Computers & Internet Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in "My Favorite Communication Books"
Earl Nightingale's The Strangest Secret Millennium 2000 Gold Record Recordingby Earl Nightingale
Keys Company, Inc.; Published: 1999-12-23; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $17.06
Price in other shops:
Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customersby Robert Scoble, Shel Israel
Wiley; Published: 2006-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.11
Price in other shops:
I Can Read You Like a Book: How to Spot the Messages and Emotions People Are Really Sending With Their Body Languageby Gregory Hartley, Maryann Karinch
Career Press; Published: 2007-03-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.73
Price in other shops:
The Verbally Abusive Man, Can He Change?: A Woman' Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Goby Patricia Evans
Adams Media; Published: 2006-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.06
Price in other shops:
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mateby Gary Chapman
Northfield Publishing; Published: 1995-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.36
Price in other shops:
Public Relations: A Values-Driven Approach (3rd Edition)by David Guth, Charles Marsh
Allyn & Bacon; Published: 2005-05-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.45
Price in other shops:
The Other Woman: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and Betrayalby Victoria Zackheim
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2007-06-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.24
Price in other shops:
People Styles at Work: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Betterby Robert Bolton, Dorothy Grover Bolton
AMACOM; Published: 1996-05-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Doby John W. Newstrom, Edward E. Scannell
McGraw-Hill; Published: 1997-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.08
Price in other shops:
The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Timeby David Vise, Mark Malseed
Delta; Published: 2006-08-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.20
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
70-290: MCSE Guide to Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Enhancedby Dan DiNicolo, Brian W. McCann
Course Technology; Published: 2005-04-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $79.28
Price in other shops:
70-270: MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Second Edition, Enhancedby James Michael Stewart, Ed Tittel, Angel Melendez, Brian W. McCann
Course Technology; Published: 2005-04-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $58.48
Price in other shops:
Systems Analysis and Design, Seventh Edition (Shelly Cashman)by Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Harry J. Rosenblatt
Course Technology; Published: 2007-02-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $52.00
Price in other shops:
Guide To Operating Systems, Enhanced Editionby Michael Palmer
Course Technology; Published: 2006-03-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $58.11
Price in other shops:
A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting, Fourth Editionby Jean Andrews
Course Technology; Published: 2006-12-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $59.97
Price in other shops:
A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, Fourth Editionby Jean Andrews
Course Technology; Published: 2006-12-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $49.41
Price in other shops:
Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals, Second Editionby Mark Ciampa
Course Technology; Published: 2004-10-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $69.99
Price in other shops:
Network + Lab Simby Testout!
Course Technology Ptr (Sd); Published: 2005-07-11; CD-ROM; Book
Best price: $111.46
A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Sixth Edition, Comprehensiveby Jean Andrews
Course Technology; Published: 2006-11-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $72.00
Price in other shops:
Lab Manual For Network + Guide To Networksby Michael Grice
Course Technology Ptr (Sd); Published: 2005-04-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.24
Price in other shops: