Jeffrey S. Beasley Book order (chronological)

This practical guide adopts a hands-on approach to advanced networking concepts from the perspective of a network administrator. Updated for the latest technologies, it covers designing, configuring, and managing campus networks, as well as connecting to the Internet. The authors address key design challenges, including data flow, media selection, IP allocation, subnetting, VLANs, and Layer 3 routing. Advanced routing techniques are explored, utilizing protocols such as RIP/RIPv2, OSPF, IS-IS, and EIGRP, while also tackling static routing and route redistribution. The book provides comprehensive coverage of IP-based network infrastructure and employs tools like WireShark and NetFlow for traffic analysis and troubleshooting. A dedicated chapter on security outlines best practices for preventing DoS attacks and protecting routers, switches, VPNs, and wireless networks. Additional topics include IPv6, Linux networking, Juniper routers, BGP Internet routing, and Voice over IP (VoIP). Key pedagogical features include NET-CHALLENGE SIMULATION SOFTWARE for practical experience, advanced data analysis techniques with WireShark, chapter outlines and summaries, working examples, key terms, and critical thinking questions. A CD-ROM accompanies the text, featuring Net-Challenge Simulation Software and WireShark examples to enhance learning.

Electronic Communications: A Systems Approach provides a comprehensive overview of wireless and wired, analog and digital electronic communications technologies at the systems level. The authors' carefully crafted narrative structure helps readers put the many facts and concepts encountered in the study of communications technologies into a larger, coherent whole. Topics covered include modulation, communications circuits, transmitters and receivers, digital communications techniques (including digital modulation and demodulation), telephone and wired computer networks, wireless communications systems (both short range and wide area), transmission lines, wave propagation, antennas, waveguides and radar, and fiber-optic systems. The math analysis strikes a middle ground between the calculus-intensive communications texts intended for four-year BSEE programs and the math-avoidance path followed by some texts intended for two-year programs.