[wplug] Networking

[Doug Green]

Try the Linux Network Administrator's Guide by the O'Reilly press. I'm not 
sure if it has everything you need, but it is really readable and it covers 
everything from the basics of the physical cables to ports and security.

Doug



On Wednesday 07 March 2001 00:51, you wrote:
> I have to take a test on networking concepts for FBLA. I was wondering if
> anybody could point me to some good networking books. I am really fuzzy on:
> * ATM
> * ports (I just found out about what they were the day of the preliminary
> test)
> * protocols (POP3, Telnet, IMAP, SMTP, IPX/SPX, Netbui, etc.)
> * token ring
> * coaxial cable (I know it's not used rarely, but it's on the test)
> * Novel Netware
> * most server side stuff
>
>
> Unfortunately most of the software part of the test was on Windows, and I'm
> a bit miffed that on the preliminary test they had an opinion question:
> "There's a network of 9 Windows 98 boxes, 1 Windows 95 box, 1 Windows NT
> Workstation, and 1 Unix machine. What is the most likely type of network?"
> A) Peer to Peer
> B) Client - Server
> C) incorrect
> D) incorrect
> I don't know about you but I thought of Free/Net/Open BSD/Solaris/Irix/etc.
> first, it didn't occur to me untill hours later that it could be some file
> server! (and they wouln't give me a corrected version of the test to see
> what the answer was)
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