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Broadband Internet Connections: A User's Guide to DSL and Cable
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by Roderick W. Smith
Sales Rank: 854182
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Discount: 27 %
List Price: $49.99
$36.49
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Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional May 25, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201738279
ISBN-13: 978-0201738278
Product Dimensions:
9 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
Product Description
Now, there's a definitive hands-on guide to broadband Internet access for every home and small business user. Roderick Smith covers all you need to know to make the most of your high-speed connection, from basic configuration to running servers -- including practical guidance on securing your connection against hackers. Smith begins with an overview of each leading broadband technology, and its key advantages and drawbacks. In addition to DSL and cable modems, he also covers fiber optic, satellite, and wireless broadband solutions. He demonstrates how to configure your computer to use broadband connections, covering both hardware and software interfaces, presenting details for Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems. The book contains a full chapter on broadband applications, as well as detailed troubleshooting coverage. Next, Smith shows how to use your broadband connection to run a server -- including how to get a domain name; set up mail, Web, and game servers; and permit secure logins from remote systems. For every home and small business considering -- or already using -- a high-speed Internet connection.
Book Info
Explains basic broadband configuration, demonstrating in detail how to configure your system to get the most out of it. Provides a pragmatic guide to Internet security by addressing such important topics as assessing risk and methods, and tools for reducing risk. Softcover.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is an excellent book especially to get server software, such as a web server, ftp server, etc on your broadband connection. There is quite a lot of detail, for mac, PC and Linux, on setting up and configuring various types of servers. There is also a lot of good introductory and background material as well to build your understanding of the concepts and the issues. However, you will need more than just this book, if you want to get a mail server or something more complex up and running. you can find that on the Net or as part of the software you download. There are examples for each operating system on setting up and configuring a mail server, ftp server and web server. Game servers are covered as well. The material on NAT, routers, firewalls, etc, i think should have all been at the begining of the book, since it is the most basic task almost everyone will need to acomplish. And I feel that NAT and networking using a computer as a router, rather than buying a hardware router, should have been near the back of the books as an advanced topic.
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