Network Design Basics for Cabling Professionals

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO NETWORK CABLING DESIGNHere is the most reliable, proven, and authoritative training material available for those wishing to make the career-enhancing jump from installing data systems to actually designing them. This heavily illustrated volume provides the time-tested methods and procedures you need to master the design and customization of network infrastructure plans capable of meeting a client's most exacting requirements.BICSI's world-renowned official training material is based on Network Design Basics for Cabling Professionals so you know it has been successfully field-tested by network design professionals around the world. Clearly and simply written and presented in as easy-to-understand format, the hands-on guide:Provides valuable working knowledge of industry-standard practicesNetwork componentsNetwork connectionsNetworked communicationsSwitching and Virtual LANsServices and applicationsSecurityNetwork managementOffers vendor-neutral explanations of hardware and cabling technologiesThoroughly describes standards and topologiesBreaks each task down into bulleted stepsNetwork Design Basics for Cabling Professionals offers the depth and breadth of coverage you would expect when two industry leaders such as McGraw-Hill and BICSI join forces--and expertise that cannot be found anywhere else.