Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Written by Mike Meyers, the leading expert on CompTIA certification and training, this up-to-date, full-color text will prepare you for CompTIA Network+ exam N10-006 and help you become an expert networking technician. Fully revised for the latest CompTIA Network+ exam, including coverage of performance-based questions, the book contains helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Mike Meyers’ CompTIA Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, Fourth Edition covers:

• Network architectures


• Cabling and topology


• Ethernet basics


• Network installation


• TCP/IP applications and network protocols


• Routing


• Network naming


• Advanced networking devices


• IPv6


• Remote connectivity


• Wireless networking


• Virtualization and cloud computing


• Network operations


• Managing risk


• Network security


• Network monitoring and troubleshooting

Electronic content includes:

• 100+ practice exam questions in a customizable test engine


• 20+ lab simulations to help you prepare for the performance-based questions


• One hour of video training from Mike Meyers


• Mike’s favorite shareware and freeware networking tools and utilities

Each chapter features:

• Learning objectives


• Photographs and illustrations


• Real-world examples


• Try This! and Cross Check exercises


• Key terms highlighted


• Tech Tips, Notes, and Warnings


• Exam Tips


• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects

Instructor resources available:

• Instructor's Manual


• Power Point slides for each chapter with photographs and illustrations from the book


• Test Bank cartridges with hundreds of questions for use as quizzes and exams


• Answers to the end of chapter sections are not printed in the book and are only available to adopting instructors