Price: $19.95  ISBN #: 1-58304-099-4 Format: Book

Power Tips for Networking is a treasure chest of networking know-how – a collection of essential tips for working with computer networks. To accumulate the tips contained in this book on your own, you could spend the next several years in the trenches managing two ISPs, installing TIs, ISDN, and frame-relay connections at hundreds of sites, writing dozens of in-depth networking articles and newsletter issues, producing a networking book, and fielding countless technical questions by customers and readers.

But wait! Stop! There’s no need to do that because Mel Beckman has already done it for you! Mel has compressed his extensive networking knowledge and hands-on experience into this collection of useful, short, practical, easily digestible tips. Learn the ins and outs of Ping, the awful truth about Ethernet cabling, the cause of Web slowdowns, wireless security, and much more.

If you’ve read any of Mel’s articles in e-Pro Magazine, InfoWorld, System iNEWS, MacWorld, or Windows NT Magazine, you know that he has a knack for blending clear, intelligent writing with humor, practical advice, and technical savvy. So take a look inside this book – start anywhere, and learn from a networking master.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Troubleshooting
Chapter 2 Cables and Connectors
Chapter 3 LAN and WAN Design
Chapter 4 Preventive Maintenance
Chapter 5 Performance
Chapter 6 VLANs
Chapter 7 Security
Chapter 8 Wireless
Acronym Glossary

Mel Beckman is a senior technical editor for e-Pro Magazine and System iNEWS. He has built two regional Internet service providers and is currently president of Beckman Software Engineering, a technical consultancy specializing in large-scale, high-bandwidth networks. His past clients include Apple Computer, the City and County of Santa Barbara, DuPont Displays, IBM, Loral Federal Systems, United Airlines, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Mel has presented seminars on computer programming and network technology throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Mel’s hundreds of articles about networks and software development have appeared in e-Pro, InfoWorld, System iNEWS, MacWorld, PC World, and Windows NT magazines. He writes e-mail newsletters about networking and Web development that are read weekly by tens of thousands of subscribers.

Mel has received numerous writing awards, including the Excellence and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication. He co-authored, with Gartner research director John Enck, the book LAN to WAN Interconnection (McGraw-Hill), which has been translated into more than six languages, including Chinese.

Mel’s personal interests include playing the classical guitar, flying helicopters, and marine biology, but not all at the same time.