Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition

Acknowledgments

As you will find with computer networking, networks (like Rome) are not built in a day. And the same goes for a book like this. It really does take a team (sometimes it seems like a village) to create a book that covers a subject matter that seems to change on a daily basis.

First of all, I would like to thank Kim Rich, who took time out from her busy schedule to shoot many of the photos that appear in this book. I would also like to thank the very hard-working Jenny Watson, my acquisitions editor, who assembled the team that worked on this project. Jenny made sure the project stayed on track and is a truly great person to work with.

I would also like to thank Mark Cierzniak, the development editor, who burned the midnight oil to ...