title: A Practical Guide to Advanced Networking (3rd Edition)
author:  Jeffrey S. Beasley 
description: <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Jeffrey S. Beasley </B>is with the Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering at New Mexico State University. He has been teaching with the department since 1988 and is the co-author of <I>Modern Electronic Communication and Electronic Devices and Circuits</I>, and the author of <I>Networking.</I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>&nbsp;</I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Piyasat Nilkaew </B>is a network engineer with 15 years of experience in network management and consulting, and has extensive expertise in deploying and integrating multiprotocol and multivendor data, voice, and video network solutions on limited budgets.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</P>
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  **Computer Networking First-Step:**
  
   _An Introductory Guide to Understanding Wireless and Cloud Technology, Basic
  Communications Services and Network Security for Beginners_
  
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