Book Errata
Mike Meyers' Network+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Networks, by Michael Meyers
Errata
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p. 230, fourth paragraph. Two instances describing well-known ports should be changed from 1204 to 1023. Well-known ports in TCP/IP range from 0-1023.
p. 264, HTTP explanation should make the t lowercase: Hypertext.
p. 264, Table 11.1 should show common TCP/IP and UDP ports:
Port Number |
Service |
Description |
20 |
FTP DATA |
File Transfer Protocol – Data. Used for transferring files |
21 |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol – Control. Used for transferring files |
23 |
TELNET |
Telnet, used to gain remote control over another machine on the network |
25 |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, used for transferring e-mail between e-mail servers |
69 |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol, used for transferring files without a secure login |
80 |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, used for transferring HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) files (i.e. web pages) |
110 |
POP3 |
Post Office Protocol, version 3, used for transferring e-mail from an email server to an e-mail client |
119 |
NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol, used to transfer Usenet news group messages from a news server to a news reader program |
123 |
NTP |
Network Time Protocol, used to synchronize the time of a server or workstation to another server |
137 |
NETBIOS-NS |
NetBIOS Name Service, used by Microsoft Networking |
138 |
NETBIOS-DG |
NetBIOS Datagram Service, used for transporting data by Microsoft Networking |
139 |
NETBIOS-SS |
NetBIOS Session Service, used by Microsoft Networking |
161 |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol, used to monitor network devices remotely |
443 |
HTTPS |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), used for transferring secure HTML files |
p. 265, first sentence; the definition of HTTPS is a little off. The sentence should read as follows (changes in bold): "HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
p. 268, Key Terms. The explanations for HTTP and HTTPS should read as follows:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (264)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) (265)
p. 273, In the last paragraph there are two typos: "computer to shmare a resource . . . and a syste ... " This should read "computer to share a resource . . . and a system ... "
p. 322, The caption of figure 3.10 should read "Windows 2000" not "Windows NT." In addition, the screen shot in the book seemed slightly blured. Here's how it should look.
p. 359. Near the top of the page it states twice: "run IPCONFIG or WINIPCONFIG." This should read "run WINIPCFG."
p. 384, in the third full paragraph there are references CSLIDs and Chapter 11. The section within the parentheses should read as follows:
(combined with dumping class licenses for classless subnetting---refer to Chapter 11, "TCP/IP," to refresh your memory on classless subnetting.)
p. 390, last sentence of first paragraph should read (changes in bold): "HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL . . ."
p. 391, in the second paragraph under E-mail, on the third line, the line MyNameMhteched.com should read MyName@Mhteched.com.
p. 410, in the middle of the second paragraph. The statement about ISDN PRI channels and speed should be replaced with this sentence:
ISDN PRI provides 23 B channels for a total throughput of 1.5 Mbps.
p. 596, glossary item for Well-Known Ports should start as follows: "Port numbers from 0-1023 ." not "Port numbers from 0-1204 ."