This guide for novice network administrators, part of the Head First series, uses a primarily visual format to describe basic tasks and functions of the job such as monitoring and troubleshooting, connecting networks with routers, planning network layouts and implementing network security. Anderson (Director of Academic IT Services, Salish Kootenai College) and Benedetti (liberal arts, Salish Kootenai College) also use easy-to-read charts, illustrations and plenty of humor in tutorials on cabling, wireless systems, domain name systems and routing protocols. Appendices include the ASCII tables and a brief lesson on installing BIND so that a server can communicate in DNS. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)