Networking: Interview Questions is an extensive guidebook for beginners as well as professionals who are looking for opportunities in the networking sector. Networking is a vast field with a wide variety of topics to cover and the interview questions for jobs in that field can be from just about anywhere.

The book is exhaustive in its coverage of topics related to networking. It covers topics like OSI, IPV4, IPV6, and subnetting in a detailed manner. An entire chapter is dedicated to various routers and protocols followed on the internet like RIP, IGRP, and BGP. The concept of Firewall forms an important part of networking skills expected in a candidate. There are chapters in the book that cover firewall architecture, application gateway, and screened host. VPN is one of the most frequently asked topics in networking interviews. The book includes a section of 60 important questions related to VPN covering various subtopics like L2F, PPTP, tunneling, and ESP.

The book is also provided with a CD which contains a great deal of information regarding the kind of questions asked and other important interview etiquette. The CD contains tips on resume building and how it should reflect the candidate’s capabilities. The CD also provides the reader with a sample excel sheet to gauge the understanding of various networking topics. It has various tools like the NetCat tool for port scanning, TestNet software to check network connectivity, and BWMeter.

Networking: Interview Questions has been written with the sole purpose of helping students crack interviews for networking opportunities. The book was published by BPB Publications in 2007 and is available in paperback.