Internetworking LANs and WANs: Concepts, Techniques and Methods

by Gilbert Held

Overview

The rapid increase in Internet connections has caused a dramatic rise in the technological and administrative difficulties experienced by LAN and WAN users and managers as they try to meet the demand for intercompatibility between diverse systems. This practical book addresses these challenges by covering the latest technological advancements, including high speed LANs FDDI, Fast Ethernet and ATM, token ring, TCP/IP, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471975144
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/29/1998
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.42(w) x 9.76(h) x 1.16(d)

About the Author

Gilbert Held is an internationally recognized author and lecturer who specializes in the applications of computer and communications technology. With over 30 years ofexperience in managing communications networks, he conducts seminars on topics that include LAN/WAN internetworking, data compression, and PC hardware and software. Held has written numerous books on computers and communications technology and has been recognized for his technical excellence in writing.

Table of Contents

Network Concepts.

Local Area Networks.

Local Area Networking.

Constructing Local Area Networks.

Wide Area Networks and Network Facilities.

Network Layer Operations.

Bridging Methods.

Routers.

Gateway Functions, Methods and Applications.

Network Security.

vLANs and Virtual Networking.

Performance Issues.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A manual for practicing and student telecommunications engineers. First sets out the foundations and standards of networking, then examines the operation of different types of communication equipment and communications carrier line facilities, methods to determine the minimum level of performance required to avoid internetwork degradation, and several mathematical models that can be adapted to specific environments to project different types of performance prior to ordering hardware or communications facilities. Updated from the 1993 edition to include innovations such as Fast Ethernet, Windows NT, data-link switching, and virtual LANs and networking. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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