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Handbook of Local Area Networks, 1998 Edition new buy it
(Imprint: Auerbach Publications)
(Publisher: CRC Press LLC)
Author: John P.Slone
ISBN: 0849399483


Introduction
About the Editor

Section 1—LAN Basics
1-1—IEEE 802 Standards
1-2—Fast (and Faster) Ethernet
1-3—Structured Wiring Systems for LANs
1-4—Wiring Strategies in the Age of Multimedia
1-5—Encoding Techniques in Local Area Networks
1-6—Designing Power Distribution Systems for Fault-Tolerant Networks
1-7—Fault Tolerance Protection and RAID Technology for Networks: A Primer

Section 2—Advanced LAN Issues and Solutions
2-1—Multicast Networking
2-2—Multilayer IP/IPX Switching in the LAN
2-3—Routing Hubs and ATM
2-4—Fibre Channel Architecture, Layers, and Services
2-5—Gigabit Ethernet
2-6—Wireless Networks
2-7—Remote LAN Access Technology

Section 3—LAN Interconnectivity Basics
3-1—TCP/IP Essentials
3-2—Practices for IP Addressing and Routing
3-3—Internetworking at the Physical and Data Link Layers
3-4—A Frame Relay Primer
3-5—The Evolution of the Desktop
3-6—Tutorial on LAN Switching
3-7—Implementing Routing, Switching, and VLANs in Modern Corporate Networks

Section 4—Advanced LAN Interconnectivity Issues and Solutions
4-1—IPv6: The Next-Generation Internet Protocol
4-2—SNA Over Frame Relay
4-3—NetWare Gateways to the World of TCP/IP and the Internet
4-4—InterLAN Switching
4-5—Inverse Multiplexing ATM, Bit by Bit
4-6—Traffic Control Functions in ATM Networks
4-7—A Survey of Congestion Control Schemes for ABR Services in ATM Networks

Section 5—Applications of LAN Technology
5-1—Voice and Video on the LAN
5-2—Videoconferencing over IP Networks
5-3—Multimedia Teleconferencing Comes of Age
5-4—The Corporate Intranet
5-5—Choosing and Equipping an Internet Server

Section 6—LAN-based Application Development Issues and Solutions
6-1—Survival of the Fittest: The Evolution to Thin-Client Intranets
6-2—Introduction to Java
6-3—Client/Server: An Architectural Overview
6-4—Client/Server Technologies
6-5—Simulating Client/Server Performance
6-6—Using CORBA to Integrate Distributed Data Base Systems

Section 7—LAN Management
7-1—The Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) Protocol: The Perfect Complement to SNMP
7-2—Managing Switched Internetworks
7-3—Managing Networks with the Global Naming Tree
7-4—Network Data and Storage Management Techniques
7-5—Structuring a LAN Support Department

Section 8—LAN Security
8-1—Network Security
8-2—Writing a Network Security Policy
8-3—Network Firewalls
8-4—Applets and Network Security: A Management Overview
8-5—Assessing and Eliminating Virus Threats in Distributed Networks
8-6—RSA Public Key Cipher, Public Key Certificates, and E-mail Privacy Protocols
8-7—E-mail Security Using Pretty Good Privacy
8-8—Considerations for LAN and Internet Security
Appendix
Index

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