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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019703603321

Autore

Held Gilbert

Titolo

Internetworking LANs and WANs : concepts, techniques, and methods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : John Wiley & Sons, 1998

ISBN

1-280-55499-1

9786610554997

0-470-85230-5

0-470-84155-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (530 pages)

Disciplina

004.67

Soggetti

Local area networks (Computer networks)

Wide area networks (Computer networks)

Internetworking (Telecommunication)

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Telecommunications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of Internetworking LANs and WANs, Gilbert Held offers guidance through this challenging area of communications technology. Internetworking often causes technological and administrative problems and this book will enable the reader to avoid the many pitfalls to achieve successful connection. This new edition covers hundreds of methods to interconnect local and geographically separated LANs. New topics examined include Fast Ethernet, Windows NT systems, Data Link Switching and the use of virtual LANs and virtual networking.; Features include:numerous screen images showing examples of how equipment is configured and how equipment operates to interconnect LANsreview of key networking concepts, covering the technological characteristics of LANs and WANs, standards organizations and the OSI reference modelexamination of the operation and utilization of different types of networksdetailed



coverage of routers and bridge routing methodsguidance on gateway functions, methods and applicationsmathematical models to allow the reader to evaluate network performanceWritten by an expert in the field of telecommunications, this text is essential reading for all practising telecommunications engineers and undergraduate students on communications courses. Those technical network practitioners and computer science students who require a comprehensive guide to internetworking will also find this book valuable.