Mastering Local Area Networks

Mastering Local Area Networks Offers A Practical, Systematic Look At Networking Components, How They Fit Together, And What They Can Mean For Your Business. Whether You'Re Considering Investing In A Network Or Already Have A Network In Place, This Book Will Help You Choose The Technologies That Make The Most Sense For Your Organization. If You Want To Build A Network Yourself, This Book Will Teach You All The Concepts And Techniques You Need To Do It Right The First Time. If You Already Have A Network, This Book Will Help You Master The Administrative And Analytical Tasks That Are Key To Optimal Performance And Sensible Evolution. Coverage Includes: Understanding Networking Components And Protocols Planning The Network'S Architecture Installing Cards And Cables Working With Internetworking Devices Setting Up And Maintaining A Server Choosing Client Software Configuring Servers For Specific Needs Choosing And Installing A Network Operating System Working With Lan Applications Taking Advantage Of Thin Client Networking Publishing Web Content Auditing Your Network Ensuring Network Security Preventing And Troubleshooting Problems Creating A Disaster Recovery Plan

Complete and practical coverage of planning, building, maintaining, and troubleshooting networks in the real world. Attention is given to backup, disaster recovery, data recovery, and reinstallation of hardware--information not included in most competing books.

Offers readers an authoritative, in-depth exploration of the local area network. This book incorporates the latest technology, protocols, techniques, and hardware and software employed in computer networking.

What is a computer network and how does it work? How will your business benefit from a network? What type of network will best serve your needs? Introduction to Local Area Networks helps you answer these and many other critical questions. Using non-technical terms, it explores the fundamentals of computer networking, focusing on how a network can meet common business needs. Learn how a network can enable you to share data safely and effectively, support remote access by off-site personnel, and ensure that vital business information is accurate and up-to-date. With this book, you'll be able to learn how networks work, choose suitable network hardware, choose the right network operating system, choose applications and groupware, decide whether to build an Intranet, and hire and work with a network consultant.

Provides an introduction to LAN management issues while focusing on many of the latest LAN technologies and systems. The author examines Novell Netware and other popular LAN products, including Banyan Vines and StreetTalk; client/server computing; multimedia on LANs; and the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model. Chapters include a preview, summary, key terms, review questions, problems and exercises, and references. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This concise book provides an objective introduction to local area networks - how they work, what they do, and how you can benefit from them. It outlines the pros and cons of the most common configurations so you can evaluate them in light of your own needs. You'll also learn about network software, with special emphasis on the ISO layered model of communications protocols.

Local Area Networks (LANs) have become an integral part of communication in today's world. The establishments that use LAN applications include businesses, educational facilities, hospitals, stock exchanges and warehouses. This book offers reader-friendly, comprehensive coverage of LAN technologies, teaching the reader how to use them in real-world applications. The text is ideal for students both in the classroom and later as a reference. Forouzan motivates topics by practical applications, and his liberal use of figures makes difficult technical topics easier to grasp by providing an intuitive, visual representation of concepts. Extensive practice sets are also provided at the end of each chapter, which reinforce what the student has learned The book is also up-to-date, presenting indepth material on such current topics as Gigabit Ethernet, ATM LAN, Wireless LAN, VPN and VLAN.

Concepts, capabilities, comparisons, evaluation, technical and non-technical characteristics of LAN, local non-switched networks, local circuit switched networks, local message and packed switched networks, Cambridge Ring, Ethernet, ring products, non-ring products, transmission media, baseband and broadband systems.