Ethernet networks : design, implementation, operation, management /

Ethernet Networks, Fourth Edition, provides everything you need to know to plan, implement, manage and upgrade Ethernet networks.* Improve your skills in employing Ethernet hubs, switches, and routers.* Learn how to set up and operate a wireless Local Area Network (LAN).* Discover how to extend a wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Held, Gilbert, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Wiley, 2003.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Networking Concepts
  • Wide Area Networks
  • Computer-Communications Evolution
  • Remote Batch Transmission
  • IBM 3270 Information Display System
  • Network Construction
  • Network Characteristics
  • Local Area Networks
  • Comparison to WANs
  • Technological Characteristics
  • Transmission Medium
  • Access Method
  • Why Ethernet
  • Networking Standards
  • National Standards Organizations
  • International Standards Organizations
  • The ISO Reference Model
  • Layered Architecture
  • OSI Layers
  • Data Flow
  • IEEE 802 Standards
  • 802 Committees
  • Data Link Subdivision
  • Internet Standards
  • RFC Evolution
  • Types and Submission
  • Obtaining RFCs
  • Cabling Standards
  • EIA/TIA-568
  • UTP Categories
  • Cable Specifications
  • Other Metrics
  • Cat 5e and Cat 6
  • Ethernet Networks
  • Ethernet
  • Evolution
  • Network Components
  • The 5-4-3 Rule
  • IEEE 802.3 Networks
  • Network Names
  • 10BASE-5
  • 10BASE-2
  • 10BROAD-36
  • 1BASE-5
  • 10BASE-T
  • Use of Fiber-Optic Technology
  • FOIRL
  • Optical Transceiver
  • Fiber Hubs
  • Fiber Adapter
  • Wire and Fiber Distance Limits
  • High-Speed Ethernet
  • Isochronous Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • 100VG-AnyLAN
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • Components
  • Media Support
  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Architecture
  • Operating Rates
  • Frame Operations
  • Frame Composition
  • Preamble Field
  • Start-of-Frame Delimiter Field
  • Destination Address Field
  • Source Address Field
  • Type Field
  • Length Field
  • Data Field
  • Frame Check Sequence Field.