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Synopsis
Ethernet is a core networking technology used by every high tech business. While the basic protocols have changed little, new options such as Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet have increased the complexity of the topic.
Ethernet has been the flavor of choice for networking administrators since the early 1980s because of its ease of use and scalability. Written by one of the foremost experts on Ethernet standards and configuration, Charles E. Spurgeon, Ethernet: The Definitive Guide includes everything you need to know to set up and maintain an Ethernet network.
Ethernet: The Definitive Guide teaches you everything you need to know about the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard and its protocols. The book is logically separated into five parts:
- Introduction to Ethernet provides a tour of basic Ethernet theory and operation, including a description of Ethernet frames, operation of the Media Access Control (MAC) protocol, full-duplex mode and auto-negotiation.
- Ethernet Media Systems is the heart of the book. This sectionof Ethernet: The Definitive Guide shows you how to build media-specific Ethernet networks, from a basic 10BASE-T Ethernet offering 10 Mbps over twisted-pair cables, to an advanced 1000BASE-X Gigabit Ethernet, providing up to 1 Gbps of data transfer over fiber optic cables.
- Building Your Ethernet System teaches you how to build twisted-pair and fiber optic media segments, as well as how to build your Ethernet using repeaters and hubs.
- Performance and Troubleshooting is divided into two chapters. The first describes both the performance of a given Ethernet channel, as well as the performance of the entire network system. The second includes a tutorial on troubleshooting techniques and describes the kinds of problems network administrators are likely to encounter.
The last part of the book includes a complete glossary of terms used throughout the book, a resource list, descriptions of thick and thin coax-based Ethernet systems, a guide to AUI equipment installation and configuration, and a listing of troubleshooting numbers.
This book is the definitive guide for anyone wanting to build a scalable local area network (LAN) using Ethernet.
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Review
Ethernet--the predominant technology binding together networks over the last score of years--is well understood but seldom clearly explained. Ethernet was conceived as a way to arbitrate access to a shared communications channel, facilitating not only broadcast and reception, but actual inter-and infra-operating system communication between physically separate computers. The end product of the Aloha Network, a practical experiment in Hawaii in the 1970s, Ethernet took root early in the 1980s and thrives today in much more complicated, evolved form. The author brings a wealth of practical experience, stemming back to Ethernet's creation, in developing, designing, installing and supervising Ethernet-based networks of incredibly varied size, scope and power.
Ethernet: The Definitive Guide is divided into five sections, providing a full-scale, vivid introduction to Ethernet, and featuring its fascinating history as well as an easy-to-understand survey of its complex year by year and accumulating a great deal of inbred language that can baffle the newcomer. This book is ideal as a resource for such a person, as well as being a handy one-stop reference for the more seasoned professional. The author has an easy style that puts the complexities into context, and his sage advice reassures while building knowledge about Ethernet (and related standards). The index is very helpful, and turns the book into a useful reference manual long after it has been used to provide an overview of the subject.--Wilf Hey
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It's readily apparent on every page that Mr. Spurgeon knows the topic inside and out. This is the single-source book that explains the real details. -- Emmett Dulaney, Unixreview.com, Nov 2001
This super book shows how Ethernet components can be combined to create Ethernet LANs. -- Dale Farris, Golden Triangle PC Club February 2003
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