Internetworking Technologies Handbook, Second Edition - Softcover

Downes, Kevin; Stevenson, Tim; Lew, H. Kim; Spanier, Steve; Ford, Merilee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578701023 ISBN 13: 9781578701025

Publisher: Cisco Press, 1998

Synopsis

Internetworking Technologies Handbook, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide detailing available internetworking alternatives. It provides you with the most current technologies for wide area networks (WANs) and teaches how to effectively implement these technologies on a network. After reading this book, you will possess a greater understanding of local and wide area networking and the hardware, protocols, and services involved. Hence, you will be able to make more intelligent, cost-effective and quantifiable networking decisions for your environment.

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Review

This is it. Internetworking Technologies Handbook represents conventional wisdom about the universe of Cisco Systems data-networking products (with the exception of voice-over-IP products), condensed into a single volume. You ought to have this book on hand for frequent consultation if you are engaged in running local- or wide-area networks (LANs or WANs) that are equipped with Cisco hardware. Don't be concerned with the question of whether your data-networking environment is sufficiently complex to merit investment in this book, as operators of even the simplest set-ups will benefit from this authoritative work. Though it's not meant as a study aid, this book will prove helpful to candidates studying for Cisco professional certifications. Review questions at the end of each chapter bolster that application.

This book's greatest strength may be its authors' assumption of compartmentalised knowledge among their readers. The authors have (correctly) organised their work around the idea that someone who knows, for example, IP addressing rules backwards and forwards may not know much at all about the telephony services that local-exchange carriers (LECs) sell. As a result of this editorial decision, chapters are technically deep but easy to get into. Numerous conceptual diagrams clarify hard-to-visualise phenomena, while frequent references to RFCs and other standards documents facilitate primary research where the reader requires it. This latest edition reflects changes to the Cisco data-networking product line as of the last quarter of 2000. --David Wall

Topics covered: Everything Cisco Systems does to facilitate the efficient flow of data among hosts on networks big and small, except those products that have to do with voice over IP (VOIP). Beginning with the essentials of internetworking and proceeding through LAN and WAN protocols, multiservice access technologies like Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), switching and bridging (with emphasis on virtual LANs), and routing protocols, this book covers the state of the Cisco Systems art.

From the Back Cover

An essential reference for every network professional

Internetworking Technologies Handbook has been one of Cisco Press' best-selling and most popular books since the first edition was published in 1997. Network engineers, administrators, technicians, and support personnel use this book to understand and implement many different internetworking and Cisco technologies. Beyond the on-the-job use, Internetworking Technologies Handbook is also a core training component for CCNA and CCDA certifications. It is a comprehensive reference that enables networking professionals to understand and implement contemporary internetworking technologies. You will master terms, concepts, technologies, and devices used in today's networking industry, and will learn how to incorporate internetworking technologies into a LAN/WAN environment.

This Third Edition features new chapters on cable technologies, wireless technologies, and voice/data integration. After reading this book, networking professionals will possess a greater understanding of local and wide-area networking and the hardware, protocols, and services involved. Internetworking Technologies Handbook offers system optimization techniques that will strengthen results, increase productivity, and improve efficiency--helping you make more intelligent, cost-effectivedecisions for your network environment.

• The all-in-one reference guide to
• Updated with latest information on new technologies such as IP multicast, voice/data integration, Virtual Private Networks, Multiprotocol Label Switching, and wireless and cable technologies
• Hands-on advice for implementing specific technologies as part of a network

Edition details

• Publisher: Cisco Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578701023
• ISBN 13: 9781578701025
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 880