For courses in Networking.
Understanding Local Area Networks provides practical considerations for installation, administration, and maintenance networks. Although the book deals primarily with local area networks, an introduction to telecommunications and wide area networking is also provided, including a chapter devoted to the Internet protocol, TCP/IP. An introduction to public carrier protocols such as ISDN, ATM, Frame Relay, and ADSL is also presented. Additional chapters cover small network design consideration, network security, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- ISBN10 0139212221
- ISBN13 9780139212222
- Publish Date 30 August 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 May 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 324
- Language English