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Tables of Contents for Local Area Networks
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
v
Preface
ix
Introduction
1
4
Introduction
1
4
Servers
5
12
Economies of Scale
5
1
Controlled Sharing of Data
6
1
Achieving Resource Sharing Via Servers
7
5
Problems
12
2
Summary
14
3
Introduction to Protocols
17
10
The Need for Protocols
17
4
The OSI Model
21
3
Alterations to the OSI Model
24
1
Another View of Layering
24
1
Summary
25
2
Protocols Above the Data Link Layer
27
8
The Development of Standard Protocols
27
1
Application, Presentation, & Session Layer Protocols
28
2
Transport and Network Layer Protocols
30
3
Other Protocol Families
33
1
Summary
34
1
The Internet
35
6
The Internet
35
6
Data Link and Physical Layer Protocols
41
6
IEEE 802 Standards
41
2
ANSI Standards
43
1
Other Standards
44
1
A Word of Caution
44
1
Summary
45
2
Topologies and Access Methods
47
18
Local Area Network Topologies
47
7
Media Access Methods
54
9
Summary
63
2
Media
65
14
Introduction
65
1
Wireless
65
1
Twisted Pair
66
2
Baseband Coaxial Cable
68
2
Broadband Coaxial Cable
70
1
Optical Fibers
71
3
Structured Wiring Systems
74
3
Standards
77
1
Summary
78
1
Extending Local Area Networks
79
18
The Search for the Perfect Network
79
2
Interconnecting High-Speed Networks
81
6
Interconnecting Different Types of Networks
87
5
Wide Area and Global Networks
92
3
Summary
95
2
Network Management
97
16
Availability
97
3
Network Management Systems
100
5
Network Monitors
105
6
Summary
111
2
Network Administration
113
8
The Need for Administration
113
1
Centralized vs. Decentralized Administration
114
2
Hardware Maintenance Responsibility
116
1
Software Installation and Maintenance Responsibility
117
1
Goals for Network Software
118
1
Providing Multiprotocol Network Services
119
1
Summary
120
1
Common Network Protocols
121
18
Major Protocols
121
1
NetBIOS (Not a Protocol)
122
1
Microsoft Networking Products
122
3
Apple Talk
125
2
DECnet
127
2
NetWare
129
2
OSI
131
3
TCP/IP
134
3
Summary
137
2
Appendix A: Physical Considerations
139
14
Topology
139
2
Cable Distribution Systems
141
4
Selection of a Cable Distribution System
145
1
Planning, Installing, and Testing a Local Area Network
146
5
A Final Word
151
2
References
153
6
Glossary
159
26
Index
185