Mastering Local Area Networks

by Anderson, Christa; Minasi, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780782122589
• ISBN10: 0782122582
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Complete and practical coverage of planning, building, maintaining, and troubleshooting networks in the real world. Attention is given to backup, disaster recovery, data recovery, and reinstallation of hardware--information not included in most competing books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xxi
Part I Channels---Your Network's Nervous System	1	(246)
Basic Networking Concepts and Components	3	(40)
Planning a Network Architecture	43	(36)
Networking Protocols and Application Programming Interfaces	79	(36)
Installing Cards and Cables	115	(34)
Additional Networking Hardware	149	(64)
A Tour of Wide Area Networks	213	(34)
Part II Pieces of the Puzzle	247	(110)
Building the Better Server	249	(38)
Server Types and Additional Hardware	287	(46)
Client Workstations	333	(24)
Part III Breathing Life into Your Network---Operating Systems and LAN Applications	357	(130)
Network Operating Systems	359	(46)
LAN Applications and Licensing	405	(22)
Thin Client Networking	427	(28)
Creating a Corporate Web	455	(32)
Part IV Holistic Network Management---Resource Organization, Security, and Disaster Recovery	487	(186)
Principles of Network Management	489	(64)
Network Security	553	(48)
Disaster Recovery	601	(72)
Appendices
Appendix A Internet Resources	639	(10)
Appendix B Networking Forms	649	(6)
Appendix C Sample from a Disaster Recovery Plan	655	(6)
Appendix D Answers	661	(12)
Glossary	673	(52)
Index	725