James K. Hardy, Humber College

Published December, 1994 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1995, 416 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-02-350091-3
$86.00

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Coverage includes all seven of the standard OSI layers of a network, paying particular attention to the lower layers for which well-defined hardware and software is widely available. It introduces the variety of types of network architecture and network topologies available, and describes all modern adaptor card hardware.

1. Once Over Lightly.
2. Personal Computers.
3. Cables and Fibers.
4. ARCNET.
5. ETHERNET.
6. Token Ring.
7. LLC Interface.
8. FDDI.
9. NETBIOS Interface.
10. Inside Netware.
11. TCP\IP.
12. Packet Drivers and NDIS and ODI.
13. Appletalk.
14. Bridges and Routers.