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Local Area Networks, 2/e

James Martin, James Martin and Company
Joseph Leben, Leben, Inc., Clarendon Hill,IL
Kathleen Kavanagh Chapman, Cooperative Processes, Hinsdale,IL

Published December, 1993 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1994, 586 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-533035-1
$77.00


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A new edition of Martin's best-selling book on LANs — updated to reflect new technologies.

Considers fundamental concepts; the IEEE/ISO Logical Link Control standard; the different methods for medium access control; the construction of enterprise internetwork; and four widely used approaches to network software — IBM and Microsoft, Novel NetWare, TCP/IP, and AppleTalk.



PROLOG.

    1. Local Area Networks.

I. LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONCEPTS.
    2. Physical Transmission.
    3. Medium Access Control.
    4. Network Architectures.
    5. Networking Software.
II. LOGICAL LINK CONTROL.
    6. Local Area Network Architecture.
    7. LLC Service Definition.
    8. LLC Protocol Specification.
    9. LLC Implementations.
III. MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL.
    10. CSMA/CD (Ethernet).
    11. The Ethernet Version 2 Specification.
    12. Token Bus.
    13. Token Ring.
    14. Fiber Distribution Data Interface.
    15. Apple LocalTalk.
IV. ENTERPRISE INTERNETWORKING.
    16. The Internetworking Environment.
    17. Protocols for Internetworking.
    18. Heterogeneous Internetworking.
    19. Bridges.
    20. Routers.
V. NETWORKING SOFTWARE.
    21. IBM and Microsoft Networking Software.
    22. Novell NetWare.
    23. TCP/IP.
    24. AppleTalk.
VI. APPENDICES.
    A. Zero-Slot LANs.
    B. Wide Area Networking Technology.
    C. Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
    D. Network Management.
    Glossary.
    Index.

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