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Data Communications Today: Networks, The Internet, and the Enterprise, 2/e

Stan Gelber, Santa Cruz, California

Published June, 1997 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1997, 465 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-864000-9
$55.00


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The practical networking overview for any technical or business professional. Data Communications Today is the perfect introduction to networking for any professional. This completely updated edition introduces the fundamental concepts underlying all networks, including bandwidth, transmission methods, data transport formats and connections. It shows how all the components of a network fit together, and how to successfully design a network that meets the needs of your organization. It also includes detailed new coverage of the Internet and TCP/IP-and how they fit into existing network infrastructures. Top networking consultant Stan Gelber reviews all significant types of networking hardware, from terminals and controllers to routers, hubs, modems and multiplexers. He introduces the carrier services that are essential to today's successful enterprise networks, such as ISDN, fractional T1, SMDS, DDS, and Switched 56. He also previews xDSL and other emerging technologies that may play significant roles in tomorrow's networks. This book will help you understand the role of networking standards, architectures and protocols-and give you perspective on today's critical network management and troubleshooting challenges. Data Communications Today tells you what you need to know to make sense of today's revolutionary networking technologies-simply, and without technobabble. If you're an engineer, software developer, support staffer, or information technology student, you'll find it invaluable.

Author Bio

STAN GELBER, President of Gelber Associates, is a consultant, author and contractor specializing in information technology course development, seminar presentations and other communications. He is author of The Emerging Digital Future, Introduction to Data Communications Concepts, and several other books. He has over 33 years of extensive experience in all phases of computing and networking, and currently specializes in data communications, data processing, the Internet, LANs, and voice technology. Gelber has been a trainer, product planner or marketer for a wide range of leading networking companies, including IBM, AT&T, MCI, Hewlett-Packard, GTE, 3Com, Xerox, Fujitsu, and Hitachi Data Systems. He resides in Santa Cruz, California.



I. INTRODUCTION, OVERVIEW, AND A HISTORY OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS.

    1. Introduction.
    2. Evolution and Basic Communications Planning.

II. SOFTWARE REQUIRED FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS.
    3. Communication Software.
    4. Application Development.
III. DATA TRANSMISSION CONCEPT AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
    5. Transmission Modes and Methods.
    6. Transmission Concepts.
IV. HARDWARE, MEDIA, AND INTERFACES.
    7. Hardware Links.
    8. Data Transport Formats and Connections.
    9. Communication Services.
    10. Data Communications Hardware.
    11. Communications Using Modems.
    12. Hardware and Logical Interfaces.
V. STANDARDS, NETWORK ARCHITECTURES, TOPOLOGIES, AND PROTOCOLS.
    13. Regulatory Agencies and Standards.
    14. Network Configurations and Network Design.
    15. Network Architectures.
    16. Protocols.
VI. LANS, INTER- AND INTRANETS, TROUBLESHOOTING, NETWORK MANAGEMENT, AND FUTURE TRENDS.
    17. Local Area Networks and Client-Server Networks.
    18. Network Troubleshooting.
    19. Network Management and Control.
    20. Future Trends.
    Appendix A: Terms and Definitions.
    Appendix B: Exercises.
    Appendix C: Standards.
    Appendix D: Bibliography.
    Appendix E: Review Question Answers.
    Index.

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