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High-speed networking with LAN switches / Glibert Held.

By: Held, Gilbert, 1943-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York. Chichester : Wiley, 1997Description: xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0471184446.Subject(s): Telecommunication -- Switching systems | Local area networks (Computer networks) | Wide area networks (Computer networks)DDC classification: 004.68
Contents:
The evolution of the switching revolution -- Switching Basics -- Ethernet Switches -- Token-Ring and FDDI Switching -- ATM Switching -- Virtual LANs -- Switch Management and gigabit networking.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 004.68 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00080665
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 004.68 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00080676
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A timely guide to the hottest topic in networking.

LAN switching is one of the most talked about topics in networking today. With networking demands showing no signs of slowing down, LAN switching is being hailed as the answer to the bandwith and congestion problems plaguing Net users, and the switching market is expected to triple within a year. Major networking players like Cisco, Cabletron, and Bay Networks are investing heavily in the LAN switching market. In this book author Gil Held provides detailed, comprehensive coverage of what LAN switching is and how switches work.

Includes index.

The evolution of the switching revolution -- Switching Basics -- Ethernet Switches -- Token-Ring and FDDI Switching -- ATM Switching -- Virtual LANs -- Switch Management and gigabit networking.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The Evolution of the Switching Revolution
  • Switching Basics
  • Ethernet Switches
  • Token-Ring and FDDI Switching
  • ATM Switching
  • Virtual LANs
  • Switch Management and Gigabit Networking
  • Index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

GILBERT HELD is Chief of Data Communications for a U.S. government agency's 4,000-station network. He is the award-winning author of more than 30 computer books, including Virtual LANs; Ethernet Networks, Second Edition; LAN Management with SNMP and RMON; Internetworking LANs and WANs; Data Communications Networking Devices, Third Edition; and The Complete Modem Reference, Third Edition.

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