The Simple Book: An Introduction to Networking Management (Prentice Hall Series in Innovative Technology) (Hardcover)

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Revised edition provides an introduction to networking management. Contains the latest information on SNMPv2 CD ROM included.

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This book has been updated to reflect developments in the world of network management since 1990, including the latest revisions to SNMPv2, and details how this technology is used to manage these internets. It also focuses on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and the newly standardized version 2 of the protocol, SNMPv2.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134516591
• ISBN-13: 978-0134516592
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,863,917 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, confusing, not an good intro to snmp, August 24, 1998

By A Customer

This was not a good first book to learn SNMP, the basic definitions are poor, leading to confusion. As an example, the definition of a subtype I found in another text (a subset of the value set for a type) was quite clear, then I checked the Simple definition of subtype and found its was useful to "refine the semantics" of a "data object" and that "it may be useful to create a new data type for strings using other repertoires, such as ASCII". The author also notes that the "ASN.1 rules for subtyping are long and complex". (p 34-35). Hello? This book may be useful as a reference after reading other, better written introductions, but avoid it if you are new to SNMP. Also, I recommend that the novice learn ASN.1 first, rather than alsong with SNMP in a combined text. Also, SNMPv2 has yet to catch on, the Simple book focuses primarily on this version, not of much interest if you are working with version 1.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is a fuzzy description of SNMP, April 23, 1998

By A Customer

I read first edition of this book when it came. There were hardly any books available on SNMP at that time . Rose being one of the creators of SNMP, I expected this book to be good. And I was totally wrong! The descriptions are all fuzzy. After reading it, I had some idea about SNMP but I was not sure of anything I learnt. I think the RFCs on SNMP are best reading. They are precise and they do not leave you feeling uncertain.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reading an RFC is more fun and more informative too!, May 17, 1999

By	Thomas E. Denham (Alpharetta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The editor and publisher of this book should be ashamed. It is an extended rant by the author that has no business being bound in hard cover. The Pine Mountain Group recommends excerps from this book to get up to speed with SNMP. I wonder who at PMG is friends with the author. This book will teach only members of the "network management community" anything. Anyone seeking entry into the network management community will need to find another door. By reading no more than 20 to 40 pages a day I managed to go through the entire book but I am afraid that I did not add anything to my understanding of SNMP that was not already there from studying for my MCSE. This book was a profound disappointment. It is at once dense, superficial, earnest, and sarcastic. The shame of it is that this author could educate profoundly if a good editor enforced some discipline or a co-author came in to help with communicating with those who are not the author's peers.