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Lan Technologies Explained [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Michael Cummins (Author), Philip Miller (Author) "In order to introduce Local Area Networks (LANs), or indeed networks of any type at all, we need to understand just a little of the..." (more)
Key Phrases: Internet Protocol, Heart Beat, Media Access Control (more...)

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It certainly deserves recognition as one of the most detailed texts on local area networks.

For people already familiar with the subject and wanting a quick reminder of a specific topic, this is given in a fairly readable style.

...people seeking information on a point of detail will find this a good reference text.
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very clear, good progression of topics

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Product Details

Paperback: 776 pages
Publisher: Digital Press; illustrated edition edition (February 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1555582346
ISBN-13: 978-1555582340
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,787,043 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In order to introduce Local Area Networks (LANs), or indeed networks of any type at all, we need to understand just a little of the history of computing. Read the first page

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Internet Protocol, Heart Beat, Media Access Control, Logical Link Control, Next Page, Gigabit Ethernet, Common Common Rail, Physical Medium Dependent, Application Presentation Session, Data Out, Slave Seed Bit, Destination Unreachable, Medium Dependent Interface, Carrier Sense, Physical Medium Attachment, Routing Information Protocol, Message Code, Station Management, Carrier Extend, Connection Management, Ring Error Monitor, Start Frame Delimiter, All Routes Explorer, Autonomous System, Link Code Word

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This book cites 9 books:

Understanding Token Ring Protocols and Standards (Artech House Telecommunications Library) by Robert D. Love in Back Matter
Networking Explained, Second Edition by Michael Gallo in Back Matter
Network Protocol Handbook by Matthew G. Naugle in Back Matter
Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in Back Matter
Gigabit Ethernet (McGraw-Hill Computer Communications Series) by Stephen Saunders in Back Matter

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High Performance Data Network Design (IDC Technology) by Tony Kenyon on page 331

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, very wordy, August 1, 2000

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Bought this book for reference for some software i was writing. The book is very thorough and covers anything and everything you need to know about LAN technologies. Starts out very general and explains the history of networking and the standards that support it. Goes in depth with LAN technology and then continues to give an overview of upper level protocols and even cabling.

I suppose my only critique is that the book tends to be a little verbose as the authors frequently use convoluted sentence structures which slow down the reading.

Overall a very useful book.

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