Optimizing Bandwidth

Name: Optimizing Bandwidth
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ISBN: 9780070498891

ISBN-10: 007049889X

ISBN-13: 9780070498891

Edition: 1998

Authors: Michele J. Petrovsky

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Most communication books focus on how to increase bandwidth, and most of them focus on only one method of bandwidth. This book covers all methods of bandwidth and looks at how to optimise bandwidth.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 500
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Preface	p. xv
What's in This Book	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Bandwidth Basics	p. 1
TCP/IP Networks and Bandwidth	p. 3
A Client/Server Model	p. 4
TCP/IP in More Detail	p. 4
Signals	p. 5
TCP/IP Component Areas	p. 9
The OSI Model and TCP/IP	p. 14
Transmission Media and Their Effects on Bandwidth	p. 25
10 Base 2 and 10 Base T	p. 26
10 Base 2	p. 29
Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable	p. 34
UTP Cable Attenuation Characteristics	p. 36
Topologies and Bandwidth	p. 39
Network Topologies	p. 40
Bus or Backbone	p. 40
Mesh	p. 41
Ring	p. 41
Star	p. 42
Star-Wired Ring	p. 43
Tree	p. 43
Topologies and Their Effects on Bandwidth	p. 43
Bus Topologies and Bandwidth	p. 44
Ring Topologies and Bandwidth	p. 45
Star-Wired Ring Topologies and Bandwidth	p. 45
WANs	p. 46
WAN as Bottleneck	p. 46
Routers, WANs, and Bandwidth	p. 47
Connectivity Methods and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 55
Dial-up	p. 56
Leased Lines	p. 56
ISDN	p. 58
ISDN Pros and Cons	p. 59
Comparing Connectivity Methods	p. 61
Connectivity Hardware and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 63
Serial (RS-232) Communications	p. 64
UAR/T as Receiver	p. 65
Timing Errors	p. 66
Timing Requirements	p. 66
UAR/T Clock Performance	p. 66
NICs and Packet Drivers	p. 68
Identifying Network Types	p. 69
Driver Operations	p. 69
Packet Driver Function Calls	p. 69
Bridges	p. 71
Routers	p. 73
Hubs	p. 74
Protocols and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 77
ARP, RARP, and TCP/IP Packets	p. 78
NT and ARP	p. 79
UNIX and ARP	p. 80
TCP/IP Routing and the Routing Information Protocol (RIP)	p. 80
Dynamic Routing and Routing Protocols	p. 82
Traceroute--Tracing the Path of a TCP/IP Packet	p. 82
The Sub-Network Access Protocol	p. 84
Multimedia and TCP	p. 86
UNIX and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 89
UNIX	p. 90
The BSD UNIX Network Subsystem	p. 90
UNIX Bandwidth Problems	p. 92
BSD UNIX and High Loads	p. 92
LRP	p. 94
Experiments with LRP	p. 98
Related Work	p. 105
Windows NT, Windows 95, and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 107
Windows NT Server 4.0	p. 108
NT's Protocols	p. 108
Windows NT Transport Driver Architecture	p. 108
More Detail on NT's Transport Driver Implementation	p. 109
Comparing NT Transport Drivers	p. 110
Remote Access Server	p. 119
A Client Sends a Message	p. 120
A LAN Sends a Burst of Multicast Traffic	p. 120
A LAN Sends a Single Datagram to a Single Client	p. 121
Windows 95	p. 121
Windows 95 and PPTP	p. 122
Limitations to TCP/IP-PPTP Routing	p. 122
Apache, Internet Information Server, and Demands on Bandwidth	p. 125
Apache	p. 126
Hardware and Operating System Issues	p. 129
Run-Time Configuration Issues	p. 130
Compile-Time Configuration Issues	p. 134
The Pre-Forking Model	p. 136
Internet Information Server 4.0	p. 137
Active Directory Service Interface (ASDI)	p. 138
Internet Authentication Server (IAS)	p. 138
Internet Mail Server and Internet News Server	p. 139
Client Applications and Demands on Bandwidth: A Paradigm	p. 143
Distributed Memory	p. 144
Read Access	p. 144
Write Operations	p. 145
The Effects of Network Architectures	p. 146
The Experimental Design	p. 146
The Experimental Design	p. 148
EXODUS and RVM	p. 148
Recovery	p. 148
Memory Service	p. 149
Experimental Environment	p. 149
I/O Block Size	p. 150
Log Size	p. 150
Random Accesses	p. 151
Distributed Memory and Network Load	p. 151
Implications	p. 152
Optimizing Bandwidth Usage	p. 155
Speeding Up Networking Hardware	p. 157
The PCI Bus	p. 158
Fast Ethernet	p. 159
100 Base T Fast Ethernet's General Characteristics	p. 159
100 Base T's Origins and Ongoing Development	p. 160
100 Base T Fast Ethernet in More Depth	p. 161
100 Base T Topologies	p. 162
100 Base T's Cabling Schemes	p. 162
ATM	p. 162
FDDI/TP-PMD	p. 164
100VG-AnyLAN	p. 164
Switched Ethernet	p. 164
Cisco's Fast EtherChannel	p. 165
Fast EtherChannel Components	p. 166
Fast EtherChannel Scenarios	p. 167
Tweaking an Operating System to Maximize Bandwidth	p. 169
Network Load	p. 170
Windows NT	p. 170
Optimizing Network Performance by Optimizing Routing	p. 170
IGRP or RIP?	p. 172
Optimizing Network Performance by Fine-Tuning NT	p. 173
Tweaking Network Applications to Maximize Bandwidth	p. 189
Human Factors and Network Performance	p. 190
HTTP/1.1, CSS1, PNG, and Network Performance	p. 192
The Nature of Web Pages	p. 192
HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/1.0	p. 193
HTTP/1.1 Design Goals	p. 194
Tests of the Design of HTTP/1.1	p. 196
Web Content Representation	p. 200
Integrating Environments	p. 203
Integrating Mail and Messaging	p. 204
The Makeup of a Mail System	p. 204
Integrating UNIX and Windows NT Mail Systems	p. 209
Implementation Suggestions	p. 213
Network Monitoring Tools	p. 217
The Tools	p. 218
Application Development Toolkit	p. 218
arpwatch	p. 218
AUTONET/Performance	p. 219
Chameleon 20 and 22	p. 220
Chariot	p. 221
CMU SNMP Distribution	p. 223
DCE/Sleuth	p. 226
DiG	p. 228
EMANATE: Enhanced MANagement Agent Through Extensions	p. 228
Generic Managed System	p. 229
Internet Rover	p. 230
LanProbe	p. 231
LANWatch	p. 232
libcap	p. 233
MONET	p. 234
Net.Medic Pro	p. 235
NetMetrix Load Monitor	p. 239
NetMetrix NFS Monitor	p. 239
NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer	p. 240
NetMetrix Traffic Generator	p. 241
NETMON for Windows	p. 242
Netperf	p. 244
NETScout	p. 247
nfswatch	p. 248
NOCOL	p. 249
NPRV	p. 252
nslookup	p. 254
ping	p. 254
proxyd	p. 255
query	p. 256
Sniffer	p. 257
SNMP Development Kit	p. 260
Simulator	p. 262
SpiderAnalyzer	p. 265
SPIMS (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, or SICS, Protocol Implementation Measurement System)	p. 266
spray	p. 268
tcpdump	p. 268
TCPWare for VMS/SNMP Agent	p. 269
TokenVIEW	p. 270
traceroute	p. 272
TRPT (Transliterate Protocol Trace)	p. 274
TTCP	p. 274
Visual Ping	p. 276
WebSTONE	p. 277
Workarounds	p. 281
Chapter 1	p. 282
Chapter 2	p. 286
Chapter 3	p. 287
Chapter 4	p. 289
Chapter 5	p. 289
Chapter 6	p. 291
Chapter 7	p. 298
Chapter 8	p. 300
Chapter 9	p. 304
Protocol Quick Reference	p. 307
TCP	p. 307
IP	p. 307
IP Addresses	p. 308
Subnets	p. 308
Dynamic Addressing	p. 308
Routing in IP Environments	p. 310
Access Restrictions	p. 313
Tunneling	p. 314
IP Multicast	p. 314
Network Monitoring and Debugging	p. 315
Web Server Quick Reference	p. 317
Apache	p. 317
Internet Information Server	p. 345
Bandwidth-Friendly Alternative Software	p. 347
FreeBSD	p. 347
Routing Under FreeBSD	p. 349
Default Routes	p. 350
Dual Hosts	p. 351
Opera	p. 351
Installation and Requirements	p. 353
Winsock	p. 355
Electronic Mail	p. 356
Using Opera	p. 358
Opera System Administration	p. 358
The Future of Opera	p. 363
Bandwidth Tuning from the Ground Up	p. 365
Designing for Bandwidth Efficiency	p. 365
The Physical and Network Access Layers	p. 366
Addressing and Subnetting	p. 366
Switching	p. 367
Monitoring	p. 367
Workgroup Servers	p. 367
Routers	p. 368
Scaling Bandwidth Used by Traffic to and from the Core Layer	p. 368
Enterprise Servers	p. 369
Connecting to the Outside World	p. 369
Fine-Tuning Performance	p. 369
Limitations Imposed by Hardware	p. 370
Fine-Tuning Processors	p. 370
Optimizing the Server OS	p. 371
CPUs	p. 372
Memory	p. 372
Memory and Swap Space	p. 373
Physical Memory and Performance	p. 376
Disk	p. 378
Checklists	p. 378
Troubleshooting TCP/IP	p. 383
Glossary	p. 385
Bibliography	p. 403
Index	p. 411
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