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Understanding Local Area Networks

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ISBN-10: 0672308401

ISBN-13: 9780672308406

Edition: 5th 1995

Authors: Stanley Schatt, Neil Jenkins

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The local area network (LAN) has become a technology that everyone uses but few understand. If you're faced with using or managing a network, make sure you've got Understanding Local Area Networks, Fifth Edition. This Sams favorite, completely revised for its fifth edition, provides a complete understanding of the theory behind the many network forms to data transmission methods. Learn operating principles, hardware configurations, software options, and management issues. This book also helps you gain an understanding of how to connect LANs to each other and to larger computers. Get expert advice on how to choose and support a LAN, and discover why client/server computing changes the way…    
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Book details

List price: $29.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Sams
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Introduction
Overview
The Basics of a Local Area Network
A Guide to Network Hardware
A Guide to Network Software
Network Management and Control
Connectivity and the Enterprise Network
Peer-to-Peer Networks
Client/Server Computing
Novell's Netware
Microsoft's Windows NT Server
IBM's LAN Server
Banyan VINES
The Future of Networking
Local Area Network Selection
Supporting a LAN
A Directory of Vendors
B Glossary
C Bibliography
D Answers to Quizzes
Index