Networks: Design and ManagementThis text begins with the basic components of telephone and computer networks. Next, the Local Area Networks (LANs), Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), the OSI Management Model, the network devices that operate at different layers of the OSI model, and the IEEE 802 Standards are discussed. Several protocols and the physical topologies, bus, star, and ring are presented. The Ethernet, Token Ring, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) are described in detail. Concludes with an introduction to SNMP and RAMON. |
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