Synopsis
This book has 11 core chapters that form a complete introduction to networking. Mini chapters follow 4 of the chapters (ch. 1, 3, and 8, and 9) with case studies or hands-on exercises reinforcing material in the previous core chapter. In addition, three advanced modules at the end of the book (Module A, B, and C) contain material teachers may wish to cover selectively for emphasis
Booknews
New edition of a text in which Panko (U. of Hawaii) created a modular design that offers a set of core chapters covering essential information on business comumunications and networking, as well as other relevant material that can be covered selectively. The 11 chapters cover core network concepts, standards, physical layer propagation, a small ethernet PC network, other LAN technologies, telephony, wide area network, TCP/IP internetworking, security, network management and systems administration, and network applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)