LANs & WANs

Local Area Networks

Name: Local Area Networks
Author: Thomas W. Madron
ISBN: 9780471009597

by Thomas W. Madron

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The explosive growth of LANs in recent years, driven by their increasing use in small businesses and their acceptance as the network of choice by large corporations, has encouraged the development of numerous new technologies and underscored the need for standardization - hardware and software integration from a wide variety of manufacturers. Local Area Networks: New Technologies, Emerging Standards, Third Edition covers the latest developments in LAN technology from a management perspective and discusses standards as they relate to the management of large networking systems and computer environments. New topics of major importance include: the impact of LANs on small businesses client/server technology; the proliferation of multiserver LANs; switching from host-based to LAN systems; and peer-to-peer and wireless LANS. An in-depth examination of software choices deals with the need to tailor LAN operating systems to fit a company's existing software; UNIX, OS/2, and Windows NT and their roles in LAN planning are discussed in detail. Every chapter has been updated, and new chapters have been added on peer-to-peer LANs and network security. An expanded chapter on hardware options features a head-to-head comparison of Token-Ring and Ethernet installations.

Focusing on the latest LAN technology and its impact on achieving corporate goals, this new edition of the popular reference provides managers with a solid grounding in LAN technology and an up-to-date picture of this fast evolving field.

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A reference that covers the latest developments in LAN technology from a management perspective and discusses standards as they relate to the management of large networking systems and computer environments. This revised edition (2nd ed., 1990) covers new topics including the impact of LANs on small businesses, client/server technology, multiserver LANs, wireless LANs, Token-Ring and Ethernet installations, and tailoring LANs to UNIX, OS/2, and Windows NT. There are new chapters on peer-to-peer LANs and network security. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)