LAN Technology and Concepts

Written for local area network (LAN) designers, planners, managers and system administrators, this book is a guide to Ethernet and token-ring networks. It focuses on how hardware and software issues interrelate and explains the components and architecture of each configuration. Commercial products available from Novell, Banyan, BCom, Synoptics, DCA and Network General. Beginning with hardware interfaces, the guide explains the operation of each layer of software architecture and relates it to the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection reference model. Within this framework, the book examines widely used network operating systems and their protocols and offers strategies for identifying and repairing costly LAN failures.