Linking Local Area Networks

This is a practical, easy-to-read introduction to available LAN topologies, architectures, and operating environments. Schatt explains in clear language how to install and interconnect dozens of networking packages, including IBM, DEC, AppleTalk, Token-Ring, NetWare, BanyanVINES, and UNIX. Readers will find solutions to incompatibility, addressing, and routing problems specific to each system, plus discussions on security, vendor responsibility, and other wide-area networking issues.