1. Introduction to Data Communications.
2. Physical Aspects of Data Communications: Media.
3. Physical Aspects of Data Communications: Data Transmission.
4. Common Carrier Services.
5. Introduction to Networks.
6. LAN Hardware.
7. LAN Topologies and Media Access Control.
8. LAN System Software.
9. LAN Considerations.
10. WAN Hardware.
11. WAN Topologies and Transmission Services.
12. WAN System Software.
13. Accessing and Using the Internet.
14. Internet Technology.
15. WAN Implementations.
16. Network Interconnections.
17. Network Management Objectives.
18. Network Management Systems.
19. Security, Recovery, and Network Applications.
20. Distributed Systems.
Appendix A: Asynchronous Transmission.
Appendix B: Synchronous Data Link Control.
