Effective Management of Local Area Networks

This guide to building and managing LANs offers tested procedures for planning, designing, tuning and improving data, voice and hypermedia networks. It focuses on LAN-related network management instruments and techniques, such as: implementing and maintaining user-level services; detecting, isolating and solving LAN problems for popular technologies like Ethernet and token ring; sizing and modelling network needs; maintaining uninterrupted operations even in complex environments; developing advanced naming services and automated trouble-ticketing; designing effective security measures; implementing expert systems to simplify management chores; creating database support systems; and administering interconnected LANs, MANs and WANs.