Local Networks and the Internet

ISBN: 9781848210684

Publication Date: September 2010   Hardback   768 pp.

250 USD

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Description

This title covers the most frequently used elements of the Internet and Intranet and their development. It takes into account developments in research and covers new themes such as IP6, MPLS and IS-IS routing, as well as explaining the function of standardization organisms such as IETF, IEEE and UIT.
The book is punctuated with numerous examples and applications which will help the reader to place protocols in their context. As such, it will appeal to students, systems administrators and anyone involved in this fast-moving area.

Contents

1. Basics.
2. Standarization.
3. Ethernet Protocols and IEEE 802.3.
4. Underlayers LLC and SNAP.
5. Bridge Interconnections: The Spanning Tree Algorithm.
6. The Internet.
7. IP Protocols.
8. Level 4 Protocols: TCP, UDP and SCTP.
9. Address Resolution Protocols and Automated Configuration.
10. Routing Protocols.
11. Internal Routing Protocols.
12. External Routing Protocols.
13. Virtual Local Networks.
14. MPLS.
15. IP on Point-to-Point Connection.
16. Administration of Networks.
17. Security.