Description
Book SynopsisThis text offers a vendor-neutral approach for designing large local area networks according to business or organizational needs, rather than from a product perspective. Dooley outlines "top-down network design" for building a technological infrastructure to fit your organization's requirements.
Trade Review"A very readable text with good illustration, I would recommend this book to general networking practitioners and those with growing networks of their own who want to be aware of the benefits of good design." - Raza Rizvi, News@UKUUG, October 2002
Table of ContentsPreface 1. Networking Objectives Business Requirements OSI Protocol Stack Model Routing Versus Bridging Top-Down Design Philosophy 2. Elements of Reliability Defining Reliability Redundancy Failure Modes 3. Design Types Basic Topologies Reliability Mechanisms VLANs Toward Larger Topologies Hierarchical Design Implementing Reliability Large-Scale LAN Topologies 4. Local Area Network Technologies Selecting Appropriate LAN Technology Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Token Ring Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ATM FDDI Wireless Firewalls and Gateways Structured Cabling 5. IP IP-Addressing Basics IP-Address Classes ARP and ICMP Network Address Translation Multiple Subnet Broadcast General IP Design Strategies DNS and DHCP 6. IP Dynamic Routing Static Routing Types of Dynamic Routing Protocols RIP IGRP and EIGRP OSPF BGP 7. IPX Dynamic Routing General IPX Design Strategies 8. Elements of Efficiency Using Equipment Features Effectively Hop Counts MTU Throughout the Network Bottlenecks and Congestion Filtering Quality of Service and Traffic Shaping 9. Network Management Network-Management Components Designing a Manageable Network SNMP Management Problems 10. Special Topics IP Multicast Networks IPv6 Security Appendix: Combining robabilities Glossary Bibliography Index
