 
Local Area Networks: A Business-Oriented Approach, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-33047-9
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928 pages
February 2000, ©2000
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- Chapter 1
- Updated all figures
- Added text to productivity paradox discussion
- Added text to business process re-engineering discussion
- Added paragraph on strategic role of LANs
- Added paragraph on key business driven characteristics of LANs
- Removed sections on alternatives to LANs, file transfer software, Non-Lan PC connectivity
- Chapter 2
- Add section on gigabit ethernet
- Add section on full duplex net architectures
- Add small intro to LAN based ATM
- Add small section on High speed token ring
- Chapter 3
- Added section on CAT 5 Level 5, 6, 7
- Updated ATM info
- Added section on NIC configuration: IRB, Base I/A Address, Base Memory Address
- Added chart on typical IRQ Assignments
- Added section on LAN character and line encoding schemes
- Chapter 4: Local Area Network Protocols
- Entirely new chapter
- Concepts introduced
- Interaction between local area network architectures and protocols
- Address resolution
- Network layer addressing
- Introduction to routing
- IPX/SPX
- TCP/IP
- IPv6
- AppleTalk
- Remote Access Protocols
- Chapter 5: Local Area Network Operating Systems
- Totally redesigned chapter to serve as a template for chapters 6-8
- Added coverage of directory services
- Added coverage of authentication and authorization
- Updated technology references to current NOSes
- Chapter 6: Novell NetWare
- Totally redesigned chapter to adhere to template created by chapter 5
- De-emphasized NetWare 3.x
- Expanded information on NetWare 4.x v
- Added major section on NetWare 5.x
- Added coverage of NetWare administration
- Expanded coverage of NetWare remote access
- Expanded coverage of NetWare/NT and NetWare/UNIX integration
- Chapter 7: Windows NT/2000
- Totally redesigned chapter to adhere to template created by chapter 5
- Expanded information on NT 4.0
- Added major section on Windows 2000
- Added coverage of Windows administration
- Expanded coverage of Windows administration
- Added coverage of Windows system enterprise management and software distribution
- Expanded coverage of Windows remote access
- Expanded coverage of Windows/UNIX integration
- Chapter 8: UNIX
- Totally redesigned chapter to adhere to template created by chapter 5
- Added typology of UNIX systems
- Added significant coverage of Linux systems
- Added coverage of software that allows UNIX to appear as a PC based NOS
- Expanded coverage on NFS
- Expanded coverage of daemons and services
- Chapter 9: Middleware
- New Chapter to this book
- Concepts introduced
- Middleware
- SQL
- Remote Procedure Calls
- Messaging Middleware
- Screen scrapers
- CORBA
- DCOM
- Chapter 10: Network Application Development and Deployment
- New Chapter to this book
- Concepts introduced
- Application development
- Procedural development languages
- Event driven development environments
- Object-oriented development environments
- Chapter 11: Local Area Network Applications
- Chapter totally redesigned to better align with expanded coverage of this topic in CSIS
- Expanded coverage of e-mail systems
- Particular emphasis added on e-mail integration
- Expanded coverage of workflow systems
- Expanded coverage of conferencing and electronic meeting systems
- Substantially updated LAN resource management section to include materials introduced in chapters 6–8
- Chapter 12: Network Design Using TCP/IP
- Entirely new chapter
- Concepts introduced
- Classless Addressing
- Reserved Subnets
- Extended Network Prefixes
- Route Summarization
- Static Routing
- Variable Length Subnet Masks
- Classless Interdomain Routing
- Network Address Translation
- IP Unnumbered
- Longest Match Lookups
- Dynamic Routing
- Chapter 13: Internetworking
- Updated section on SNA/LAN integration
- Included coverage of RFC 1490 protocol encapsulation over frame relay
- Added coverage of IBM's Network Utility SNA to TCP/IP translator
- Added section on Layer 3 and Layer 4 switching
- Covered router to router protocols in more depth including v
- IGRP
- EGP
- BGP
- Expanded coverage of Virtual Networks
- Added coverage of quality of service standards
- MPLS protocol
- DiffServ protocol
- Chapter 14: Remote Access and Wireless Networking
- Updated section on Wireless LANs
- Added section on Enterprise remote access servers
- Chapter 15: Local Area Network Management
- Added section on bandwidth management
- Added coverage of class of service/quality of service protocols
- Added coverage of application monitoring & management
- Added coverage of network optimization
- Added coverage of bandwidth vs latency as application performance determinants
- Chapter 16: Local Area Network Security
- Added coverage on Enterprise firewall architectures - new diagram
- Added section on cryptographic accelerators
- Added section on security architecture development methodology
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