This text addresses internetworking standards and LAN-to-LAN and LAN-to-WAN designs and applications. It profiles gateways connecting dissimilar LANs, minicomputers and mainframes, and provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book is an excellent fluff-free reference for MIS professionals and a fantastic learning tool for networking students. Why books twice this price (or twice this thickness) can not be this good is a question I may never answer... email Que and let me know what they say.Just because it's over five years old doesn't mean it's out of date - from deconstruction of packets to lengthy expositions on protocols (TCP/IP, X.25, XNS, even AppleTalk) to a 40-step flowchart on internetwork implementation, this book is a worthy addition to any technical library. The value of the diagrams and appendices alone justifies the extra effort to get this book.Mr. Miller, if you're out there, I demand a reprint!
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Very informative even though the book is a bit old. Worth buying, if you can find it.
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