How Networks Work, 6/e (Paperback)

Frank Derfler, Les Freed

  • 出版商: QUE
  • 出版日期: 2002-10-04
  • 售價: $1,340
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,273
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 233
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0789727536
  • ISBN-13: 9780789727534
  • 已過版

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How Networks Work is a stunning book, illustrated in full color, that takes readers through the inner-workings of network systems with simple explanations that avoid networking jargon.. The book begins by describing the basic principles of signaling and information packaging used in all systems and goes on to show how those principles work inside pieces of network equipment ranging from network interface cards to the Internet. This latest edition includes new technologies not covered in previous editions, including set top boxes, wireless palm, and more!

Table of Contents

Introduction.

I. Communicating by Wire.

1. How Telegraphs Work.
2. How Early Telephones Worked.

II. Mixing Computers and Telephones.

3. How Early Networks Worked.
4. How Early Communications Terminals Worked.
5. How Data Is Encoded.
6. How a Modem Works.
7. How a Remote Terminal Work.
8. How Serial Communication Works.
9. The PC As a Terminal.
10. How Broadband Works.
11. How Computer Telephony Integration Works.

III. Local Area Networks (LANs).

12. How Local Area Networks Work.
13. How Networking Operating Systems Work.
14. How Network Interface Cards Work .
15. How Network Cables Work .
16. How TCP/IP Works.
17. How Server-Based LANs Work.
18. How Peer-to-Peer Networks Work.
19. How Enterprise Network Systems Work.

IV. Links Between LANs.

20. How Routers, Switches, and Firewalls Work.
21. How Metropolitan Area Networks Work.
22. How Circuit-Switched Digital Networks Work.
23. How Packet-Switched Networks Work.

V. The Internet.

24. How Internet Connections Work.
25. How Network Security Works.

VI. Networks for e-Business.

26. How e-Business Infrastructure Works.

VII. Intertainment.

28. How Convergence Works.
Index.