How Local Area Networks Work: What They are and what They DoHere's the first book to demystify LAN hardware and software. Readers will learn exactly how to avoid the pitfalls of networking and exploit the opportunities. From planning a new LAN to understanding today's new E-mail and groupware applications, to learning the seven tasks that must be performed regularly to keep a LAN running properly, it's all here. |
Contents
1 What a LAN | 3 |
LANs and the SinglePC Workplace | 4 |
LANs and the Mainframe Office | 9 |
Copyright | |
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allow users application software area network backup bridge client client-server coaxial cable components configuration connect cost database server desktop devices disk drives e-mail electronic Ethernet example fax board fax server fiber-optic cable file server gateway graphics groupware handle hard disk hardware install interface cards internetwork LAN administrators LAN Manager LAN printing LAN users layer Local Area Networks machine Macintosh mainframe Microsoft minicomputers modem multiple users NetWare network management network operating system nodes offers OSI Model package packet password peer-to-peer peer-to-peer LAN peer-to-peer network performance peripherals personal computers port print jobs print server printer problems processing processor protocols query redirection remote routers routing share speed spreadsheets standard stored tasks tion token ring topology traffic twisted-pair Unix user's usually vendors workstations