Computer Networks and Internets, Volume 1Suitable for those with little or no background, this text offers an overview of networking and Internet technology. It provides a tour through all of networking, from the lowest level of data transmission and wiring to the highest levels of application software. An accompanying CD-ROM and Web site provide opportunities for a variety of hands on experiences. The CD contains copies of text figures, digitized images of network wiring and equipment, and files of data that can be used as input to student programs, a key search mechanism, and links to the Web site. |
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LongDistance Communication Carriers And Modems | 25 |
Packet Transmission | 35 |
Contents | 53 |
Copyright | |
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address resolution algorithm allows application programs arrives assigned bandwidth bits bridged network broadcast browser chapter checksum client communication computer attached computer networks computer's computers connected connection-oriented connectionless connector contains copy data area datagram delay designed destination address e-mail electronic entry example FDDI fiber modems Figure forward fragments frame format frame header Frame Relay graph handle hardware address host ICMP identifier illustrates Internet Protocol internetworking IP address IP datagram IPv4 IPv6 LAN segment LAN technologies Layer LocalTalk multiple network hardware network interface network technology next-hop node octets operate optical fiber packet switch path physical address physical network prefix protocol address protocol software receiver request retransmission router routing table send data sender sent server signals single specifies suffix summarize TCP/IP thin Ethernet throughput topology transceiver transfer transmission transmit transport protocol twisted pair type field wiring schemes