Computer Networks and Internets: With Internet ApplicationsIf you really want to understand how the Internet and other computer networks operate, start with Computer Networks and Internets, Third Edition . Douglas E. Comer, who helped build the Internet, presents an up-to-the-minute tour of the Internet and internetworking, from low-level data transmission wiring all the way up to Web and chat services and other Internet application software. The new edition contains extensive coverage of network programming, as well as authoritative introductions to many new Internet protocols and technologies, from CIDR addressing to Network Address Translation (NAT).Comer explains every layer of the network protocol stack, showing exactly how facilities and services provided by one layer are used and extended in the next. Discover how networking hardware utilizes carrier signals, modulation and encoding; why internets use packet switching; how LANs, local loops, WANs, public and private networks work; and how protocols like TCP support internetworking. Learn the client/server model at the heart of most network applications, and understand key Internet/Web technologies including CGI, DNS, E-mail, ADSL, cable modems, and more. This new edition includes a complete new chapter on static and automatic Internet routing, introducing key concepts such as Autonomous Systems and hop metrics. It also provides a thorough introduction to network programming with three sample applications; detailed new coverage of CIDR addressing; a step-by-step guide to configuring Network Address Translation in home and small-business networks; and a full chapter on label switching and virtual circuits. Douglas Comer has been a respected leader of the Internet community for decades. If you're interested in how networking and the Internet work, you won't find a better guide.For anyone interested in how the Internet and other computer networks work. |
Contents
Motivation And Tools 7 | xliii |
Network Programming And Applications | 17 |
Contents ix | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Computer Networks and Internets: With Internet Applications Douglas Comer,Ralph E. Droms No preview available - 2001 |
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addressing scheme ADSL algorithm allows application assigned ATM switch bandwidth bits per second bridge broadcast carrier carrier wave chapter character checksum collision communication computer networks computer's computers attached computers connected configured connector contains copy CSMA/CD data rate datagram delay designed destination address detect device digital circuit distance division multiplexing electrical encode errors Ethernet example FDDI Figure forward frame format frame header frame type frequency hardware address illustrates Internet IP address IPv6 LAN technologies Layer locality of reference LocalTalk Mbps modulation multicast multiple network technology node octets operate optical fiber packet switch path physical address physical network protocol software puter requires ring network router routing table satellite segment send and receive send data sender sent server shared signal single specifies standard station subscriber TCP/IP telephone throughput Token Ring topology transceiver transmission transmit twisted pair type field voltage VPI/VCI wiring schemes