The Ethernet Management Guide (McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications)

Updated to cover new issues of integration and compatibility, as well as new performance concerns due to multimedia and imaging, this practical reference for Ethernet network managers provides the information needed to design, build, expand, and maintain an Ethernet communication network for most vendor equipment, including 3Com, Apple, Altos, BICC, Cabletron, Cisco, Codenoll, DEC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Kalpana, Sun, Synoptics, Xerox, and many others. Issues such as interconnecting networks to form enterprise networks and successfully achieving interoperability are addressed, as are the cost and benefits achieved through host mainframe downsizing and installation of client/server networks. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.