Ethernet Networks: Design, Implementation, Operation and Management: Design, Implementation, Operation, Management

Ethernet Networks, Fourth Edition, provides everything you need toknow to plan, implement, manage and upgrade Ethernetnetworks. * Improve your skills in employing Ethernet hubs, switches, androuters. * Learn how to set up and operate a wireless Local Area Network(LAN). * Discover how to extend a wired Ethernet via wireless LANs. * Understand cabling standards and the role of NEXT (Near EndCrosstalk), FEXT (Far End Crosstalk) and other transmissionparameters. * Profit from Gilbert Held's tips and tricks on enhancingsecurity ......and much more. This indispensable resource features up-to-date coverage of: * wireless Ethernet (IEEE802.11 standards) * 10Gbps Ethernet * firewalls in both a wired and wireless environment * AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) * the operation of new versions of Windows(r) on EthernetLANs * the use of LAN switches at and above layer 2 in the ISO referencemodel * copper and fiber optic cable to transport high speedEthernet. Network planners, administrators, and system engineers working withEthernet networks will find Ethernet Networks, Fourth Edition, aninvaluable tool for implementing, updating, and managing theirnetworks.