Computer communications and networking technologies /
Michael A. Gallo.
- Singapore : Brooks/Cole, 2002.
- xxiii, 632 p.: 24 cm.
Includes index and glossary
Part I: Computer communications and network basics -- Overview of computer communications and networking -- Essential terms and concepts -- Analog and digital communications concepts -- Part II: Physical, data link, and network layer concepts -- Physical layer concepts -- Data link layer concepts and IEEE LAN standards -- Network hardware components (layers 1 and 2) -- Internetworking and network layer concepts and components -- Internet and TCP/IP Part III: Local and wide area networking technologies -- Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 networks -- Token ring -- Fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) -- Integrated services digital network (ISDN) -- Frame relay -- Switched mulimegabit data service (SMDS) -- Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) -- Part IV: Related networking concepts, applications, and technologies -- Dialup and home networking -- Network security issues -- Network convergence.