By Dr. Sidnie Feit
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
Pub Date: June 19, 2000
ISBN: 1-57870-113-9
Pages: 704
Slots: 2
Local area network capacity has rocketed upward due to the introduction of Gigabit Ethernet links, cheap 100Mbps Ethernet adapters, and switches whose throughput is
accelerated by ASIC hardware. More costly network equipment based on fibre channel architecture is producing even higher performance levels.
Better equipment and higher bandwidths have encouraged a trend toward building bigger LANs. However, a big LAN is prey to bottlenecks, congestion, and broadcast storms. A proliferation of new technologies should help solve these problems by controlling traffic flows, preventing switch congestion, and enabling parallel links to be installed. Some of the new capabilities are astonishing. For example, the GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) can assure that a LAN frame addressed to a articular station always is delivered to that station and to no other.
This book introduces modern LAN technologies, explains what they do, and describes
how they work. More than 250 figures are included to present concepts in an easyto-
understand manner.
The book includes chapters that follow topics to their full technical depth. However,
the material has been organized to allow the reader to explore the topics that are of
interest and skip subjects and details that are not currently needed.
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