About this product: With the capability to increase network traffic speeds by a factor of ten, Gigabit Ethernet technology is of critical importance to network engineers and administrators. With in-depth and hands-on knowledge from key contributors to the Gigabit Ethernet standard, Gigabit Ethernet Networking provides both the necessary context of the technology and advanced knowledge of its implementation. Network architects and engineers will find critical information on the fundamental issues that effect the deployment of Gigabit Ethernet technology. This comprehensive guide covers critical compatibility information for end stations, repeaters, switches, and routers in Gigabit Ethernet networks, transmission issues involving both copper and optical fiber physical layers, proven planning procedures that guide network engineers and architects in the installation and management of equipment used to implement Gigabit Ethernet, and more.
About this product: If you don't mind a little corny humor mixed in with your technology, then you'll be delighted with Rich Seifert's Gigabit Ethernet. Written in an unpretentious, highly accessible style, this book provides an enlightening overview of Gigabit Ethernet and offers a historical peek into the Ethernet world. Despite Seifert's personal history (he was one of the original architects of the Ethernet standard), he refrains from the hard sell, instead offering a balanced, reasonably objective take on the subject. The book does lack a centralized glossary; however, the abundant and generous footnotes and clear text more than make up for this shortcoming.
Gigabit Ethernet is divided into three parts--Foundations of Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet Technology, and Applying Gigabit Ethernet. The first section strolls down memory lane, telling the story of Ethernet itself, one of the industry's most venerated technologies. Seifert ends these preliminary chapters with sections on how Gigabit Ethernet will address some of the older technology's drawbacks. The section on Gigabit Ethernet technology begins with an overview of the standard and its technological fundamentals, ends with the irreverently titled "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gigabit Ethernet Standard," and delves into media access control, hubs, and physical layer architecture in between. Wrapping up this volume are chapters covering how Gigabit Ethernet would be deployed in a real-world network, performance issues, and competing technologies. --Sarah L. Roberts-Witt
About this product: TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the suite of communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols, the two main ones being TCP and IP. TCP/IP is built into the UNIX operating system and is used by the Internet, making it the de facto standard for transmitting data over networks. The TCP/IP suite of protocols has become a dominant technology due to its widespread use and reliability, while Ethernet is fast becoming a de facto industrial networking standard.
* A practical hands-on book that covers troubleshooting and maintenance of TCP/IP networks * Provides a solid understanding of the application of TCP/IP from an engineering perspective * Complete coverage from networking fundamentals to Internet-enabled control systems
About this product: Facilitating high data transfers over long distances at a reasonable cost, Carrier Ethernet is solidifying its fundamental position as the core of next-generation networks. Since it first dazzled the IT world 40 years ago with its ability to move data over local networks, Ethernet has dramatically evolved in both form and function. And now, Carrier Ethernet, flexing its multi-gigabit muscle, is rapidly emerging as the undisputed technology of choice.
As engaging as it is comprehensive, this volume—
Examines the differences between the so-called flavors of Ethernet
Provides refreshers on virtual LANs (VLANs), virtual private networks (VPNs), and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Details Carrier advantages over other modalities with regard to network performance
Delves into Service Level Agreements, including ways to obtain a quality of service for the movement of voice and real-time video, as well as the creation of VLANs to facilitate the movement of data
Describes various services that can be enabled over an Ethernet infrastructure
All You Need to Know about this Carrier-Class System
Ensuring seamless migration to Carrier Ethernet from existing technologies, as well as integration with emerging services, this text provides readers with the expert guidance needed to make full use of Ethernet technology, both now and into the future.
About this product: This book provides guidance on how to select components, layout, install, test, certify, and troubleshoot a network system. It discusses designing industrial physical layers, network architectures, and components. The book educates the reader on the basics of noise, how to mitigate and abate it through installation techniques and selection of components that would provide a level of performance needed in a hostile industrial environmentThe major topics include: Grounding and Bonding; IT and Industrial Control Networks; Environmental Considerations; Ethernet Security; MICE Tutorial; Installation Guidance; Certification; and Troubleshooting.
About this product: PROFINET is the first integrated Industrial Ethernet Standard for automation, and utilizes the advantages of Ethernet and TCP/IP for open communication from the corporate management level to the process itself. PROFINET CBA divides distributed, complex applications into autonomous units of manageable size. Existing fieldbuses such as PROFIBUS and AS-Interface can be integrated using so-called proxies. This permits separate and cross-vendor development, testing and commissioning of individual plant sections prior to the integration of the solution as a whole. PROFINET IO, with its particularly fast real-time communication, fulfills all demands currently placed on the transmission of process data and enables easy integration of existing fieldbus systems. Isochronous real-time (IRT) is used for isochronous communication in motion control applications. PROFINET depends on established IT standards for network management and teleservice. Particulary to automation control engineering it offers a special security concept. Special industrial network technology consisting of active network components, cables and connection systems, together with recommendations for installation, complete the concept. This book serves as an introduction to PROFINET technology. Configuring engineers, commissioning engineers and technicians are given an overview of the concept and the fundamentals they need to solve PROFINET-based automation tasks. Technical relationships and practical applications are described using SIMATIC products as example.
About this product: In a local area network (LAN) or intranet, there are many pieces of hardare trying to gain access to the network transmission media at the same time (i.e., phone lines, coax, wireless, etc.). However, a network cable or wireless transmission frequency can physically only allow one node to use it at a given time. Therefore, there must be some way to regulate which node has control of the medium (a media access control, or MAC, protocol). Ethernet is a MAC protocol; it is one way to regulate physical access to network tranmission media.
Ethernet networking is used primarily by networks that are contained within a single physical location. If you need to design, install, and manage a network in such an envronment, i.e., home or small business office, then this book will give you an in-depth understanding of the technology involved in an Ethernet network.
One of the major goals of this book is to demystify the jargon of networks so that the reader gains a working familiarity with common networking terminology and acronyms.
In addition, this books explains not only how to choose and configure network hardware but also provides practical information about the types of network devices and software needed to make it all work. Tips and direction on how to manage an Ethernet network are also provided.
This book therefore goes beyond the hardware aspects of Ethernet to look at the entire network from bottom to top, along with enough technical detail to enable the reader to make intelligent choices about what types of transmission media are used and the way in which the various parts of the network are interconnected.
*Explains how the Ethernet works, with emphasis on current technologies and emerging trends in gigabit and fast Ethernet, WiFi, routers, and security issues *Teaches how to design and select complementary components of Ethernet networks with a focus on home and small business applications *Discuses the various types of cables, software, and hardware involved in constructing, connecting, operating and monitoring Ethernet networks
About this product: Provides a comprehensive introduction to Internet standards for running IP over Ethernet, the process of turning a proposed specification into a full Internet standard, tips and techniques to find the exact RFC that you need, and up-to-date Ethernet and IP standards.
About this product: Suddenly the action in telecom is on the local segment of the carrier network--the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). The big challenge in 2002 and beyond will be to re-architect MANs for broadband services and hee is the perfect resource for assessing the technology options in terms of next-generation platforms, products, and business models. This book will help service providers answer questions such as "SONET or Ethernet?", and "ATM or point-to-point?"
* Sorts out the options and reviews each likely solution against application requirements * Discusses complicated issues such as municipal-owned infrastructure * First book to review all emerging metro protocols and their interactions * Offers design approaches and business models for real-world deployments
About this product: LANs no longer serve only to help office workers share printers and exchange files. The future of the LAN runs heavily to bandwidth-intensive applications. The authors of Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet know this, and they do excellent work in bringing their readers up to speed on the newest high-capacity Ethernet technologies.
Using conceptual illustrations and circuit diagrams liberally, Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet defines the three LAN standards in its title and details how they compare to each other and to competing technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). You'll find coverage of repeaters, bridges, routers, and full-duplex Ethernet, along with information on Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Layer 3 switching.
The authors don't get swept up in the hype associated with these new technologies, even when offering practical advice on building, expanding, and managing LANs. They acknowledge that, in many cases, 10BaseT networks will be fine for some time, but they go to much trouble to spotlight the implementation issues of particular concern to managers of high-capacity LANs.
In addition to coverage of emergent Ethernet technologies, Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet provides context by presenting a history of the networking industry and the technologies and companies that have defined it. This book is a complete picture of the LAN industry. --David Wall
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