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Ethernet: The Definitive Guide
Charles Spurgeon
$29.67

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The "Ethernet"--as distinct from the Internet, intranet, sneakernet, and others in the net family--is both a familiar face and a familiar name. However, it evokes the mental experience of the school crossing guard whose ownership of a corner of your mindscape is so context-sensitive that a change in venue renders the name or face placeless. Crossing guard or letter carrier? Just what is the Ethernet, again? True to his subject's infrastructural centrality and steadfast obscurity, Charles E. Spurgeon delivers a solid, basic treatise, Ethernet: The Definitive Guide, which describes its subject matter in all of its mundane glory. Appropriately, this is the octopus book from O'Reilly.

Spurgeon's examination of Ethernet spans four sections with 20 chapters, three appendices, an 18-page glossary of acronyms and jargon, and a generous index. The Ethernet is the hardware of the Inter/intranet and the underlying packet-formatting software protocols that control the hardware interfaces. But it is mostly just hardware: cables (thin-coaxial, thick, twisted pair, fiber optical), connectors (BNC, RJ-45), hubs (switching, routing), and system catch-all naming conventions (10BASE-2, 10BASE-T.) Sensibly, the discussion excludes Ethernet cards and network communications protocols that are more detailed than frame or packet definition, viz., there is essentially no information on packet-level security. But if you need a plan for designing a telephone closet, Spurgeon waxes eloquent on both network topologies and impedance matching.

Spurgeon's survey of the Ethernet is enriched by his intimate knowledge of its historical and developmental context. He glances through the original 1970s papers by Metcalfe in which the Ethernet was parameterized as well as the unfortunate misunderstanding of Metcalfe's simple model of throughput, and the subsequent papers that tracked performance characteristics and corrected misunderstandings.

Since Spurgeon's book is aimed at the network practitioner, his discussions answer engineering questions: How do you design a network? How do the pieces perform? How does it all go together? How do you know what broke? The book is copiously and clearly illustrated with conceptual figures, pin-out diagrams, performance charts, and some basic printouts from network diagnostic applications. There is no network monitoring code whatsoever. Clearly it is best not to mix up the network designer with the programmer, just as the school crossing guard really isn't the letter carrier. But you have to remember to remember that. --Peter Leopold

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Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN
Greg White
$50.06

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Understand and evaluate the delivery of Carrier Ethernet using different technologies

Carrier Ethernet is rapidly becoming the de facto platform for offering the next generation of high-bandwidth multimedia applications. Delivering Carrier Ethernet: Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN provides, for the very first time, an in-depth assessment of the various network solutions that can be used to deliver Carrier Ethernet services. The book is based on extensive real-world deployments and is written by globally renowned experts. A standard solution framework is used consistently throughout to address each underlying technology, its benefits and pitfalls, deployment approaches, ongoing developments, economic assessments, and key vendors promoting the solution. The potential evolution of Carrier Ethernet itself is also considered in detail.

• Copper
• HFC (Hybrid Fiber-Coax)
• PONs (Passive Optical Networks)
• TDM (Time Division Multiplexing)
• Fiber and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
• Optical Wireless Mesh Network/Free Space Optics
• SONET (Synchronous Optical NETworking)/MSPP (Multi-Service Provisioning Platform)
• RPR (Resilient Packet Ring)
• Bridging/Switching
• MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching)
• WiMAX/WiMAC

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Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete
Jan Axelson
$31.22

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Bringing together two areas of computer technology—networking and embedded systems—this developer's guide offers guidance and examples for each of these, with a focus on the special requirements and limits of embedded systems. Because developing an embedded system for networking requires knowledge from many areas, including circuit design, programming, network architecture, and Ethernet and Internet protocols, developers are given valuable technical information on each that can be put to use right away. Covered are the advantages and limits of using Ethernet to connect embedded systems in a local network, hardware and program code needed to connect an embedded system to an Ethernet network and the Internet, and how to build a network. Also discussed are how embedded systems can use TCP/IP and related protocols and how personal-computer applications can use the protocols to communicate with embedded systems. Developers will learn how their Web server's pages can include dynamic, real-time content and respond to user input.

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Metro Ethernet (Networking Technology)
Sam Halabi
$50.00

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The definitive guide to enterprise and carrier metro Ethernet applications

• Easy to read and understand, following the style of the best-selling Internet Routing Architectures
• Understand emerging metro Ethernet services such as point-to-point packet-leased line services and multipoint-to-multipoint VPLS
• Learn to scale your Ethernet LAN beyond the enterprise wall and across a geographically dispersed virtual private campus
• Understand the drivers and the challenges that carriers face in transforming the metro to address data services
• Understand the different metro deployment models using SONET/SDH, next-generation SONET/SDH, Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EOS), virtual concatenation, Generic Framing Protocol (GFP), and Resilient Packet Ring (RPR).
• Examine the VPLS model and how MPLS can extend an L2 service across the MAN and the WAN
• Learn about the characteristics of a GMPLS architecture

Metro networks have emerged as an area of growth for the networking industry and represent a major shift in how data services are offered to businesses and residential customers. This is not only a technology shift but also a shift in the operational and business models that will allow incumbent carriers to transform the metro to offer enhanced data services.

Ethernet has been the technology of choice for the enterprise and is now emerging as the access interface of choice for delivering data services in the metro. Emerging metro Ethernet services include packet-leased line services and virtual private LAN service (VPLS). These services are delivered over a wide mix of metro transport technologies such as SONET/SDH, next-generation SONET/SDH, Ethernet/WDM, and Resilient Packet Ring. With the simplicity, flexibility, and cost effectiveness of Ethernet networks comes the challenge of scaling Ethernet Layer 2 (L2) services over metro and WAN deployments.

Metro Ethernet looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view. It gives a description of the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and the challenges to be faced in transforming the metro to address data services.

Metro Ethernet discusses the mix of transport technologies deployed in the metro and the migration strategies that metro operators will adopt in moving from today's SONET/SDH network to an all-Ethernet network. You'll learn about the VPLS model and how you can use MPLS to extend an L2 service across the MAN and the WAN. You'll explore traffic engineering and how you can use RSVP TE to increase the reliability and availability of the metro service. Finally, you will examine an emerging MPLS technology called Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) and how it is used to facilitate the operation and deployment of metro networks. GMPLS presents a major shift in the operation and configuration of transport networks and will tremendously influence the future deployments of metro and WAN networks.

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press(r), which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Solution
$125.00

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This book introduces you to Nortel's Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS) platforms, including ERS 8600, ERS 8300, ERS 5500, ERS 4500, and ERS 2500.

This book is divided into two parts; each will help you prepare for a Nortel Professional Certification exam. The first part of this book introduces the Nortel Converged Campus Architecture. Three standard designs, encompassing different sizing and feature requirements, are discussed in detail. For each design, you will learn the ERS product placement and the Nortel recommended best practices. You will be introduced to the latest features of the ERS 8600 5.0 software, including network virtualization, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and the IPVPN solution. In addition, you'll learn how the ERS 8300 4.1 software expands its capability as a core switch by adding Routed Split MultiLink Trunking (RSMLT). You will learn how these latest features of ERS Campus core products compliment and extend your network design solutions. Detailed discussion of the underlying ERS technologies that provide performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), and resilience are also included. This part can also help you gain the necessary knowledge to design small, medium, and large converged campus solutions following the Nortel best practices design recommendations.

The first part of this book will help prepare you for the Nortel Certified Design Specialist (NCDS) Nortel Converged Campus ERS Solution (920-220) Nortel Professional Certification exam.

The second part of the book builds upon part one and explores the installation process for Nortel ERS, including licensing and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations. This part discusses the processes involved in the implementation of Nortel's small, medium, and large converged campus solutions. Hardware resiliency, power considerations, and physical links are discussed along with Ethernet switching technologies, including link detection/protection, link resiliency, Layer 2 and Layer 3 security, Layer 3 routing, and QoS.

Both part one and part two of this book will help prepare you for the Nortel Certified Support Specialist (NCSS) Nortel Converged Campus ERS Installation & Configuration (920-221) Nortel Professional Certification exam.

Key Topics covered:

-Converged Network Architecture
-Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Portfolio
-Layer 1 Physical Media Types and Power over Ethernet
-Designing Virtual Local Area Networks and Layer 2 Considerations
-Designing a Layer 3 Routed Network
-Link Aggregation
-Nortel Split MultLink Trunking
-Layer 3 Redundancy: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol and Routed Split MultLink Trunking
-Quality of Service for the Enterprise
-Designing for IP Multicasting
-Converged Campus Solution Design Overview
-Converged Campus Ethernet Routing Switch Solutions
-ERS 8600, 8300, 5500, 4500 and 2500 Installation and Configuration
-Small, Medium and Large Campus Core Solution
-Small, Medium and Large Campus Edge Solution

BOOK
Data Center Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Silvano Gai
$8.29

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This books describes recent trends in Data Center Networks including lossy vs. lossless, Pause, Priority Flow Control, Enhanced Transmission Scheduler, Data Center Bridging, Layer 2 Multipath and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

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Ethernet Networks: Design, Implementation, Operation,  Management
Gilbert Held
$48.48

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Ethernet Networks, Fourth Edition, provides everything you need to know to plan, implement, manage and upgrade Ethernet networks.

• Improve your skills in employing Ethernet hubs, switches, and routers.
• 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 End Crosstalk), FEXT (Far End Crosstalk) and other transmission parameters.
• Profit from Gilbert Held's tips and tricks on enhancing security

This indispensable resource features up-to-date coverage of:

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Ethernet-Based Metro Area Networks
Emma Minoli
$46.92

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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

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Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet (3rd Edition)
Robert Breyer
$15.50

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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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Gigabit Ethernet: Technology and Applications for High-Speed LANs
Rich Seifert
$23.00

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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