The Handbook of Data Communications and Networks (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2004. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2004)
Volume 1. Volume 2

02. 2 Network topologies 744 02. 3 Token ring 747 02. 4 Ethernet 749 02. 5 LAN components 752 02. 6 Cabling standards 762 02. 7 Important networking definitions 769 03 Ethernet 771 03. 1 Introduction 771 03. 2 IEEE standards 772 03. 3 Ethernet-media access control (MAC) layer 773 03. 4 IEEE 802. 2 and Ethernet SNAP 775 03. 5 OSI and the IEEE 802. 3 standard 777 03. 6 Ethernet types 780 03. 7 Twisted-pair hubs 781 03. 8 100 Mbps Ethernet 782 03. 9 Gigabit Ethernet 787 03. 10 Bridges 792 03. 11 ARP 793 03. 12 RARP 797 03. 13 Spanning-Tree Protocol 798 03. 14 Additional 799 03. 15 Network interface card design BOO 03. 16 82559-based Ethernet 804 03. 17 Comparison of fast Ethernet with other technologies 806 04 Network Design, Switches and vLANs 807 04. 1 Introduction 807 04. 2 Network design 807 04. 3 Hierarchical network design 809 04. 4 Switches and switching hubs 814 04. 5 vlANs 818 05 Token Ring 825 05. 1 Introduction 825 05. 2 Operation 825 05. 3 Token Ring-media access control (MAC) 826 05. 4 Token Ring maintenance 828 05. 5 Token Ring multistation access units (MAUs) 829 05. 6 Cabling and connectors 830 05. 7 Repeaters 830 05. 8 Jitter suppression 831 06 FDDI 833 06. 1 Introduction 833 06. 2 Operation 834 06. 3 FOOl layers 834 06. 4 SMT protocol 836 06. 5 Physical connection management 836 06.

Preface. A.1. Introduction. A.2. Distributed Elements. A.3. Operating Systems. A.4. Processes and Scheduling. A.5. Distributed Processing. A.6. Distributed File Systems. A.7. Agents. B.1. Data Communications. B.2. Real-time Data and Compression. B.3. Error Coding. B.4. RS-232. B.5. Modems. B.6. Huffman/Lempel-Ziv Compression Methods. B.7. Image Compression (GIF). B.8. Image Compression (JPEG). B.9. Video Signals. B.10. Digital TV. B.11. Motion Video Compression. B.12. Speech and Audio Signals. B.13. Audio Signals. B.14. Audio Compression (MPEG-Audio and Dolby AC-3). B.15. Rs-232/Parallel Port Hardware. C.1. Busses, Interrupts and PC Systems. C.2. Interface Buses. C.3. PCI Bus. C.4. PC Motherboards. C.5. Hub-based Architecture. C.6. IDE. C.7. SCSI. C.8. PCMCIA (PC Card). C.9. USB and Firewire. C.10. Games Port, Keyboard and Mouse. C.11. AGP. C.12. Fiber Channel. C.13. RS-232. C.14. RS-422, RS-423 and RS-485. C.15. Interrupt-driven RS-232. C.16. Parallel Port. C.17. Enhanced Parallel Port. C.18. Modbus. C.19. Fieldbus. C.20. WorldFIP. C.21. CAN Bus. C.22. IEEE-488, VME and VXI. D.1. Introduction to Networks. D.2. Networking Types. D.3. Ethernet. D.4. Network Design, Switches and vLANs. D.5. Token Ring. D.6. FDDI. D.7. ATM. D.8. HDLC. D.9. ISDN. D.10. X.25. D.11. Wireless Networks (IEEE 802. 11b). D.12. Mobile Networks. D.13. Wireless LAN Architecture. D.14. ADSL and Cable Modems. D.15. Location Services. E.1. IP. E.2. TCP/UDP. E.3. SPX/IPX. E.4. NetBEUI and NetBIOS. E.5. PPP, SLIP and VPNs. E.6. TCP/IP Commands. E.7. Socket Programming. E.8. FTP and HTTP Clients. E.9. Java Sockets Using Threads. F.1. Routers. F.2. Routing Protocols. F.3. Security. F.4. Router Programming and ACLs. F.5. Encryption. F.6. Public-key Encryption. F.7. Router Emulator. F.8. Switch Emulator. F.9. Wireless Emulator. F.10. IPCONFIG Command and Host. F.11. Modem Emulator. G.1. Electronic Mail. G.2. WWW and HTTP. G.3. SNMP, Wins, Bootp, DNS and DHCP. G.4. FTP/Http/Telnet Set Up and Programming. G.5. NIS, NFS, RC, FTP and DNS. H.1. Networking Operating Systems. H.2. UNIX. H.3. Novell NetWare and NDS. I.1. Cable Specifications. I.2. Fiber Optic Systems. I.3. Line Codes. I.4. Transmission Lines. J.1. Java Script. J.2. PHP. J.3. PHP (Sessions and Databases). J.4. ASP. J.5. ASP (Forms Sessions and Databases). J

This is a complete reference about Data Communications and Networks, the 2nd edition to a successful first book on the topic. Dr. Buchanan is seen to be an international expert in IT