Book description
This unique book offers a vendor-neutral approach for designing large local area networks according to business or organizational needs, rather than from a product perspective. Author and independent network design consultant Kevin Dooley outlines "top-down network design" for building a technological infrastructure to fit your organization's requirements, a process far more effective and cost-efficient than fitting the organization to the parameters of a shrink-wrapped proprietary solution. Dooley argues that the design of a network is largely independent of the products used. Whether you use a Cisco or Juniper router, the same security issues and protocols apply. The questions he addresses in this book are need-specific: Do I use a router or a switch? Should I route between switched areas or switch between routed areas? Designing Large-Scale LANs covers everything from security, bandwidth and scalability to network reliability, which includes backup, redundancy, and points of failure. Specific technologies are analyzed in detail: network topologies, routing and switching strategies, wireless, virtual LANs, firewalls and gateways, security, Internet protocols, bandwidth, and multicast services. The book also discusses proprietary technologies that are ubiquitous, such as Cisco's IOS and Novell's IPX. This complete guide to top-down network design will help you choose the right network solutions. If you're designing large scale networks and need expert advice and guidance, look no further than Designing Large-Scale LANs.
Table of contents
- Designing Large-Scale LANs
- Preface
- 1. Networking Objectives
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2. Elements of Reliability
- 2.1. Defining Reliability
- 2.2. Redundancy
- 2.3. Failure Modes
- 3. Design Types
- 4. Local Area Network Technologies
- 5. IP
- 6. IP Dynamic Routing
- 7. IPX
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8. Elements of Efficiency
- 8.1. Using Equipment Features Effectively
- 8.2. Hop Counts
- 8.3. MTU Throughout the Network
- 8.4. Bottlenecks and Congestion
- 8.5. Filtering
- 8.6. Quality of Service and Traffic Shaping
- 9. Network Management
- 10. Special Topics
- A. Appendix: Combining Probabilities
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Designing Large Scale Lans
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2001
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596001506
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