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As with his earlier "Novell's Guide to Integrating UNIX and NetWare Networks" (see reviews), Gaskin has put together an extremely useful reference for a very interesting topic. NetWare LANs often need connectivity to other systems, with the Internet being the hot topic of the moment. Six chapters provide the basic concepts and background. There is an overview of the Internet itself, technological aspects and ideas, the business case for the use of the net, service providers, connection options, and access procedures. The bulk of the book consists of detailed reviews of major Internet gateway systems for NetWare, arranged by platform. (Demonstration versions of six of these are included on a compan... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Optical networks are the next revolution in technology, because they deliver the increased bandwidth demanded by the information explosion. Here is the first book to comprehensively cover this emerging wave, written for network engineers, administrators, and graduate-level students alike. It features case studies and research from pioneers at AT&T, Fujitsu, and NTT, offering hands-on knowledge that practitioners can immediately apply. The author, who is one of the few experts in this specialized field today, provides a thorough treatment of the system aspects of optical networks. His explanation of WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) is particularly timely, as WDM is becoming the backbone for the next generation of the Internet. He also ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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If you find the documentation for Procomm Plus for Windows 2 to be difficult, this may present an alternative. Wolfe's material is technically sound, but the utility is sometimes questionable. Chapter three, "Telecommunications Principles", is correct but disjointed. Chapter nine, on writing Procomm scripts, gives much detail on the script editor but nothing on the "Aspect" script language, itself. Quite acceptable replacement documentation if you don't need the script language. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994
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This well-balanced collection takes up the important issues in enabling widely available access to the Internet at a time of rapid commercialization and growth. The seventeen contributions present material that network managers, politicians, and other professionals need to know in order to ask the right questions and properly analyze the various proposals that are being considered for the future of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Chapters are grouped in five parts: The Public Access Agenda, The Sociology and Culture of the Internet, Establishing Network Communities, Accommodating New Classes of Users, and Pricing and Service Models. A Publication of the Information Infrastructure Project at Harvard University
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Given the title, it is difficult to say what could *not* be included in this book. And, given the size of other, similar dictionaries, and the comparative length of the entries, something must be. It is, though, very difficult to say what might be. Most of the information and terms are here, although they might be hard to find. Hamming code, for example, doesn't have a listing, although it is mentioned under the entry for ECC (error correcting code). On the other hand, I didn't find any mention of viruses at all. The material is quite detailed, with some entries covering eight pages or more. There is a good level of technical detail. The definitions and explanations are reliable (although I did wonder why a fellow Canadian had ne... Rest of this review on the detail page
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