🌹New List🌹GUC Virtual LANs: McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications -Book

At last-virtual local area network demystified! VLANs are one of the hottest new sub-networking technologies, because they allow remote workgroups to be linked by software rather than physical wiring. The detailed yet easy-to-understand guide addresses the VLAN construction basics, the latest standards from IEEE and commercial vendors, security issues, and more. It also describes and compares several VLAN products from such purveyors as Cray, Cisco, and Cabletron. From the Back Cover At last-virtual local area networks demystified. This authoritative guide answers all your questions on virtual LANs (VLANs). You'll discover what the hot, new VLANs are all about, why they're useful, whether or not they live up to their promise, and how they work. Indispensable for consultants, network managers, and administrators, this practical tool helps you: recognize the impact of overlapping and "leaky" VLANs on enterprise networks; utilize VLANs to divide large networks; understand logical network operation; select the appropriate VLAN for specific uses and implementations; install your own VLAN; identify and solve common network problems; and much more! You also get handy tutorials that quickly bring you up to speed on the latest switching technologies, the OSI model, and the latest standards from IEEE and commercial vendors-plus an up-close looking at cutting-edge VLAN products from Cray, Cisco, Cabletron, and other industry leaders. Written by a respected expert, Virtual LANs… GUC.