Front Cover; Networking Explained; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Fundamental Concepts of Computer Networks and Networking; Chapter 2. Network Topologies, Architectures, and the OSI Model; Chapter 3. The Internet and TCP/IP; Chapter 4. Physical Layer Concepts; Chapter 5. Data Link Layer Concepts and IEEE Standards; Chapter 6. Network Hardware Components (Layers 1 and 2); Chapter 7. WANS, Internetworking, and Network Layer Concepts and Components; Chapter 8. Ethernet, Ethernet, and More Ethernet; Chapter 9. Token Ring; Chapter 10. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI).
Chapter 11. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)Chapter 12. Frame Relay; Chapter 13. Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS); Chapter 14. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM); Chapter 15. Dialup and Home Networking; Chapter 16. Network Security Issues; Chapter 17. Network Convergence; Chapter 18. Wireless Networking; Appendix A: Vendor Ethernet/802.3 Prefixes; Appendix B: Using Parity for Single-Bit Error Correction; Appen.
