Local networks and the internet : From Protocols to Interconnection /

• Main Author: Toutain, Laurent
• Other Authors: Minaburo, Ana
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE ; 2011.; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011.
• Series: ISTE.
• Subjects: Intranets (Computer networks); Internet.; Computer network protocols.; Local area networks (Computer networks); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.; COMPUTERS > Networking > Network Protocols.; Electronic books.

"This title covers the most frequently used elements of the Internet and Intranet and their development. It details the latest developments in research and covers new themes such as IP6, MPLS, and IS-IS routing, as well as explaining the function of standardization committees such as IETF, IEEE...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Standardization and wiring
• Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 protocols
• The LLC and SNAP sublayers
• Interconnection by bridges: the spanning tree algorithm
• Internet
• IP protocols
• Level 4 protocols: TCP, UDP and SCTP
• Address resolution and automatic configuration protocols
• Routing protocols
• Internal routing protocols
• External routing protocols
• Virtual local networks
• MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching)
• IP on point-to-point links: PPP
• Network administration
• Security
• Flow management
• Bibliography
• Index.