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A Practical Guide to Content Delivery Networks offers an organized approach to implementing the networks responsible for the distribution of various types of Web traffic, including standard Web pages and streaming audio and video...

WiFi is one of the fastest growing technologies of all time and everyone is interested in learning how to use it...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Networking, Fourth Edition gives readers the ability and understanding necessary to create and administer a network...

This forward-looking reference introduces a new generation of network technologies and architecture that allows the creation, customization, and management of new services and applications deployed dynamically into network nodes...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the IFIP TC6 5th International Workshop on Active Networks, IWAN 2003, held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 2003...

Active networking is an exciting new paradigm in digital networking that has the potential to revolutionize the manner in which communication takes place...

This book introduces a new explanatory cross-layer model specifically designed to understand all aspects of ad hoc and sensor networking, from design through performance issues to application requirements...

AD HOC NETWORKS: Technologies and Protocols is a concise in-depth treatment of various constituent components of ad hoc network protocols...

"This book covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to implementing and managing a modern data center...

With its promise of high speed Internet access, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) techniques are now making their way out of the laboratory and into the general consumer market...

Routers, switches, and transmission equipment form the backbone of the Internet, yet many users and service technicians do not understand how these nodes really work...

ADVANCED WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKS brings the reader a sample of recent research efforts representative of advances in the areas of recognized importance for the future Internet, such as ad hoc networking, mobility support and performance improvements in advanced networks and protocols...

Ambient Networks defines a new kind of network architecture, which embeds support for co operation and competition between diverse network types within a common control layer...

This new work presents the mathematical theory and techniques for analyzing and modeling high-performance global communication networks, with a focus on software employed at the end nodes and intermediate switches...

IT organizations face pressure to increase productivity, improve application performance, support global collaboration, improve data protection, and minimize costs...

This new, leading-edge resource provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the systems engineering principles and details needed to implement wireless broadband applications, using ATM interworking methods with emphasis on traffic management and QoS issues...

It is important to understand what came before and how to meld new products with legacy systems...

Everything You Need to Know About Cisco Internetworking Technologies - Step-by-Step Instructions for Integrating Wired and Wireless LAN Technologies, Including Coverage of the Cisco Aironet Line of Devices - Detailed Coverage of Cisco WAN Technologies, Including Configuration and Deployment - Build a Working PIX Firewall Design, from Initial Planning to Robust Configuration

The last decade has seen a rapid surge of interest in new sensing and monitoring devices for healthcare and the use of wearable/wireless devices for clinical applications...

This book outlines everything people need to make the move from a dial-up connection to an always-on DSL or cable Internet connection that is up to forty times faster than a standard modem connection Nielsen estimated there were thirty-nine million U...

This book focuses on broadband distribution and systems architecture and concentrates on practical concepts that will allow the reader to do their own design, improvement, and troubleshooting work...

Survival Guide to Understanding -- and Profiting From -- Broadband! Get the right answers for smart broadband decision making-- from financial, management and marketing to equipment, applications, and protocols...

“Network professionals who are looking to deploy triple-play service provider networks will find this book a useful tool...

Broadband Optical Access and Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) will provide the ultimate broadband service capabilities...

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Build real-world, end-to-end network monitoring solutions with Nagios

This is the definitive guide to building low-cost, enterprise-strength monitoring infrastructures with Nagios, the world’s leading open source monitoring tool...

This book is a comprehensive guide to using Openswan for building both basic and industry size, military strength VPNs for medium to very large organizations...

Plan, Design, Deploy, and Maintain a Secure DMZ Segment on Your Network After reading Building DMZs for Enterprise Networks you will understand how to design, plan, implement, maintain, secure, and test a DMZ segment using a variety of technologies...

In the vast and varied universe of computer books, only a few stand out as the best in their subject areas...

A comprehensive handbook for understanding, designing, and deploying multiservice network architecture and applications

• Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot ONS 15454 applications and services
• Learn SONET/SDH and DWDM fundamentals
• Understand Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) network architectures that support Ethernet, storage area networking, wavelength, and DWDM transport applications
• Extend your MSPP with Cisco storage solutions

Learn how to gain the edge of providing the most reliable service-level guarantees to customers Network and service provider engineers are often faced with the difficult challenge of meeting a less-than-logical service need of a customer and at the most reasonable price...

Completely updated, the best-selling business networking reference returns...

The increasing business use of wireless and mobile technologies on a variety of devices has accelerated the need for a better understanding of the technologies involved...

Carriers and service providers have united around the concept of the Next-Generation Network (NGN)...

*The #1 A-Z network and telecom cabling reference - 100% updated!
*New coverage! Fiber, home networking, cable modems, and much more
*WAN connections, xDSL wiring-even wireless networks
*Step-by-step planning, implementation, and management
*Systematic troubleshooting guide
*Quick-reference, task-oriented format!
*The professional's guide to computer and telecom cabling!
*Completely updated! Fiber, home networking, cable modems, wireless, and more
*Choosing the right vendors and products
*Great preparation for Network cable-related exam objectives!

The Cabling Handbook, Second Edition is a thorough, up-to-the-minute professional's guide to every aspect of LAN and telecommunications cabling, from planning through installation and management...

The physical linkages responsible for carrying a company's data continue to be the most neglected components of the typical network--to the extent that nearly 700f all network-related problems result from poor cabling...

Facilitating high data transfers over long distances at a reasonable cost, Carrier Ethernet is solidifying its fundamental position as the core of next-generation networks...

Check Point NGX R65 is the next major release of Check Point's flagship firewall software product, which has over 750,000 registered users...

A comprehensive guide to the best common practices for Internet service providers

• Learn the best common practices for configuring routers on the Internet from experts who helped build the Internet
• Gain specific advice through comprehensive coverage of all Cisco routers and current versions of Cisco IOS Software
• Understand the Cisco IOS tools essential to building and maintaining reliable networks
• Increase your knowledge of network security
• Learn how to prevent problems and improve performance through detailed configuration examples and diagrams

The firewall has come to exemplify network security...

Set up a high-speed home network

Network the computers and peripheral devices in your home or small office with the fun and practical projects packed inside this hands-on guide...

Cognitive networks can dynamically adapt their operational parameters in response to user needs or changing environmental conditions...

Progress in collaborative networks continues showing a growing number of manifestations and has led to the acceptance of Collaborative Networks (CN) as a new scientific discipline...

What started with the sundial has, thus far, been refined to a level of precision based on atomic resonance: Time...

Included are numerous Challenge Exercises, which allow students to gain hands-on experience with networking related tools and utilities, and Challenge Scenarios...

Certain data-communication protocols hog the spotlight, but all of them have a lot in common...

The most up-to-date introduction to the field of computer networking, this book's top-down approach starts at the application layer and works down the protocol stack...

A comprehensive introduction to computer networks emphasizing network protocols and algorithms, from the physical layer to the application layer and from local area networks (LANS) to satellite networks...

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, designed for an advanced college-level course in network design and operation, provides the network applications programmer with detailed information about how networks do their thing...

This book is an easy-to-read guide to using IPCop in a variety of different roles within the network...

Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls is the only complete reference to this family of products...

Your Complete Guide to Juniper's NetScreen Firewall Appliances

• Complete Coverage of Advanced Troubleshooting Techniques and the NetScreen Security Manager
• Comprehensive Coverage of the NetScreen NCSA 5...

A thorough knowledge of modern connection-oriented networks is essential to understanding the current and near-future state of networking...

Content distribution networks (CDNs) are the most promising new techniques for coping with the huge and swiftly growing volume of Internet traffic...

As the Internet has grown, so have the challenges associated with delivering static, streaming, and dynamic content to end-users...

This book focuses largely on enabling technologies for network convergence...

Data and Computer Communications provides a clear and comprehensive survey of the whole field of data communications and provides an up-to-date tutorial on leading-edge network technologies...

A broad introductory text written for computer scientists and engineers, focusing on the fundamental aspects of data communications and computer networks...

Data Communications And Networking by Behrouz Forouzan provides a thorough introduction to the concepts that underlie networking technology...

Data Communications Networking Devices Operation, Utilization and LAN and VAN Internetworking Fourth Edition Gilbert Held 4-Degree Consulting, Macon, Georgia, USA Data communications continue to grow enormously as a key part of telecommunications...

Data Networking is a capability that allows users to combine separate data bases, telecommunication systems, and specialised computer operations into a single integrated system, so that data communication can be handled as easily as voice messages...

Data Networks builds on the foundation laid in Kenyon's first book, High-Performance Data Network Design, with expanded coverage of routing, security, multicasting, and advanced design topics such as performance optimization and fault tolerance...

Field-proven MPLS designs covering MPLS VPNs, pseudowire, QoS, traffic engineering, IPv6, network recovery, and multicast --Understand technology applications in various service provider and enterprise topologies via detailed design studies --Benefit from the authors' vast experience in MPLS network deployment and protocol design --Visualize real-world solutions through clear, detailed illustrations --Design studies cover various operator profiles including an interexchange carrier (IXC), a national telco deploying a multiservice backbone carrying Internet and IP VPN services as well as national telephony traffic, an international service provider with many POPs all around the globe, and a large enterprise relying on Layer-3 VPN services to control communications within and across subsidiaries --Design studies are thoroughly explained through detailed text, sample configurations, and network diagrams Definitive MPLS Network Designs provides examples of how to combine key technologies at the heart of IP/MPLS networks...

Understand and evaluate the delivery of Carrier Ethernet using different technologies

Carrier Ethernet is rapidly becoming the de facto platform for offering the next generation of high-bandwidth multimedia applications...

Best practices for planning and deployment of broadband WWANs

• Learn insider tips from an experienced wireless industry leader
• Understand the principles that underlie the operation of all wireless systems
• Learn how to provide profitable and reliable wireless Internet access
• Select the most effective equipment and antenna systems for your area
• Avoid common pitfalls encountered by new wireless network operators
• Minimize the effects of noise and interference on your network
• Enjoy the satisfaction of providing wireless Internet access to your community
• Practice the business principles used by successful wireless ISPs (WISPs)
• Use 802...

Learn how to deploy security-enhanced 802...

Designing and Developing Scalable IP Networks takes a “real world” approach to the issues that it covers...

Large networks are complex systems, with many interdependent devices held together only by the strength of the network designer's specifications...

Offering new services is a great way for your organization to drive traffic and boost revenue, and what better foundation for these services than IP? This much is a given...

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a means of allocating and managing IP addresses dynamically over a network...

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a way to automate and manage the network configurations of devices that use the TCP/IP protocol suite...

Dictionary of Internetworking Terms and Acronyms is a comprehensive reference to thousands of technical terms that networking students and professionals refer to on a daily basis...

The traditional fortress mentality of system security has proven ineffective to attacks by disruptive technologies...

This volume covers both theoretical and practical aspects of distributed computing...

The Domain Name System is one of the foundations of the internet...

While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name...

Top-notch advice on adopting DSL
DSL is exploding, with fifteen million fast Internet connections in 2001 and probably forty million more by 2003...

This reference provides an overview of the key concepts related to the major issues of optical Internet, and studies traditionally and recently proposed optical switching paradigms...

The book presents mechanisms, protocols, and system architectures to achieve end-to-end Quality-of-Service (QoS) over heterogeneous wired/wireless networks in the Internet...

Without Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), network administrators might have to actually get out of their chairs and go see what's up with all of the network-connected equipment under their authority...

Ethereal offers more protocol decoding and reassembly than any free sniffer out there and ranks well among the commercial tools...

IEEE standard 802...

In a local area network (LAN) or intranet, there are many pieces of hardare trying to gain access to the network transmission media at the same time (i...

Ethernet/IEEE 802...

Your total guide to planning, designing, implementing, and managing state-of-the-art Ethernet networks

From 10Base-T through Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet Networks, Third Edition provides everything you need to know to plan, implement, manage, and upgrade Ethernet networks...

Fast and Efficient Context-Aware Services gives a thorough explanation of the state-of-the-art in Context-Aware-Services (CAS)...

For technicians, electricians, engineers, and cable installers, there's no better guide to indoor and outdoor fiber optic cable installation than this one...

The essential guide to understanding and using firewalls to protect personal computers and your network

• An easy-to-read introduction to the most commonly deployed network security device
• Understand the threats firewalls are designed to protect against
• Learn basic firewall architectures, practical deployment scenarios, and common management and troubleshooting tasks
• Includes configuration, deployment, and management checklists

Firewalls is a guide to protecting an Internet-connected network from external threats--a complex task...

Emerging new applications for a mature technology...

The best-selling book on frame relay now updated to include the latest advances...

Internet usage has evolved from a predominately client/server-based Web server interaction to additionally involving the use of more decentralized applications – through which users contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole - and still further to distributed communities based around the Web...

Switching theory and logic design provide mathematical foundations and tools for digital system design that is an essential part in the research and development in almost all areas of modern technology...

Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) are key technologies for next-generation IP backbone networks...

A book that bridges the gap between the communities of network and Grid experts...

Why choose T-1? 1...

In the beginning there was dial-up, and it was slow; then came broadband in the form of cable, which redefined how we access the internet, share information, and communicate with each other online...

System administration is about the design, running and maintenance of human-computer systems...

Frustrated with networking books so chock-full of acronyms that your brain goes into sleep mode? Head First Networking's unique, visually rich format provides a task-based approach to computer networking that makes it easy to get your brain engaged...

High-Performance Data Network Design contains comprehensive coverage of network design, performance, and availability...

Learn to Design High Performance Switches and Routers for Today's Ever Growing Internet Traffic

As Internet traffic continues to grow, and demands for quality of service become more stringent, researchers and engineers can turn to High Performance Switches and Routers for tested and proven solutions...

Internet traffic is increasing at a rate of at least 200% per year...

Leading authorities deliver the commandments for designing high-speed networks
There are no end of books touting the virtues of one or another high-speed networking technology, but until now, there were none offering networking professionals a framework for choosing and integrating the best ones for their organization's networking needs...

This complete technical guide to home network media, protocols, and implementation is the first systematic technical guide to all leading transmission media and communication protocols for in-home networking...

No need to be intimidated by home networking! With a very readable and easy to understand writing style, this book takes the anxiety out of learning how to build or expand a home network...

* As home networking technologies become more affordable and more popular, this new edition of a bestseller introduces readers to the basics of home networking * Walks readers through sharing printers or an Internet connection across several computers and explains how game consoles, televisions, and stereos can also be networked * Discusses all of the important aspects of having a home network, including planning and installing the network, security, and maintenance * This new edition covers Windows XP Service Pack 2 (a significant update for security, compatibility, stability, wired and wireless networking, and broadband changes) and pays special attention to the Windows Firewall * Topics include choosing and installing hardware, file sharing, sharing an Internet connection, security, Wi-Fi, and network maintenance

This book offers deep industrial insight into the development of DSL technologies and their related applications in the telecommunications industry...

Prevent hacker exploits with this comprehensive implementation guide

You're ready to see through the misconceptions and misinformation about NAP/NAC that might come your way...

"Why implement service quality? Is it possible to ensure reliable service quality in multi-service IP networks? Which technologies help in making end-to-end quality of service a realistic business proposition? In Implementing Service Quality in IP Networks, Vilho Räisänen answers these questions and more...

In todays fast paced, infocentric environment, professionals increasingly rely on networked information technology to do business...

Security professionals and administrators now have access to one of the most valuable resources for learning best practices for network perimeter security...

A text on networking theory and practice, providing information on general networking concepts, routing algorithms and protocols, addressing, and mechanics of bridges, routers, switches, and hubs...

Increasing numbers of ISPs have begun implementing multicast infrastructure...

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) was conceived in 1996 as a signaling protocol for inviting users to multimedia conferences...

If you can think of the problem, Internetworking Troubleshooting Handbook probably has the solution--at least when it comes to networking problems...

A comprehensive guide to all issues related to intranets and their management...

Many engineers and students experience difficulty in making sense of issues associated with IP and ATM teletraffic techniques...

This guide explains how data networks operate, why data systems are becoming more complicated, and how data networks are changing to permit broadband services and applications...

The ultimate introductory guide to analyzing network communications at the packet level...

The reader-friendly explanation of how the IP address space works and how it is used

• A reader-friendly introduction to the complex and confusing topic of IP addressing
• Thorough and understandable explanations of the binary mathematics behind IP addressing
• Complete coverage of the IPv4 address space without distractions of routing or transport protocols
• Detailed explanations of subnetting and supernetting, Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), CIDR, NAT, portable address spaces, and IPv6
• Strategies for managing an address space for enterprise WANs, data centers, and ISPs
• Numerous examples and an easy-to-read style of writing that imparts a profound understanding of IP addressing

Internet Protocol (IP) multicasting, generically speaking, describes technologies with which content providers can "radiate" packets onto a TCP/IP network, which then routes the packets to client nodes that want to receive them...

A thorough guide to understanding IP behavior in a router-based network

• Learn IP behavior in a Cisco router-based network from an expert
• Examine proven, effective troubleshooting techniques to eliminate the need for additional technical support
• Master IP fundamentals that everyone supporting an IP network needs to know
• Study visual explanations of complex real-world scenarios

IP Routing Primer focuses on how IP routing behaves in a Cisco router environment and also shows how you can use Cisco routers as a learning tool...

IP Routing Primer Plus takes the reader on a methodical journey through the OSI model and shows the relationship of the different IP protocol suite...

"For those considering network storage consolidation, Straight to the Core walks the reader through both the how and why of IP and Ethernet's flexibility...

This book presents different approaches in IP traffic theory and classifies them, especially towards applications in the Internet...

• Discusses how network traffic flow is complicated by the fact that each routing vendor has its own propietary implementation or extension to the routing protocols...

This book is designed to be an introduction to the Juniper Networks family of Internet routers and the Juniper Networks Operating System (JUNOS)...

Preface: When I wrote the first Juniper Networks software manual in the early summer of 1997, it was about 250 pages...

Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN appliances provide a complete range of remote access appliances for the smallest companies up to the largest service providers...

The Juniper Networks routing platforms are becoming the go-to solution for core, edge, metro and remote office networks, and JUNOS software is behind it all...

Written by the instructors and creators of the JNTCP-ER Certification Exams, JUNOS Enterprise Routing is the only comprehensive book for Juniper enterprise and edge routing environments...

If you’re in charge of a network, you’re probably aware that the only time anyone notices the network is when it goes down...

LAN Switch Security: What Hackers Know About Your Switches

A practical guide to hardening Layer 2 devices and stopping campus network attacks

Eric Vyncke

Christopher Paggen, CCIE® No...

Your First Step into the World of LAN Switching

• Understand switching basics with this reader-friendly guide that assumes no expertise in switching!
• Use hands-on activities to reinforce concepts and understand switching basics
• Learn from standard features from the First-Step Series like case studies, tips, pre- and post-chapter reviews

This completely updated edition of the best-selling guide to cable installation for voice and data provides installers with the details of proper LAN cabling and gives network and IT managers the basics of LAN hardware connection...

Empowered by today’s high-performance computers interconnected over LANs and WANs, companies are faced with the daunting task of bringing workability to the diversity and complexity of today’s data communications landscape...

LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment Deploying Secure Directory Services Provides an in-depth discussion of Solaris Operating Environment security methods and how they relate to LDAP as a naming service Covers migration planning tips from NIS/NIS to an LDAP-based naming service including capacity planning Presents an overview of LDAP tools and toolkits, and how they are used to administer LDAP as a naming service Discusses performance principles and benchmarking techniques for optimizing directory server performance LDAP in the Solaris Operating Environment is a follow-on to the Sun BluePrints book Solaris and LDAP Naming Services, and describes the significant improvements to the Solaris LDAP client and directory server...

Sensor networks consist of distributed autonomous devices that cooperatively monitor an environment...

• The book examines the different legitimate applications used over a peer-to-peer network (p2p)
• The material examines the design and development of novel applications designed to leverage the distributed nature of peer-to-peer environments
• Goes beyond the most popular application of file-sharing (including sharing of video and audio files) and discusses the many different applications
• Compares traditional and peer-to-peer infrastructure and discusses merits and demerits of each approach from a business perspective

There is a great deal of change happening in the technology being used for local networks...

This book is about problems and methods in managing communication networks...

Managing Internetworks with SNMP, Second Edition, is an invaluable guide for all network managers and administrators who maintain a complex internetwork...

IP has a major role in the evolution of networks and services...

QoS (Quality of Service) and Network Management are old topics...

"Always on" information networks must automatically reroute around virtually any problem-but conventional, redundant ring architectures are too inefficient and inflexible...

The definitive guide to enterprise and carrier metro Ethernet applications

• Easy to read and understand, following the style of the best-selling Internet Routing Architectures
• Understand emerging metro Ethernet services such as point-to-point packet-leased line services and multipoint-to-multipoint VPLS
• Learn to scale your Ethernet LAN beyond the enterprise wall and across a geographically dispersed virtual private campus
• Understand the drivers and the challenges that carriers face in transforming the metro to address data services
• Understand the different metro deployment models using SONET/SDH, next-generation SONET/SDH, Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EOS), virtual concatenation, Generic Framing Protocol (GFP), and Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)...

The Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking has a great deal to offer its readers--it's thoroughly researched, well written, and carefully laid out...

The Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking has a great deal to offer its readers--it's thoroughly researched, well written, and carefully laid out...

From physical issues up to applications aspects, Mobile Ad Hoc Networking comprehensively covers all areas of the technology, including protocols and models, with an emphasis on the most current research and development in the rapidly growing area of ad hoc networks...

Real-world solutions for Cisco IOS® Mobile IP configuration, troubleshooting, and management First book to address the practical application of Mobile IP in real- world environments Detailed case studies show how to apply Mobile IP in real-world networks Configuration examples demonstrate working implementations of the Cisco Mobile IP components Includes troubleshooting methodologies for common failures and best practices The Internet and mobile communications are defining how and when people access information, with cellular phones, PDAs, and laptops driving the need for "always-on" IP connectivity...

A practical guide to understanding, designing, and deploying MPLS and MPLS-enabled VPNs

• In-depth analysis of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) architecture
• Detailed discussion of the mechanisms and features that constitute the architecture
• Learn how MPLS scales to support tens of thousands of VPNs
• Extensive case studies guide you through the design and deployment of real-world MPLS/VPN networks
• Configuration examples and guidelines assist in configuring MPLS on Cisco® devices
• Design and implementation options help you build various VPN topologies

A comprehensive introduction to all facets of MPLS theory and practice

• Helps networking professionals choose the suitable MPLS application and design for their network
• Provides MPLS theory and relates to basic IOS configuration examples
• The Fundamentals Series from Cisco Press launches the basis to readers for understanding the purpose, application, and management of technologies

MPLS has emerged as the new networking layer for service providers throughout the world...

MPLS-enabled networks are enjoying tremendous growth, but practical information on managing MPLS-enabled networks has remained hard to find...

MPLS holds the key to network convergence "Here at last is a single, all-encompassing resource where the myriad applications sharpen into a comprehensible text...

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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a data plane and control technology that is used in packet (that is Internet Protocol) networks...

This book is the definitive reference in multi-camera networks...

Metaheuristics are widely used to solve important practical combinatorial optimization problems...

Introducing mobile multimedia – the technologies, digital rights management and everything else you need to know for delivering cost efficient multimedia to mobile terminals

Efficiency and cost effectiveness within multimedia delivery is fast becoming a hot topic in wireless communications, with mobile operators competing to offer inexpensive, reliable services...

Nagios: System and Network Monitoring shows how to configure and use Nagios, an open source system and network monitoring tool...

This book focuses on installing, configuring and optimizing Nessus, which is a remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices...

If you have Snort, Nessus, and Ethereal up and running and now you're ready to customize, code, and torque these tools to their fullest potential, then this book is for you...

The all-in-one practical guide to supporting your Cisco network   Provides detailed tips for using freeware and open-source tools readily available from the Internet, including the reasons behind choosing a particular tool Refer to a single source for common Cisco network administration issues Dedicated section for network security aids administrators in effectively dealing with security issues Deploy fully functional RADIUS and TACACS for servers for controlling access to Cisco devices Deploy Linux- and Windows-based syslog servers to centrally collect syslog information generated by Cisco devices Deploy Linux- and Windows-based network monitoring systems to monitor interface traffic through Cisco devices including routers, switches, VPN concentrators, and Cisco PIX® firewalls Use the trending feature of network monitoring systems for long-term network analysis and capacity planning Automatically detect and report configuration changes on Cisco IOS® Software-based devices and Cisco PIX firewalls Deploy Cisco-based VPNs in mixed environments using Linux- and Windows-based VPN servers  Network Administrators Survival Guide solves many common network administration problems by providing administrators with an all-in-one practical guide to supporting Cisco® networks using freeware tools...

In designing a network device, you make dozens of decisions that affect the speed with which it will performsometimes for better, but sometimes for worse...

The landscape of networking has changed so that network services have now become one of the most important factors to the success of many third generation networks...

Traditionally, networking has had little or no basis in analysis or architectural development, with designers relying on technologies they are most familiar with or being influenced by vendors or consultants...

‘Network’ is a heavily overloaded term, so that ‘network analysis’ means different things to different people...

Network Calculus is a set of recent developments that provide deep insights into flow problems encountered in the Internet and in intranets...

As the Internet becomes increasingly heterogeneous, the issue of congestion control becomes ever more important...

The rapid evolution of the networking industry introduces new exciting challenges that need to be explored by the research community...

The present information age is enabled by telecommunications and information technology and the continued convergence of their services, technologies and business models...

A Comprehensive “Global� Vision of Convergence

The emergence of quality-of-service (QoS) mechanisms continues to propel the development of real-time multimedia services such as VoIP and videoconferencing...

Never has the need for reliable internetworking been greater, yet with networks now comprising differing operating systems, hardware, and software, achieving a reliable network has never been more complex...

Networking, Internet, telecom, wireless, computer, hardware and software multiple dictionaries in one...

A Comprehensive, Thorough Introduction to High-Speed Networking Technologies and Protocols

Network Infrastructure and Architecture: Designing High-Availability Networks takes a unique approach to the subject by covering the ideas underlying networks, the architecture of the network elements, and the implementation of these elements in optical and VLSI technologies...

Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst's Handbook explains some of what you need to know to prevent unauthorized accesses of your networked computers and minimize the damage intruders can do...

Network Management Fundamentals A guide to understanding how network management technology really works Alexander Clemm, Ph...

Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems, which includes controlling, planning, allocating, deploying, coordinating, and monitoring the resources of a network...

Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation Stephen Morris

• Efficiently manage large, complex, multi-service networks
• Proposes solutions to difficult network management problems
• Uses practical examples in Java and C
• Covers both enterprise and service provider networks

Network Management: Accounting and Performance Strategies

The definitive guide to collecting usage information from Cisco networks

Benoit Claise, CCIE® No...

The purpose of network performance analysis is to investigate how traffic-management mechanisms deployed in the network affect the allocation of resources amongst its users and the performance they experience...

* In these times of reduced corporate budgets, this book shows how to test for performance problems and how to install and run freely available tools, instead of buying costly new hardware and software testing packages * Network performance is the #1 headache for network operators; this book gives IT professionals straightforward guidance * Author is a troubleshooting practitioner, a hands-on networking computer specialist for the Department of Defense

Responding to ever-escalating requirements for performance, flexibility, and economy, the networking industry has opted to build products around network processors...

All active network protocols, including the most popular TCP/IP, WAN, LAN technologies are fully explained and well illustrated; Covers the latest and emerging technologies such as VOIP, SAN, MAN, VPN/Security, WLAN, VLAN and more...

Fully explains and illustrates all commonly used network communication protocols, including TCP/IP, WAN, LAN technologies Covers the latest and emerging technologies such as VOIP, SAN, MAN, VPN/Security, WLAN, VLAN and more Addresses vendor specific technologies: Cisco, IBM, Novell, Sun, HP, Microsoft, Apple, etc...

The term Quality of Service, abbreviated QoS, refers to network resource control mechanisms...

An unparalleled opportunity to learn about an exciting new technology that is revolutionizing network and Internet content delivery
Network Query Language (NQL) is a revolutionary new scripting language that makes it astonishingly quick and easy to aggregate, analyze, interpret, and redistribute information via networks...

Network routing can be broadly categorized into Internet routing, PSTN routing, and telecommunication transport network routing...

There are hundreds--if not thousands--of techniques used to compromise both Windows and Unix-based systems...

# A must for working network and security professionals as well as anyone in IS seeking to build competence in the increasingly important field of security # Written by three high-profile experts, including Eric Cole, an ex-CIA security guru who appears regularly on CNN and elsewhere in the media, and Ronald Krutz, a security pioneer who cowrote The CISSP Prep Guide and other security bestsellers # Covers everything from basic security principles and practices to the latest security threats and responses, including proven methods for diagnosing network vulnerabilities and insider secrets for boosting security effectiveness

• This first-ever valuation guide shows how to select and manage network-based services to ensure maximum return on investment
• Explains how to manage the costs and tradeoffs between distributed and centralized management structures
• Shows how to avoid risking too much for too little return due to unpredictable overall market conditions
• Covers network-based services such as Internet access, application management, hosting, voice and data services, and the new breed of SOAP/XML Web services

Hooray for Joseph Sloan, who has written Network Troubleshooting Tools...

Network Tutorial delivers insight and understanding about network technology to managers and executives trying to get up to speed or stay current with the complex challenges of designing, constructing, maintaining, upgrading, and managing the network infrastructure...

Written by networking veteran with 20 years of experience, Network Warrior provides a thorough and practical introduction to the entire network infrastructure, from cabling to the routers...

Networked control systems (NCS) consist of sensors, actuators and controllers the operations of which may be distributed over geographically disparate locations and co-ordinated by the exchange of information passed over a communication network...

Software systems that used to be relatively autonomous entities such as e...

Covers all Windows® XP service packs and Fedora Linux® Your one-stop guide to building and managing a business or home network Why take up a whole shelf with networking books when all the essentials are right here in one handy volume? Here's how to put a network together, choose the hardware and software, set up a server, troubleshoot problems, keep your network secure, understand Internet protocols, go wireless, and even set up a Linux alternative...

• An essential one-stop resource-nine convenient minibooks in a single 840page volume-for network administrators everywhere
• This value-priced package includes sections on networking basics, building a network, network administration, TCP/IP and the Internet, wireless and home networking, Windows 2000 and 2003 servers, NetWare 6, Linux networking, and
• Mac OS X networking
• Written by the author of the perennial bestseller Networking For Dummies (0-7645-1677-9), this massive reference covers all the topics that administrators routinely handle
• Provides key information, explanations, and procedures for configuration, Internet connectivity, security, and wireless options on today's most popular networking platforms

This book is a resource for network architects who must create solutions for emerging network environments in enterprise data centers...

Networking Explained 2E offers a comprehensive overview of computer networking, with new chapters and sections to cover the latest developments in the field, including voice and data wireless networking, multimedia networking, and network convergence...

Networking for Dummies upholds the series' proletarian tradition by entertainingly explaining local area networks (LAN) to the rest of us...

Networking for Dummies upholds the series' proletarian tradition by entertainingly explaining local area networks (LAN) to the rest of us...

Finally, an all-inclusive resource for implementing TCP/IP and it's certified by Microsoft...

There's a chapter in Networking: A Beginner's Guide called "Network Servers: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask...

This textbook is intended for an undergraduate/graduate course on computer networks and for introductory courses dealing with performance evaluation of computers, networks, grids and telecommunication systems...

Integrating concepts from multiple theoretical disciplines and detailed analyses of the evolution of Internet-related innovations (including computer networking, the World Wide Web and the Linux open source operating system), this book develops foundations for a new theoretical and practical understanding of innovation...

Written for network administrators and working professionals interested in computer networks, this accesible text provides complete, clear, and detailed information on the latest state-of-the-art networking devices, the characteristics of different types of Local Area Networks, and Network Management, including introductions to SNMP and RMON...

Foundational book on optimization of network structure, not just function, deriving comprehensible and realistic design principles...

If you want an up-to-date, in-depth understanding of next generation intelligent networks (IN), this book is essential reading...

The book covers protocols and other significant issues of the next generation optical network for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and managers in the industry...

A guide to building service-oriented networks to differentiate and grow your business Understand the changing landscape of the telecommunications industry and what technologies can lead to business and revenue growth Examine the rise of IP in LAN, WAN, wireless, and global networking applications Learn about the multiservice network architecture, including next-generation ATM, IP/MPLS, MSPP, and MSSP platforms Discover the strategic advantage offered by VPN technologies, including IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, wireless VPNs, site-to-site VPNs, Layer 3 and Layer 2 MPLS VPNs, VPLS, multicast VPNs, and multiservice VPNs Get introduced to optical technology components and optical features including SONET/SDH, RPR, DWDM, CWDM, optical Ethernet, and IP over optical Evaluate metropolitan and long-haul optical networks to accommodate rising broadband demands Learn the fundamentals of wireline networks, including narrowband, ISDN, Frame Relay, Digital Loop Carrier, Broadband xDSL, cable, and Ethernet in residential applications Unleash the power of mobility, cellular, and wireless LAN technologies A new era of network services has evolved to meet the needs of IP-centric networking requirements and customer opportunity...

Next-generation high-speed Internet backbone networks will be required to support a broad range of emerging applications which may not only require significant bandwidth, but may also have strict quality of service (QoS) requirements...

A comprehensive guide to understanding and configuring multiservice DWDM, SONET, and SDH architectures Optical Network Design and Implementation provides in-depth coverage of the following:

• DS1/DS3/E1/E3 over SONET/SDH
• IEEE 802...

Learn the basics of optical networking using this practical and easy-to-follow introductory guide...

This book is of interest to both academic and professional researchers working in the field of optical fiber communication...

*Bestselling author Regis "Bud" Bates utilizes a market-driven, "business needs" approach to optical communications *Provides a concise analysis of systems and options without being overly technical and translates complicated jargon into clear business terms *Includes applications and implementation of technologies, regulatory and standards developments, product photos and descriptions, generic pricing, and business models

This volume reveals the latest research on commercial systems with up to 160 OC-48 channels, optical ATM switch architectures, optical multiprotocol lambda and label switching, synchronous optical networks and digital hierarchy, and the Internet Protocol layer...

Research and development on optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks have matured considerably...

Maximize the performance and availability of network applications and the network infrastructure with application performance management Learn and understand the business case for application performance management --Understand how to identify applications critical to your business model --Identify basic application characteristics and how they can be optimized for transmission --Understand the principle of proactive planning in order to maintain the delivery criteria necessary for your business critical applications --Improve service delivery and outsourcing decisions by utilizing meaningful SLAs --Identify and solve network application performance problems, saving valuable time and money --Includes real-world case studies that cover design and performance issues The astounding growth of computer networking in recent years has been characterized by the struggle of network managers to keep pace with the demand for network resources...

PacketCable Implementation

Design, provision, configure, manage, and secure tomorrow's high-value PacketCable networks

Jeff Riddel, CCIE® No...

The advent of video-on-demand and interactive gaming has prompted the deployment of broadband infrastructures...

Transport networks evolved from DCS (Digital Cross-connect Systems)-based mesh architectures, to SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) ring architectures in the 1990’s...

Groundbreaking Patterns for Building Simpler, More Powerful Networks

In Patterns in Network Architecture, pioneer John Day takes a unique approach to solving the problem of network architecture...

Client/Server architecture was first proposed in the late 1980s as an alternative to conventional mainframe systems...

PEERS, PIRATES, AND PERSUASION: RHETORIC IN THE PEER-TO-PEER DEBATES investigates the role of rhetoric in shaping public perceptions about a novel technology: peer-to-peer file-sharing networks...

Parallel and distributed computer systems are built to close the gap between the demand for high-performance computing and the computing power available using standalone single-processor machines...

Keep your network safe from security disasters with a dependable recovery strategy Companies are finally learning that a network disaster recovery plan is mandatory in these times, and they must be prepared to make difficult choices about network security...

Pocket PC Network Programming is the resource developers need to exploit the power of mobile technology and high-speed wireless connections...

Policy-Based Network Management (PBNM) systems enable business rules and procedures to be translated into policies that configure and control the network and its services...

PPP Design, Implementation, and Debugging, Second Edition is a complete and convenient resource for network system designers and administrators...

Complete coverage of data communication network design for IT specialists Effective data communication is vital to modern businesses...

The objective of this book is to outline the best practice in designing, installing, commissioning and troubleshooting industrial data communications systems...

There are many data communications titles covering design, installation, etc, but almost none that specifically focus on industrial networks, which are an essential part of the day-to-day work of industrial control systems engineers, and the main focus of an increasingly large group of network specialists...

It's easy enough to install Wireshark and begin capturing packets off the wire--or from the air...

The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology...

Embedded network systems provide a set of technologies that can link the physical world to large scale networks in applications such as seismological monitoring, environmental monitoring, automated manufacturing, border surveillance, and security...

Pro Nagios 2...

QoS is an important subject which occupies a central place in overall packet network technologies...

The importance of quality of service (QoS) has risen with the recent evolution of telecommunication networks, which are characterised by a great heterogeneity...

The explosion of traffic over data communications networks has resulted in a growing demand for Quality of Service (QoS) techniques to ensure network reliability, particularly in regard to e-commerce applications...

Quality of Service is a fast growing area of technology, being driven by the growth of real-time applications such as voice over IP...

Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is a very promising switching technique to support huge bandwidth requirements in optical backbone networks that use Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM)...

Develop cost-effective, long-term solutions to your network traffic control problems...

There's far more to information security than usernames and passwords; it's not just a matter of letting legitimate users "in" and keeping bad guys "out...

Resource Allocation and Cross Layer Control in Wireless Networks presents abstract models that capture the cross layer interaction from the physical to transport layer in wireless network architectures including cellular, ad-hoc and sensor networks as well as hybrid wireless-wireline...

In network design, the gap between theory and practice is woefully broad...

Satellite networking is an exciting and expanding field that has evolved significantly since the launch of the first telecommunications satellite, from telephone and broadcast to broadband ATM and Internet...

Wireless sensor networks is a rapidly developing area...

Internet Protocol (IP) networks increasingly mix traditional data assets with traffic related to voice, entertainment, industrial process controls, metering, and more...

Presents fundamental concepts and tools of e-based security...

Protect your network with self-regulating network security solutions that combat both internal and external threats...

This excellent title introduces the concept of mission-oriented sensor networks as distributed dynamic systems of interacting sensing devices that are networked to jointly execute complex real-time missions under uncertainity...

Load balancing improves network performance by distributing traffic efficiently so that individual servers are not overwhelmed by sudden fluctuations in activity...

Find the information you need...

Special Edition Using Storage Area Networks opens with an overview of the need for data storage in an enterprise environment, the different types of data storage devices, and existing data storage techniques...

Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) is a new IETF protocol, providing a key enabling technology that eases the integration of speech technologies into network equipment and accelerates their adoption resulting in exciting and compelling interactive services to be delivered over the telephone...

This book is more than a guide...

Steal This File Sharing Book tackles the thorny issue of file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Usenet...

You Are Who the Computer Says You Are The first two books in this series, Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box and Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent, have become classics in the Hacker and Infosec communities because of their chillingly realistic depictions of criminal hacking techniques and strategies...

The Steiner tree problem is one of the most important combinatorial optimization problems...

Network calculus, a theory dealing with queuing systems found in computer networks, focuses on performance guarantees...

* Features vendor-neutral coverage applicable to any storage network
* Includes a special case-study section citing real-world applications and examples
* The first vendor-neutral volume to cover storage network performance tuning and optimization
* Exacting performance monitoring and analysis maximizes the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of existing storage networks
* Meets the needs of network administrators, storage engineers, and IT professionals faced with shrinking budgets and growing data storage demands

Rather than being based on a specific vendor offering, Storage Networks will appeal to any systems administrator, architect or manager with large data resources to manage...

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to use today’s key networking techniques and technologies to build, secure, and troubleshoot both wired and wireless networks...

This book provides a comprehensive examination of Internet QoS theory, standards, vendor implementation and network deployment from the practitioner's point of view, including extensive discussion of related economic and regulatory issues...

The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between wireless networking and service research communities who have hitherto confined their work to their respective specialties...

Our world is rapidly becoming an Internet-based world, with tens of millions of homes, millions of businesses, and within a short period of time, possibly hundreds of millions of mobile professionals accessing the literal mother of all networks...

This much-needed update to the bestselling guide on the extensive changes to the local area networks (LAN) switching technologies explains why LAN switching technologies are critical to network design...

If you’re lost in cyberspace and need direction, this invaluable handbook includes all the information you’ll need to get the most out of broadband...

Due to the dramatic increase in competition over the last few years, it has become more and more important for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to run an efficient business and offer an adequate Quality of Service...

This thorough update to Novell's Complete Encyclopedia of Networking expands upon the original and provides a more comprehensive collection of data for all levels of network users...

Preface Nearly three years have transpired since the publication of The Holy Grail of Data Storage Management , an extraordinarily well-received primer covering the technology and trends in data storage...

The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services in the Mobile Domain, Second Edition, builds on the success of the previous best-selling edition, providing comprehensive coverage of IMS – its concepts, architecture, protocols and functionalities with a wealth of new and updated material...

Build and maintain a converged multimedia network environment

Seamlessly merge the Internet with cellular and wireless networks using next-generation IMS technology and the comprehensive information contained in this authoritative resource...

A systems analysis approach to enterprise network design

• Master techniques for checking the health of an existing network to develop a baseline for measuring performance of a new network design
• Explore solutions for meeting QoS requirements, including ATM traffic management, IETF controlled-load and guaranteed services, IP multicast, and advanced switching, queuing, and routing algorithms
• Develop network designs that provide the high bandwidth and low delay required for real-time applications such as multimedia, distance learning, and videoconferencing
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various switching and routing protocols, including transparent bridging, Inter-Switch Link (ISL), IEEE 802...

Total Area Networking ATM,IP, Frame Relay and SMDS Explained Second Edition John Atkins and Mark Norris BT, UK Total Area Networking explains how high-speed communications allow local facilities to become part of a more global network...

This book describes, analyzes, and recommends traffic engineering (TE) and quality of service (QoS) optimization methods for integrated voice/data dynamic routing networks...

Traffic grooming is the name given to a family of optical network design problems that has attracted significant attention from both academia and industry in the last decade or so...

Traffic Grooming in Optical WDM Mesh Networks captures the state-of-the-art in the design and analysis of network architectures, protocols, and algorithms for implementing efficient traffic grooming in optical WDM mesh networks...

All network designers and administrators want their campus LANs to run efficiently...

The growing dependence of enterprise networks on Internet connectivity is forcing professional system and network administrators to turn to technologies that they may not fully understand for solutions...

Though he didn't do the writing himself, Scott Mueller's involvement in Upgrading and Repairing Networks is evident in the thoroughness of the book's coverage and the quality with which documentation has been written and compiled...

Though he didn't do the writing himself, Scott Mueller's involvement in Upgrading and Repairing Networks is evident in the thoroughness of the book's coverage and the quality with which documentation has been written and compiled...

MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching) is a controversial new protocol that vastly simplifies Internet traffic and effectively removes obstacles to Voice Over IP applications...

Ensure that your WAN can handle the latest technologies with this must-have strategy guide

If a Wide Area Network (WAN) isn't set up properly, it won't be able to meet the needs of the applications being used in the Local Area Network (LAN)...

Internet information (which is doubling every six months) travels through optical fibers...

This is the first book to provide readers a comprehensive technical guide covering recent and open issues in wireless mesh networks...

Because they provide practical machine-to-machine communication at a very low cost, the popularity of wireless sensor networks is expected to skyrocket in the next few years, duplicating the recent explosion of wireless LANs...

It used to be that two laptops, sitting side by side, couldn't communicate with each other; they may as well have been a thousand miles apart...