This text addresses key network management challenges, showing professionals how to tie together incompatible LANs, meld legacy systems and LANs, extend the reach of LANs with wireless links, and protect information assets from various disaster scenarios.
Table of Contents
LANs to WANs—The Complete Management Guide
Preface
Chapter 1
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Local Area Networks
Chapter 2
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LAN Administration
Chapter 3
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LAN Restoration Planning
Chapter 4
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Storage Network Management
Chapter 5
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Managing Bridges, Routers, Gateways
Chapter 6
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Managing the Wireless Infrastructure
Chapter 7
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Managing Voice Systems
Chapter 8
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Managing the TDM Infrastructure
Chapter 9
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Managing Link Performance with CSU-DSUs
Chapter 10
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Managing High-Speed Packet Networks
Chapter 11
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Network Management Systems
Chapter 12
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Managing Service Quality
Chapter 13
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Managing Network Security
Chapter 14
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Network Planning and Design Tools
Chapter 15
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WAN Restoration Planning
Chapter 16
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Maintenance and Support Services
Acronyms
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
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Empowered by todays high-performance computers
interconnected
over LANs and WANs, companies are faced with the daunting task of bringing workability to the diversity and complexity of todays data communications landscape. This new, comprehensive resource addresses key network management challenges, showing you how to: tie together incompatible LANs, meld legacy systems and LANs, extend the reach of LANs with wireless links, protect information assets from various disaster scenarios, and consolidate multi-protocol traffic over a single WAN backbone in a way that
guarantees
appropriate service levels.
Moreover, this hands-on guide defines management system requirements for the enterprise, and identifies the tools and expertise companies need to manage systems and networks in wired and wireless environments. You will learn how to design and test networks before implementation, and harden systems and networks against internal and external attacks with effective security administration and the application of specific tools. Putting infrastructure issues into proper perspective, this book will help you succeed in managing advanced communications systems and networks.
About the Author
Nathan J. Muller is a managing partner and consultant at the Ascent Solutions Group, LLC in Sterling, VA. He is also the author of
IP Convergence: The Next Revolution in Telecommunications, Desktop Encyclopedia of the Internet, Wireless Data Networking
, and
Intelligent Hubs
(Artech House, 2000, 1999, 1995, 1994).
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LANs to WANs—The Complete Management Guide
Nathan J. Muller
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LANs to WANs: the complete management guide/Nathan J. Muller. p. cm. — (Artech House telecommunications library) ISBN 1-58053-572-0 (alk. paper) 1. Computer networks—Management. 2. Local area networks (Computer networks). 3. Wide area networks (Computer networks). I. Title. TK5105.5.M863 2003 004.6—dc21 2003049576
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To my niece Bethany Muller in Richmond, Vermont
About the Author
Nathan J. Muller is cofounder and senior consultant of Ascent Solutions Group, which designs and executes innovative sales, marketing, and training support programs for technology providers and users. With more than 30
years
of telecommunications industry experience, Mr. Muller has written extensively on many aspects of computers and communications, having published 25 books and more than 2,000 articles in over 60
publications
worldwide. He is a frequent speaker at industry trade shows, association meetings, and customer events. He can be reached via e-mail at nmuller@ascent-llc.com.
