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Title: Ethernet Networks : Design, Implementation, Operation, Management by Gilbert Held ISBN: 0470844760 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75
Rating: 4
Summary: Very complete except for Gigabit Ethernet
Comment: This book is really complete. It has almost anything you need to know about Ethernet Networks. It is also written in a clear and understandable form. Buy it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Surprising strengths, surprising weaknesses
Comment: I bought this book because I needed to learn some real details of constructing Ethernet networks, such as distance and hop limitations in mixed 10 and 100 BaseT installations. In this I was disappointed, as I found this portion of the book confusing, unclear and even self-contradictory in places. I was able to figure out what I needed to know, but that took a lot of rereading and extrapolation. The text has the feel of a book written by committee, with the same information repeated in various places with different degrees of clarity and from different points of view. The index is so limited as to be useless.
On the other hand, the book contains an extensive introduction to IP and TCP (including their frame structures) and routing, nearly as extensive as the pure Ethernet sections. This was unexpected from the title, but I found it to be a technically strong starting point to making the jump from the details of Ethernet to what may be its major use, the transport of TCP/IP to and from the workstation. The extensive discussions on token ring networks and IBM's SNA were also unexpected, although not relevant to my personal needs. The book succeeds quite well in presenting an integration of the activities of network communication looking from the workstation out to the network. It's driven me to other sources for more detailed information in these areas.
All in all, I found this to be a significant book in my studies. The next edition, in my opinion, would benefit greatly from a more descriptive title and the attention of a professional editor.
Rating: 3
Summary: lots of info; many errors
Comment: You'd expect a book on its 3rd edition to be fairly free of errors; not this one. After reading about "attenuation budge" in several places ("attenuation budget"), "190 dB" where it should say "19 dB", I lost trust in the information I did not know much about. Beware.
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Title: Sonet/SDH Third Edition by Walter J. Goralski ISBN: 0072225246 Publisher: McGraw Hill Text Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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