BKPCNTHB.RVW   960531
 
"PC Networking Handbook", Ed Tittel, 1996, 0-12-691398-6
%A   Ed Tittel etittel@zilker.net 76376.606@compuserve.com
%C   1300 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA   02167
%D   1996
%G   0-12-691398-6
%I   Academic Press Professional
%O   619-699-6362 619-699-6735 fax: 619-699-6380 app@acad.com
%P   857
%T   "PC Networking Handbook"
 
A handbook generally provides practical information.  It's the kind of stuff
that isn't rocket science, but is the reference material you can't be bothered
keeping in your head all the time.  Common procedures that you don't use every
day, specifications that you might need quickly: the kind of stuff you want to
flip to, remind yourself about, and put back on the shelf until next time.
 
About the only material of that kind in this book is the (admittedly excellent)
list of vendor contacts.  What we have here instead is an overview of concepts
and terms that might be related to a network.  Cabling, medium access methods,
network protocols, advanced networking technologies, networking equipment,
computer peripherals, and network management concepts are all touched on. 
Touching is about all you can do in the forty-four very brief chapters, but it
does cover the terminology.
 
The book is a little thick for a glossary, but it can provide a fairly broad
introduction to the topic of networking in general.  This could create a
foundation for further study directed towards the planning of a network where
works such as Ramteke (cf. BKNTWRKS.RVW), McNamara (cf. BKTCHDCM.RVW), and
Tanenbaum (cf. BKCMPNWK.RVW) give too much technical detail.  However, I can't
help thinking that "How Local Area Networks Work" (cf. BKHLANWK.RVW) covers the
same ground in only one third the pages.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKPCNTHB.RVW   960531
 
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