Linking LANs

Link LANs Seamlessly-Without Tears. PROBLEM: To link networks so users have smooth, trouble-free access-even when you're faced with a hodgepodge of Token-Ring LANs, an SNA network & some faraway AppleTalk Macs. And the job has to be done fast! SOLUTION: Linking LANs, Second Edition, by Stan Schatt, shows you how to develop a winning strategy for building your company's enterprise network-then helps you design the actual components. You'll quickly determine when you can use cheap & easy local bridges to reliably connect two or three Ethernet LANs, & when you must invest extra money for more versatile routers & brouters. With scores of diagrams to illustrate real-world network configurations & internal network architectures, Linking LANs gives you hands-on solutions for interconnecting IBM, Apple, NetWare, UNIX & other major platforms. Also covers wireless networks, ISDN, WANs, SNMP, & more.Schatt, Stanley is the author of 'Linking LANs' with ISBN 9780070570634 and ISBN 0070570639.