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A business-orientated survey of data communications which provides readers with practical, hands-on experience along with recent theories and trends. Comprehensive coverage is given to LANs, and internetworking, including discussions of bridges, routers, and LAN gateways to major mainframe systems. System reliability and security is also covered.

"Demystifying VPN" is intended to help those individuals with little or no knowledge of internetworking understand VPNs and how they fit into the overall networking environment that includes TCP/IP. The material is presented in a logical fashion, beginning with the basic business reasons for selecting VPNs as a communications solution to the fundamentals of networking and the complexities of VPNs. The material also focuses on the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol that form the software platform on which VPNs are based, and the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, which is the network protocol supporting VPNs. Michael Busby is an electrical engineer and technical writer in Plano, Texas. He is a consultant; the president of Global Network Services, an international telecommunications company; and the author of "Demystifying ATM/ADSL" and "Demystifying TCP/IP (3e)".

Introduces word processing skills and activities using the Bank Street Writer program with the Apple computer. Includes discussion section for parents.

A complete step-by-step guide to building and maintaining a "network of networks" for LAN designers, specifiers, installers, and managers. Explains in clear language how to install and interconnect dozens of networking packages, including IBM, DEC, Apple-Talk, Token Ring, NetWare, Banyan VINES, and UNIX.

Offering a solid introduction to ATM technology, this book includes detailed case studies from such companies as DEC that show how ATM is in use today. Understanding ATM explains how ATM works and provides valuable insights into practical implementations at ATM and the major ATM strategic directions and products associated with ATM vendors.

Adopting a technical orientation, this book explains the theory behind the various types of network architecture and data transition methods. It also offers a comparative overview of the major LANs on the market.

This tutorial is one of the first books published on the most popular local area network on the market, Novell's NetWare. Ideally targeted for the first-time user who needs elementary coverage of the product and its use.

Over 130 poems by 23 poets, including Goethe, Schiller, Holderlin, Tieck, Heine, Nietzsche, many others. New literal English translations on facing pages. Introduction.

A political scientist assesses the implications of an individual's desire to exercise personal control which he identifies as a prime motive for politica involvement.