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LAN Switching First-Step View Larger Image | Matthew J Castelli
Cisco Press, Paperback, Published July 2004, 384 pages, ISBN 1587201003 | List Price: $34.95
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Your First Step into the World of LAN Switching
- Understand switching basics with this reader-friendly guide, assumes no expertise
in switching!
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Use hands-on activities to reinforce concepts and understand switching basics
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Learn from standard features from the First-Step Series like case studies, tips,
pre- and post-chapter reviews
LAN Switching First-Step is anyone's introduction to the world of Local Area
Network Switching. A title from the new First-Step series from Cisco Press,
this book takes the series approach and elements to provide the most accessible
introduction to this essential part of networks. Assuming no prior experience,
and written in an approachable, conversational style, LAN Switching First-Step
makes the world of LAN switching one that anyone can understand.
Case Studies, Tips, Notes, Alerts, Chapter Overviews, Chapter Summaries, and
the other elements that are used throughout the First-Step series help readers
understand and retain basic switching concepts and theories that are presented
throughout the book. LAN Switching First-Step provides network novices with
a fundamental introduction and guide that will help them quickly and easily
understand what is LAN switching, how LAN switching works, and where LAN switching
fits in a network architecture.
Matthew J. Castelli, CCNP, CCDP, is a Network and Infrastructure Specialist
with EDS on the NMCI (Navy/Marine Corps Intranet) program, serving as the Architecture,
Engineering and Information Assurance technical liaison. Matthew is the author
of Network Consultants Handbook and Network Sales and Service Handbook, both
from Cisco Press.
About the Author
Matthew J. Castelli, CCNP, CCDP, is a Network and Infrastructure
Specialist with EDS on the NMCI (Navy/Marine Corps Intranet) program, serving
as the Architecture, Engineering and Information Assurance technical liaison.
Matthew is the author of Network Consultants Handbook and Network Sales and
Service Handbook, both from Cisco Press.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Apr 3, 2005 S Scheiderer
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LAN Switching First-Step (Your first step into the world of LAN Switching) Reviewer Name: Steve Owen Scheiderer, Network Administrator Reviewer Certification: MCSE NT 4.0, CCNA ISBN: 1-58720-100-3 For the most part LAN Switching First-Step by Matthew J. Castelli is a good review of the basic elements needed for success in setting up a switched LAN. This is increasingly important today due to the phasing out of hubs and the increased security threats facing today's LANS. In this light, I think Chapter 9, Switching Security, is the most useful chapter. I think Chapters 3 and 4 could have been combined for the sake of brevity and some discussions, like the Hierarchical Model on page 236, were redundant. If there is an ongoing weakness it is the figures throughout the book. For example, in Figure 1-2 Train 2 and Train S do not connect at Times Square. It is hard to follow in 1-8 how the illustration relates to Half Duplex (and the discussion of half-duplex on pp. 40 and 92 is confusing). In 2-2 the combination of Frames & Bits was confusing (which also makes references on pp. 57, 61 and 67 confusing as well). The comparison in 3-15 between the LAN and railroad topology was hard to follow. The figures in Chapter 7 were not very helpful. Figure 8-8 would have been better with IP addresses represented. Figure 10-2 is supposed to represent "one host per port" (p. 221) but the graphic's Ethernet icon shows multiple systems on the segment. In one place in Figure 11-9 there is typo that says "user date" rather than "user data". Where is the router in Figure 12-8? At times terms were introduced with definitions following later, like "frame" on page 8 and full mesh and star topology on page 57. Some topics were a bit advanced and would have been better found in an appendix, like the presentation of ITU (International Telecommunication Union) on page 37, and Long Reach Ethernet (LRE) [and] wave-division multiplexing (WDM) on page 47, and Layer 3 Switching on page 129. With these things in mind, I think this book is would serve better as a review for those with some switching experience rather than first-steppers.
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