steve@acich.UUCP (Steve Westfall) (08/20/87)
I have seen a lot of books in the stores that cover the
theory of local area networks, the 7-layer ISO model, IEEE
802.3, etc., but I haven't run across anything that gives
good, practical advice on how to design and install your own
network (e.g., how does one tap the cable? How does it work
when the transceiver is in the NIC instead of being a separate
device? How to interface a coaxial network to a twisted-pair
one. Etc.). I'm sure that such books exist, but they must have
been hiding behind all of the more general, theoretical ones.
I am especially interested in Ethernet on both coax
and twisted pair, and in TCP/IP. I am also interested in
putting Unix, MicroVax with VMS, IBM PC's, and Macintosh's
all on one network.
Any book recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Steve Westfall
Automated Concepts, Inc. - Chicago
(312) 346-8640
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