Internetworking

A Guide to Network Communications LAN to LAN; LAN to WAN

Mark A. Miller

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1991, 425 pages

ISBN: 0-13-365974-7

Keywords: Networks

Last modified: May 18, 2021, 3:16 p.m.

Synopsis

By now most organizations have successfully implemented LANs at their key locations. Network administrators have survived the first phase and now a new challenge looms on the horizon — connecting all the separate LANs together to create a seamless internetwork for all users.

Internetworking: A Guide to Network Communications is a must for any network manager facing the internetworking challenge. Individual chapters address internetworking standards and LAN-to-LAN and LAN-to-WAN (wide-area network) designs and applications. Evaluations are made between repeaters, bridges, routers, and gateways, helping you determine which device is appropriate for a particular configuration. Internetworking protocols are discussed in detail, inclduing X.25, TCP/IP, and XNS. Interoperability between network operating systems such as AppleTalk®, TOPs, VINES®, NetWare®, OS/2 Lan Manager™, 3+Open™, OS/2™ Lan Server, and StarGROUP Server are explored in depth. In addition, this book profiles gateways connecting dissimilar LANs, minicomputers, and mainframes and provides a timeline for internetwork implementation.

If you need to connect your LAN to any other type of computer network, this comprehensive reference belongs on your desk.

Table of Contents

  1. Internetworking Principles and Standards
    1. Internetworking History
    2. Open Systems Interconnection Principles
    3. OSI Protocols for Internetworking
    4. Applying Connectivity Devices to the OSI Model
    5. IEEE Project 802
    6. LAN Frame Formats
      1. Ethernet
      2. IEEE 802.3
      3. IEEE 802.5
      4. Sub-Network Access Protocol
      5. ARCNET
      6. FDDI
    7. IEEE Bridging Standards
      1. Transparent Bridging Method
      2. Source Routing Method
      3. Source Routing Transparent Method
    8. References
  2. LAN to LAN Internetworking
    1. Designing the LAN-to-LAN Connection
      1. Repeating, Bridging, Brouting or Routing?
      2. Analyzing the Network
      3. Connecting Dissimilar LANs
    2. Repeaters
      1. Andrew TRR 8218 and TRR 8219
      2. Cabletron MMAC
      3. SMC Active Hubs
    3. Bridges
      1. Retix Local and Remote LAN Bridges
      2. IBM 8209 LAN Bridge
      3. Ungermann-Bass Access/One FDDI Bridges
    4. Brouters
      1. Halley Systems ConnectLAN 200
      2. 3COM NETBuilder Family
    5. Routers
      1. Proteon p4100+ and o4200 Routers
      2. ACC Series 4000 Multi-Protocol Bridge/Router
      3. cisco TRouter
    6. References
  3. Data Transmission Facilities for Internetworking
    1. Dial-Up Telephone Network Facilities
    2. Analog Leased Line Facilities
      1. Leased Line Transmission Parameters
      2. Leased Line Conditioning
    3. Digital Leased Lines
    4. T-Carrier Facilities
      1. North American Digital Transmission Hierarchy
      2. DS-1 Framing
        1. D-4 Framing
        2. ESP Framing
        3. T-1 Network Management
      3. Fractional T-1
      4. T-1 Service Example
    5. Public Data Networks
      1. PDN Access
      2. PDN Rate Structures
      3. Value-Added Network Services
      4. PDN Example
    6. Optimizing Transmission Facilities
      1. Comdisco BONeS
      2. Quintessential Solutions WAN Design Tools
    7. Future Transmission Facility Trends
    8. References
  4. LAN to WAN Internetworking
    1. Designing the LAN-WAN Connection
    2. Asynchronous Communication Setvers
      1. Cross Information LAN+MODEM
      2. J & L Information Systems Network Communications Server
    3. Analog Leased Line Connections
      1. Microcom LAN Bridge
      2. Hayes InterBrudge
    4. Digital Leased Line Connections
      1. Micom Marathon 5K
      2. Vitalink TransLAN and TransRING
    5. Access to Public Data Networks (PDNs)
      1. TIL Systems "Office On the Go"
      2. RAD Network Devices REB/XEB and RTB/XTB
    6. Integrating LANs into T-1 Networks
      1. Newport Systems Solutions LAN2LAN/FT1
      2. CrossCom ILAN
      3. Wellfleet Link Node
    7. References
  5. X.25 Protocols
    1. Public Data Networks Development
    2. PDN Architecture
    3. The X.25 Physical Layer
    4. The X.25 Data Link Layer
    5. The X.25 Network Layer
    6. X,25 Related Protocols
    7. Virtual Call Establishment
    8. X.25 Internetworking Examples
      1. Symicron DTSX
      2. Gatewaay Communications ComSystem
      3. Eicon Access/X.25
    9. References
  6. TCP/IP Protocols
    1. The Department of Defense Internet
    2. The DoD Internet Protocol Suite
    3. DoD Data Link Layer Alternatives
      1. Ethernet
      2. IEEE 802
      3. ARCNET
    4. The DoD Network Layer
      1. IP Router Operation
      2. The Internet Protocol (IP) Header
      3. IP Network Addresses
      4. IP Routing Protocols
      5. Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
      6. DoD Network Layer Summary
    5. DoD Transport Layer Protocols
      1. Transmission Control protocol
      2. User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
      3. DoD Transport Layer Summary
    6. DoD Higher Layer Protocols
    7. TCP/IP Internetworking Examples
      1. Wollongong Pathway
      2. Novell's LAN WorkPlace
      3. FTP Software PC/TCP
    8. References
  7. XNS Protocols
    1. XNS Internetwork Architecture
    2. Datagram Addressing and Routing Within XNS
    3. XNS Level 0: Transmission Media Protocols
    4. XNS Level 1: Transport Protocols — Internet
    5. XNS Level 2: Transport Protocols — Interprocess
      1. Routing Information Protocol
      2. Error Protocol
      3. Echo Protocol
      4. Sequenced Packet Protocol
      5. Packet Exchange Protocol
    6. XNS Level 3 and 4
      1. XNS Courier Protocol
      2. Clearinghouse Protocol
    7. XNS Implementations
      1. Novell's NetWare
      2. 3Com 3+ and 3+Open
      3. Banyan VINES
    8. References
  8. Networking Software, Internetworking, and Interoperability
    1. Apple Computer AppleTalk
      1. AppleTalk Protocols
        1. AppleTalk Network Architecture
        2. AppleTalk/DEC  Connectivity
        3. AppleTalk/IBM Connectivity
    2. Sitka Corporation TOPS
    3. Banyan VINES
      1. VINES Protocols
      2. VINES Serial Communications
      3. VINES TCP/IP Support
      4. VINES-OS/2 LAN Server Interoperability
    4. Novell Netware 386
      1. Novell Communication Products
      2. NetWare Communication Services
      3. NetWare Open Data Link Interface
      4. NetWare Transport Level Interface and Streams
    5. OS/2 Lan Manager Implementations
      1. Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager Version 2.0
      2. 3Com 3+Open
      3. IBM OS/2 LAN Server
      4. AT&T StarGROUP Server for Macintosh
    6. References
  9. Gateways
    1. Communications Research Group BLAST
    2. Atlantix CocoNet and Axcess
    3. Trellis Banyan/Novell Gateway
    4. Shiva FastPath 4 Ethernet to AppleTalk Gateway
    5. Andrew LMW NetAxcess AppleTalk to AS/400 Gateway
    6. Miramar MACLAN
    7. Hewlett-Packard OfficeShare-NetWare Gateway
    8. ICC/LAN-Gateway and ICC/TCP/IP Access
    9. FEL LANLink-DECnet Gateway
    10. InterConnections I* Software
    11. Data Interface DI3270 Gateway
    12. BLUELYNX 5250 Gateways
    13. References
  10. Implementing the Internetwork
    1. The Internetwork Implementation Plan
  1. Addresses of Standard Organizations
  2. Selected Manufacturers of Internetworking Products
  3. North American Private Line Carriers
  4. North American Public Data Networks
  5. Acronyms

Reviews

Internetworking

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

OK ***** (5 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3:06 a.m.

Opinion

A bit dated, but still a very good overview of some protocols.

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