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Books : Data and Computer Communications
Books and Publications Average Rating: out of 5 stars

  
: Data and Computer Communications
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by: William, Ph.D. Stallings
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
EAN: 9780024154415
ISBN: 0024154415
Label: Macmillan Coll Div
Manufacturer: Macmillan Coll Div
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 892
Publication Date: 1994-01
Publisher: Macmillan Coll Div
Sales Rank: 5195347
Studio: Macmillan Coll Div



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This book covers the full range of data and computer communications, giving an up-to-date tutorial on leading edge network technologies. It includes expanded coverage of WANs, including ATM, frame relay, packet switching, and circuit switching. Also offered is expanded coverage of LANs, including Fast Ethernet, and expanded coverage of TCP/IP.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Writing Accuracy
Just one issue: The text would repeatedly refer to various devices, procedures, menus, etc. inaccurately. It made using IT Guru frustrating at times because I wasn't always sure if I was selecting or doing the right thing. Perhaps they should have had someone actually use it before they published. "?"


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - well presented explanations
[A review of the 8th EDITION, that was published in late 2006.]

Stallings takes the student reader through an extensive introduction to current computer networking. Focusing naturally on TCP/IP, as the Internet is the largest computer network in the world. He shows how TCP/IP can be related to the theoretical 7 layer OSI model. The 5 layers of TCP/IP have proved to be well adequate to this date.

En route, he provides very simple analogies to the protocol stack, as this sometimes gives students grief. One analogy is for the physical layer to be mapped to a telephone line. Then on one side, there is a stack for ordering pizza - consisting of a guest at a hotel, a host and a telephone. The other stack has the pizza cook, the order clerk and a telephone. Here, we see a 3 [or 4] layer stack, that is readily understandable. (It's easier to see the structure in the book's diagram.] Well, if you ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Interesting stuff.
most interesting part of this book was adsl, cable, vdsl because our family are using FastAccess DSL(adsl with 1.5 megabyte patch)from Bellsouth(which is merged with At&T).


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A Good Resource
This book does not cover as many topics as I would have liked, but it is very current and appears to be accurate. Stallings can be a bit dry.



 

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