Publisher's Synopsis
This text, designed for users of the Ethernet/802.3 LAN-environment hardware and software, answers questions that arise after a network is installed. It includes information on when to use bridges and routers to isolate traffic, switching devices and why they are necessary, the rules for unshielded twisted pair networks, how to tell when the performance of a network is suffering and how to collect data to prove it, what "heartbeat" is and how to set it, and other topics essential to the day-to-day management and control of the LAN.
