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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
	Author: Radia Perlman Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Category: Book List Price: ~~$71.99~~ Buy New: $23.00 You Save: $48.99 (68%) New (32) Used (30) from $15.00 Rating: 27 reviews Sales Rank: 123292 Media: Hardcover Edition: 2 Pages: 560 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4 Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.2 ISBN: 0201634481 Dewey Decimal Number: 004.62 UPC: 785342634488 EAN: 9780201634488 ASIN: 0201634481 Publication Date: September 24, 1999 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: never opened


Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com This latest release of Interconnections is a competent update of a networking classic. Radia Perlman explains hundreds of details about getting computers--and computer networks--to talk to one another smoothly, accurately, and efficiently. Perlman, inventor of the spanning-tree bridging algorithm, covers the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model, bridges, switches, hubs, Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), plus connection-based and connectionless networks. She also does a great job of explaining the underpinnings of internetworking protocols, including packet format, addressing, routing (both generically and in terms of RIP, RTMP, OSPF, and other protocols), and security. There's plenty of IPv6 information here, mostly from a theoretical vantage point. The best parts of Perlman's approach to her subject are the little thought experiments that explain why various aspects of internetworking behave the way they do. For example, Perlman talks about Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) discovery by presenting four different hypotheses for figuring out MTU. For each possible solution, she discusses strengths, weaknesses, and real-life considerations. She applies this method to dozens of other problems and phenomena, making Interconnections a very close approximation of learning by experiment. --David Wall Topics covered: Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model, bridges, switches, hubs, Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), and internetworking protocols.