Computer networks and internets : with Internet applications - Comer, Douglas (Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004)
Pt. I. Using And Building Internet Applications -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Motivation And Tools -- Ch. 3. Network Programming And Applications -- Pt. II. Data Transmission -- Ch. 4. Transmission Media -- Ch. 5. Local Asynchronous Communication (RS-232) -- Ch. 6. Long-Distance Communication (Carriers, Modulation, And Modems) -- Pt. III. Packet Transmission -- Ch. 7. Packets, Frames, And Error Detection -- Ch. 8. LAN Technologies And Network Topology -- Ch. 9. Hardware Addressing And Frame Type Identification -- Ch. 10. LAN Wiring, Physical Topology, And Interface Hardware -- Ch. 11. Extending LANs: Fiber Modems, Repeaters, Bridges, and Switches -- Ch. 12. Long-Distance And Local Loop Digital Technologies -- Ch. 13. WAN Technologies And Routing -- Ch. 14. Connection-Oriented Networking And ATM -- Ch. 15. Network Characteristics: Ownership, Service Paradigm, And Performance -- Ch. 16. Protocols And Layering -- Pt. IV. Internetworking -- Ch. 17. Internetworking: Concepts, Architecture, and Protocols -- Ch. 18. IP: Internet Protocol Addresses -- Ch. 19. Binding Protocol Addresses (ARP) -- Ch. 20. IP Datagrams And Datagram Forwarding -- Ch. 21. IP Encapsulation, Fragmentation, And Reassembly -- Ch. 22. The Future IP (IPv6) -- Ch. 23. An Error Reporting Mechanism (ICMP) -- Ch. 24. UDP: Datagram Transport Service -- Ch. 25. TCP: Reliable Transport Service -- Ch. 26. Network Address Translation -- Ch. 27. Internet Routing -- Pt. V. Network Applications -- Ch. 28. Client-Server Interaction -- Ch. 29. The Socket Interface -- Ch. 30. Example Of A Client And A Server -- Ch. 31. Naming With The Domain Name System -- Ch. 32. Electronic Mail Representation And Transfer -- Ch. 33. IP Telephony (VoIP) -- Ch. 34. File Transfer And Remote File Access -- Ch. 35. World Wide Web Pages And Browsing -- Ch. 36. Dynamic Web Document Technologies (CGI, ASP, JSP, PHP, ColdFusion) -- Ch. 37. Active Web Document Technologies (Java, JavaScript) -- Ch. 38. RPC and Middleware -- Ch. 39. Network Management (SNMP) -- Ch. 40. Network Security -- Ch. 41. Initialization (Configuration) -- App. 1. Glossary Of Networking Terms And Abbreviations -- App. 2. The ASCII Character Set -- App. 3. Address Masks In Dotted Decimal.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [693]-700) and index.
System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Apple Macintosh computer, a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or 3.1, or a computer running the UNIX operating system.
Keywords: Computer networks; Internetworking (Telecommunication)