Designing Appletalk Networks Architectures: Previously Designing Appletalk Networks (Network Frontiers Field Manual)
by Dorian J. Cougias, Tom Dell, E. L. Heiberger
Category: Computers

Whether you are creating a new Macintosh network, expanding your current network, or integrating Macintoshes into a mixed environment, Designing AppleTalk Network Architectures guides you through the best strategies for network architecture design. Design considerations that are addressed include the following: where Fast Ethernet increases throughput and how to implement a cabling scheme to support current and upcoming IEEE standards; how to write a Request for Proposal and ensure Category 5 compliance; repeaters, switches, bridges, and routers - what do they do? implementations of infrared and radio frequency for wireless networks; strategies for network numbering and zone planning; and IP addressing schemes - IP gateways, server-based addressing, and how to integrate static and server-based IP addressing.