- Hardcover: 560 pages
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (Sep 24 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0201634481
- ISBN-13: 978-0201634488
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 19.4 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #190,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
Book Description
Radia Perlman's Interconnections is recognised as a leading text on networking theory and practice. It provides authoritative and comprehensive information on general networking concepts, routing algorithms and protocols, addressing and the mechanics of bridges, routers, switches and hubs. This Second Edition is expanded and updated to cover the newest developments in the field, including advances in switching and bridge technology, VLANs, Fast Ethernet, DHCP, ATM and IPv6. Additional new topics include IPX, AppleTalk and DECnet. You will gain a deeper understanding of the range of solutions possible and find valuable information on protocols for which documentation is not readily available elsewhere. Written by the inventor of many of the algorithms that make switching and routing robust and efficient, Interconnections, Second Edition offers an expert's insight into how and why networks operate as they do. Perlman describes all of the major networking algorithms and protocols in use today in clear and concise terms, while exploring the engineering trade-offs that the different approaches represent. The book contains extensive coverage of such topics as:
* The spanning tree algorithm
* The differences between bridges, routers and switches
* Virtual LANs (VLANs) and Fast Ethernet
* Addressing and packet formats for IP, IPv6, IPX, CLNP, AppleTalk and DECnet
* Autoconfiguration of addresses; strategies in various protocol suites
* Routing protocols, including RIP, IS-IS, OSPF, PNNI, NLSP, and BGP
* Layer 3 multicast protocols, including IGMP, DVMRP, MOSPF, CBT, PIM,BGMP, Simple Multicast, and Express
* Sabotage-proof routing
* Protocol design folklore
THE AUTHOR: Radia Perlman's work has had a profound impact on the field of networking. She was recently featured in the 25th anniversary edition of Data Communications magazine as one of the 25 people whose work has most influenced the industry. She is the creator of the spanning tree algorithm upon which bridges (switches) are based, and the algorithms that allow robust and efficient link state routing, upon which all modern link state routing protocols (such as IS-IS, OSPF, and PNNI) are based. Radia designed IS-IS, Simple Multicast, and sabotage-proof routing. She is also co-author of Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World. Both of her books were listed in the top 10 most useful networking reference books in the March, 1988 issue of Network Magazine. She is currently a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., She holds about 50 patents and a Ph.D. from M.I.T.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Other Great Networking Book,
By TDrinkrrr (Reston, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (Hardcover)
The networking universe is not purely TCP/IP. There is a ton of wacky stuff out there that even your friendly Cisco instructor likes to gloss over. Who uses CLNP or DECnet, anyway? And Ethernet just works, doesn't it?Well, people do use them, Ethernet doesn't just work and one day you'll need to know what the hell is happening on your multi-vendor multi-protocol network, whereupon Radia Perlman will save your hide. When I was recently posted abroad I had to decide which technical books to put in storage until my return and which to bring with me. I had about 150 such books, but I could take three at most. I took two: Perlman and Stevens TCP/IP vol 1. I've not missed the others yet.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Readable networking?!,
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This review is from: Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (Hardcover)
Perlman does a fantastic job of writing about a topic she's obviously passionate about. Her ability to convey complex networking topics simply makes this book an excellent introduction to the subject, a great guide for people who don't need to be experts (i.e. marketing folks), and a technical text book. This book is both incredibly informative and entertaining, spiced with some of her own views, annecdotes, and history of networking. A great read, can you believe I would say that about a networking text?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book for Beginners to WAN,
By Navin K Parwal (Jaipur, Rajasthan India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (Hardcover)
I have just recieved this book yesterday , as this book lives to the expectations , I havent read a better book to understand about Layer2 , there are lots of books available for Routing and understanding of Routable Protocols , this book goes quite in depth on Framing , Bridging , VLAN , etc.This book is a must have for any one who wants to master Switching , and for anyone who wants to pursue CCNP and CCIE R/S track . Navin Parwal
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