Chapter: Introduction

Introduction

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to local-area network (LAN) switching. This LAN switching introduction starts with a discussion of network building blocks, moving into designing a switched LAN, managing your switched LAN, and some real-world case studies demonstrating these concepts.

    LAN switching first-step
    		LAN Switching first-step
    		About the Author
    		About the Technical Reviewers
    		Acknowledgments
    		Icons Used in This Book
    		Command Syntax Conventions
    		Introduction
    		Audience
    		How the Book Is Organized
    		How the Book Can Be Used
    		Feedback
    		The Twelve Networking Truths
    		Chapter 1. Networking Basics
    		Chapter 2. Network Models and Standards
    		Chapter 3. Local-Area Networking Introduction
    		Chapter 4. Traditional LAN Architecture
    		Chapter 5. Ethernet LANs
    		Chapter 6. How a Switch Works
    		Chapter 7. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
    		Chapter 8. Virtual LANs (VLANs)
    		Chapter 9. Switching Security
    		Chapter 10. LAN Switched Network Design
    		Chapter 11. Switch Network Management
    		Chapter 12. Switching Case Studies
    		Appendix A. Answers to Chapter Review Questions
    		Glossary
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