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Features

• NEW - Highly up-to-date/expanded coverage—Explores cutting-edge topics such as wireless networking; peer-to-peer (P2P) applications; Web services and .NET; e-commerce and security applications; building wiring and optical fiber; TCP/IP; and network security.

  • Provides students with the most up-to-date material on data communications.

• NEW - More integration of select topics—Now integrates wireless communication throughout the text (especially in Chs. 3, 5, and 6); emphasizes TCP/IP (rapidly becoming dominant in corporations) throughout, especially in Chs. 2 and 8 and Module A; features strong coverage of security (an emerging key issue) in Ch. 9 (security) and Chs. 7 (VPNs) and 10 (server access permissions).

  • Shows students how certain concepts permeate broad areas of data communications.

• NEW - Content reorganization—Telephony moved from the advanced modules into the core chapters for a broader telecommunications focus; TCP/IP internetworking details moved to Ch. 8 to give a bottom-to-top approach in terms of layering; applications chapter moved to the end of the text to allow a strong finish to the term.

  • Brings the text more in line with the way data communications courses are taught today.

• NEW - Substantial case studies—Mini-cases linked directly to selected chapters.

  • Gives students experience in applying concepts to situations they are likely to encounter in the real world.

• NEW - More thought questions, design questions, and troubleshooting questions—At the end of each chapter.

  • Gives students the opportunity to engage in substantive critical thinking about concepts and their application in the real-world.

• Modular approach—Features 11 core chapters (for a well-structured course with some free time) plus 6 advanced modules (for selective emphasis depending on the instructor's course goals).

  • Highly regarded, this modular approach allows for selective emphasis enabling full focus upon the instructor's course goals.

• Right-size core chapters.

  • Chapters are short enough for students to master. Instructors don't have to assign material selectively within bloated chapters.

New To This Edition

• Highly up-to-date/expanded coverage—Explores cutting-edge topics such as wireless networking; peer-to-peer (P2P) applications; Web services and .NET; e-commerce and security applications; building wiring and optical fiber; TCP/IP; and network security.

  • Provides students with the most up-to-date material on data communications.

• More integration of select topics—Now integrates wireless communication throughout the text (especially in Chs. 3, 5, and 6); emphasizes TCP/IP (rapidly becoming dominant in corporations) throughout, especially in Chs. 2 and 8 and Module A; features strong coverage of security (an emerging key issue) in Ch. 9 (security) and Chs. 7 (VPNs) and 10 (server access permissions).

  • Shows students how certain concepts permeate broad areas of data communications.

• Content reorganization—Telephony moved from the advanced modules into the core chapters for a broader telecommunications focus; TCP/IP internetworking details moved to Ch. 8 to give a bottom-to-top approach in terms of layering; applications chapter moved to the end of the text to allow a strong finish to the term.

  • Brings the text more in line with the way data communications courses are taught today.

• Substantial case studies—Mini-cases linked directly to selected chapters.

  • Gives students experience in applying concepts to situations they are likely to encounter in the real world.

• More thought questions, design questions, and troubleshooting questions—At the end of each chapter.

  • Gives students the opportunity to engage in substantive critical thinking about concepts and their application in the real-world.

Table of Contents



 1. Core Network Concepts.


 1A. Case Study: Panko.info.


 2. Standards.


 3. Physical Layer Propagation.


 3A. Cutting and Connectorizing UTP.


 4. A Small Ethernet PC Network.


 4A. Configuring a Microsoft Windows 98 PC as a Client.


 5. Other LAN Technologies.


 5A. Case Study: XTR Consulting's PC Network.


 6. Telephony: Internal and External.


 6A. Case Study: Rewiring a College Building.


 7. Wide Area Networks (WANS).


 7A. Case Study: First Bank of Paradise's Wide Area Networks.


 8. TCP/IP Internetworking.


 9. Security.


 9A. Not Hands-On: How Attackers Hack Servers.


10. Network Management and Systems Administration.


10A. Hands On: Using a Protocol Analyzer.


11. Networked Applications.


11A. Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer PC Network.


Module A. More on TCP and IP.


Module B. More on Propagation.


Module C. More on Local Area Networks.


Module D. More on Telephone Service.


Module E. More on Large-Scale Networks.


Module F. More on Security.


Index.

Courses

Networking - Intro for Business/Business Data Communication  (Computer Science)
Business Data Communication / Networking  (MIS)

Next Edition(s)

• Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, 8/E
  Panko & Panko
  ©2011  |  Prentice Hall  |  Cloth; 528 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136100120  |  ISBN-13: 9780136100126
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  For undergraduate and graduate business data communications and networking courses.

  
  Understand the exciting and complex field of networking.
  
  Business Data Networks and Telecommunications guides students through the details of networking with its clear writing style, job-ready detail, and focus on the technologies that are used in today’s marketplace.
  
  The eighth edition provides students with the methods of preparation for dealing with specific network standards.
  
  

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Author Bios

Dr. Ray Panko (Ray@Panko.com) is a professor of IT management in the College of Business Administration of the University of Hawaii. Before coming to the university, he was a project manager at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International), where he conducted research for nearly every major telecommunications firm. He received his BS summa cum laude in physics and MBA from Seattle University. He received his doctorate in communication from Stanford University, where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA and where his dissertation was conducted under contract to the Office of the President of the United States.

His interest in networking began in the early 1970s, when the interdisciplinary Stanford "communications mafia" was at its peak and when a young doctoral student could work on verifying the effectiveness of the small satellite dishes we use today, could manage the design of a campus-wide LAN using cable television technology, and could pick a dissertation topic relevant enough for the White House to fund. Stanford Research Institute was even more fun because the author got to work on the ARPANET during its first few years, participate in discussions that defined e-mail, and work for Doug Engelbart, who invented the mouse and outline processing and who built the world's first working hypertext system and distributed team support system. In retrospect, it is amazing that many of the things he worked on then took so many years to come to fruition.

At the University of Hawaii, he discovered that teaching networking was even more fun than conducting research in networking and that writing a textbook could introduce thousands of students to this exciting field.

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CURRENCY and FLEXIBILTY

LEARN FROM THE MOST CURRENT TEXT ON THE MARKET

• Wireless networking, the hottest topic in information technology, is integrated throughout the text
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, Web services and .NET application sections on e-commerce and security
• Extensive coverage of building wiring, optical fiber, and hands-on sections for cutting wire, and setting up clients
• An increased focus on TCP/IP and network security
• Author-maintained Web site with continual updates to the text

LEARN IN THE ORDER AND WITH THE EMPHASIS THAT YOU NEED

• Focus on the most important chapters for your particular course with the flexibility of this text's 11 core-chapters and 6 advanced modules for extended learning.
• Explore data communications and networking to increase knowledge retention; use the advanced modules for further investigation.
• Get the most out of this text with concise chapters, hands-on content, and flexible arrangement that allows for creative learning in the classroom.

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