“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Local Area Networks Gerd Keiser

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Chapter One Overview of LANs

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl WAN, MAN, and LAN concepts Figure 1.1

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl A shared-medium LAN and associated terminology Figure 1.2

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl A NIC as a conversion interface Figure 1.3

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Interconnections of LANs and LAN segments through layered protocols Figure 1.4

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Networking concept of a client/server interaction Figure 1.5

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Segmentation of a long message Figure 1.6

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Example of a switched LAN Figure 1.7

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Three constrained-topology LANs Figure 1.8

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Illustration of a mesh network Figure 1.9

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Typical LAN for an office environment Figure 1.10

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Example of a backbone LAN Figure 1.11

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Illustration of a wireless LAN Figure 1.12

“Local Area Networks” - Gerd Keiser Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies srl Illustration of a storage area network Figure 1.13