Fundamentals of Local Area Networks - Part 1/2

The book ''Fundamentals of Local Area Networks - Part 1 / 2'' is the seminar handout part 1 of 2 covering the first day of our vendor-independent 2-day seminar „Local Area Networks“.

This seminar is intended for all interested in Local Area Networks (LAN) for office and industrial environments.

I recommend that you are familiar with general IT topics and some basics of datacommunication as I cover in seminar and books ''Basics in Datacommunication (Parts 1, 2 and 3)''

CONTENT of this ebook Part 1 (this part):

Short introduction to networking in general (LAN, WAN)

Typical features and applications of Local Area Networks (LAN)Cabling technology (twisted pair, cable categories or classes, coaxial, optical fiber types )

Media Access Control (MAC) procedures (CSMA/CD, Ethernet, IEEE 802.3, CSMA/CA Wireless Local Area Network)

Higher layer protocols (including brief description of TCP/IP protocols as they are used in the Internet and many Local Area Networks).