Get up to speed on the latest Ethernet capabilities for building and maintaining networks for everything from homes and offices to data centers and server machine rooms. This thoroughly revised, comprehensive guide covers a wide range of Ethernet technologies, from basic operation to network management, based on the authors’ many years of field experience. When should you upgrade to higher speed Ethernet? How do you use switches to build larger networks? How do you troubleshoot the system? This book provides the answers. If you’re looking to build a scalable network with Ethernet to satisfy greater bandwidth and market requirements, this book is indeed the definitive guide.
A must for newcomers to networking. Make sure to get the 2nd Edition! The basic concepts needed for a good foundation in network engineering are well explained here by Spurgeon.
This is a great book that will get you up to speed on the basics of Ethernet networking. I used it to supplement my studies during my first networking class gearing up for the CCNA test.