part SECTION I UNDERSTANDING LANs -- chapter 1 LAN Connectivity Options for Small Businesses / chapter 2 Integrating Voice and LAN Infrastructure and Applications / chapter 3 High-Speed Token Ring / chapter 4 Should You Migrate Your Token Ring Network to Ethernet? / chapter 5 Introduction to 100Base-T: Fast (and Faster) Ethernet / chapter 6 Gigabit Ethernet / chapter 7 ATM LAN Emulation / chapter 8 InterLAN Switching / chapter 9 LAN-to-Mainframe Connectivity Choices / chapter 10 Building Highly Reliable Computer Networks / chapter SECTION II UNDERSTANDING WANs -- chapter 11 U.S. Telecommunications Today* / chapter 12 The Voice Network: Still the Bedrock of the Wide Area Network / chapter 13 T1, T3, and SONET Networks / chapter 14 Remote Access Concepts and Techniques / chapter 15 ATM Access: The Genesis of a New Network / chapter 16 Transport over Frame Relay: Issues and Considerations / chapter 17 Emerging High-Bandwidth Networks / chapter 18 Voice and Data Network Integration / chapter 19 ATM Circuit Emulation Services / chapter 20 Routing and Routing Protocols / chapter 21 Convergence of IP, ATM, and SONET/SDH at the Backbone / part SECTION III VPNs, INTRANETS, AND EXTRANETS -- chapter 22 Virtual Networking Management and Planning / chapter 23 Putting VPNs to Work for Small Businesses and Offices / chapter 24 Virtual Private Networks: Secure Remote Access over the Internet / chapter 25 IPSec VPNs / chapter 26 Integrating Data Centers with Intranets / chapter 27 Implementing and Supporting Extranets / part SECTION IV TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE -- chapter 28 Enterprise Network Monitoring and Analysis in a Mission-Critical Environment / chapter 29 Web Traffic Analysis: Analyzing What Is Happening on Your Site / chapter 30 Network Architectures and Performance / chapter 31 Performance Engineering in Client/Server Environments / chapter 32 Understanding Gigabit Ethernet Performance / chapter 33 LAN/WAN Interconnection Requirements and Implementation Considerations / chapter 34 Demystifying Network Performance / chapter 35 Planning, Designing, and Optimization of Enterprise Networks / chapter 36 Proactive Performance Management / part Section V: Migration Considerations -- chapter 37 Moving the IT Workforce to a Client/Server Environment -- chapter 38 Selecting and Deploying E-Mail Migration Tools and Utilities -- chapter 39 Gracefully Transitioning from SNA to IP: Why, How, and When? -- chapter 40 Transporting Legacy SNA Traffic over Frame Relay -- chapter 41 SNA over Frame Relay -- chapter 42 Planning a Cutover to a New Voice System -- part 43 A Simulation Method for the Design of Multimedia Networks / chapter 43 A Simulation Method for the Design of Multimedia Networks -- chapter 44 Determinin Remote Bridge and Router Delays -- chapter 45 Network Baselining as a Planning Tool -- part 46 Working with Cisco Access Lists / chapter 46 Working with Cisco Access Lists -- chapter 47 Securing Your Router -- chapter 48 Protecting a Network from Spoofing and Denial of Service Attacks -- chapter 49 Internet Security: Securing the Perimeter -- chapter 50 Remote Access Authentication -- chapter 51 An Overview of Cryptographic Methods -- chapter 52 Public Key Infrastructure: Using the Internet as a Virtual Private Network -- chapter 53 Making Your Web Site Hacker Safe: Internet Security -- chapter 54 Applets and Network Security: A Management Overview -- chapter 55 Security Management -- part Section VIII: Considering Evolving Technologies -- chapter 56 Trends in Data Communications Services -- chapter 57 The Emerging Advantage of xDSL Technology -- chapter 58 Preparing for Cable Modems -- chapter 59 Voice and Video on the LAN -- chapter 60 Internet Voice Applications -- chapter 61 Building an IP PBX Telephony Network -- chapter 62 Fax over IP -- chapter 63 Videoconferencing over IP Networks -- chapter About the Editor.