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TCP/IP Over ATM: A No Nonsense Internetworking Guide (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed Systems)
 
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TCP/IP Over ATM: A No Nonsense Internetworking Guide (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed Systems) (Hardcover)

by Berry Kercheval (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 202 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall (24 Dec 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0137685998
  • ISBN-13: 978-0137685998
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 18.2 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,974,002 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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76859-8 A practical guide to planning and managing ATM backbone networks for TCP/IP based WANs and the Internet. Right now - today - you can use ATM as a remarkably powerful backbone for TCP/IP-based WANs and the Internet. TCP/IP Over ATM is your no-nonsense, Vendor-independent quick-start guide to getting the job done. You'll start with a quick overview of the TCP/IP and ATM fundamentals you need to make them work together. Learn what you need to know about SONET, the physical transport layer underlying carrier ATM services. Understand how ATM works, including the basics of ATM switching, virtual circuits, adaptation layers and signaling. Compare the pros and cons of the two leading options for carrying TCP/IP options on ATM networks: the IETF's Classical IP-Over-ATM, and the ATM Forum's LAN Emulation. Learn how each approach supports multicasting. Then, see how ATM traffic management and quality of service features can work with RSVP and other advanced IP technologies to provide guaranteed bandwidth. Review the resources available to manage ATM networks, including SNMP, ILMI and ATM routing - and learn new ways to optimize TCP/IP networks running on an ATM backbone. Finally, preview the future of TCP/IP and ATM with a look at today's most exciting WAN testbeds and research programs. In TCP/IP-Over-ATM, Xerox PARC scientist Berry Kercheval manages the rare feat of being technically precise and a joy to read. If you're even considering running TCP/IP Over ATM, this is where you ought to start.

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76859-8

A practical guide to planning and managing ATM backbone networks for TCP/IP based WANs and the Internet.

Right now - today - you can use ATM as a remarkably powerful backbone for TCP/IP-based WANs and the Internet. TCP/IP Over ATM is your no-nonsense, Vendor-independent quick-start guide to getting the job done.

You'll start with a quick overview of the TCP/IP and ATM fundamentals you need to make them work together. Learn what you need to know about SONET, the physical transport layer underlying carrier ATM services. Understand how ATM works, including the basics of ATM switching, virtual circuits, adaptation layers and signaling.

Compare the pros and cons of the two leading options for carrying TCP/IP options on ATM networks: the IETF's Classical IP-Over-ATM, and the ATM Forum's LAN Emulation. Learn how each approach supports multicasting. Then, see how ATM traffic management and quality of service features can work with RSVP and other advanced IP technologies to provide guaranteed bandwidth.

Review the resources available to manage ATM networks, including SNMP, ILMI and ATM routing - and learn new ways to optimize TCP/IP networks running on an ATM backbone. Finally, preview the future of TCP/IP and ATM with a look at today's most exciting WAN testbeds and research programs.

In TCP/IP-Over-ATM, Xerox PARC scientist Berry Kercheval manages the rare feat of being technically precise and a joy to read. If you're even considering running TCP/IP Over ATM, this is where you ought to start.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good in parts, bad in others, 6 Jun 1999
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On the one hand, reading this book gives a pretty good overview of TCP/IP over ATM. However, it's pretty short (just barely 200 pages altogether, with almost 40 pages of backmatter)--the price is pretty high considering the length. And, I've got serious problems with the content.

What's troublesome are the copy editing lapses. There seem to be a lot of instances where an acronym is used without first defining it--this is why it's so hard to read the source RFCs on ATM, and why a book like this could be so helpful if it were clearer. And not all acronyms are included in the glossary, making it worse. And the fact that there are a fair number of typos that didn't get caught makes me wonder how accurate the rest of the book is. Also, for example, Kercheval refers to NHRP as the "Next Hop Routing Protocol" yet the source (and the bibliography) correctly refer to the Next Hop Resolution Protocol.

Although Kercheval states in the introduction that everything will be explained clearly so that even people without an ATM background will get it, that doesn't always seem to be the case. Even so, if you really need to try to figure out the main issues related to running IP over ATM, this is probably as good a book as any now available. This would actually be a great book if it were more closely edited for accuracy, though.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introductory book on ATM: I loved it!, 23 Mar 1999
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This was my first book on ATM (after having browsed through uninteresting overly complex literature on ATM). Well this book explains the ATM basics, the concepts, LAN Emulation, Classical IP, management, the relationship with IP, etc in a highly readable manner. The content is very clear. The book also contains references to other material for the reader who wants to go deeper (like the technical specs of the ATM Forum). After reading it, I was armed with a solid foundation to be able to understand more and go on my own. There is also a good chapter on TCP performance over ATM. The book is aimed at people who are familiar with networking but don't know much about ATM, for people who want to know how it works in some detail, but not so much detail that the concepts would be buried under and not understood. So the reader won't get ALL the information, but will get a pretty good idea of how it works and where to go to learn more. For me, this book was a joy to read!
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2.0 out of 5 stars This book provides a very concise review on the subject., 31 Dec 1998
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This book does not get into much detail on every topic that it covers. Any book on ATM should have covered more on "TCP/IP over ATM". I didnot get much after I read this book. Therefore, I don't recommend this book.
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