{"product_id":"topdown-network-design","title":"Top-Down Network Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eObjectives The purpose of Top-Down Network Design  Third Edition  is to help you design networks that meet a customers business and technical goals. Whether your customer is another department within your own company or an external client  this book provides you with tested processes and tools to help you understand traffic flow  protocol behavior  and internetworking technologies. After completing this book  you will be equipped to design enterprise networks that meet a customers requirements for functionality  capacity  performance  availability  scalability  affordability  security  and manageability.  Audience This book is for you if you are an internetworking professional responsible for designing and maintaining medium- to large-sized enterprise networks. If you are a network engineer  architect  or technician who has a working knowledge of network protocols and technologies  this book will provide you with practical advice on applying your knowledge to internetwork design.  This book also includes useful information for consultants  systems engineers  and sales engineers who design corporate networks for clients. In the fast-paced presales environment of many systems engineers  it often is difficult to slow down and insist on a top-down  structured systems analysis approach. Wherever possible  this book includes shortcuts and assumptions that can be made to speed up the network design process.  Finally  this book is useful for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and information technology disciplines. Students who have taken one or two courses in networking theory will find Top-Down Network Design  Third Edition  an approachable introduction to the engineering and business issues related to developing real-world networks that solve typical business problems.  Changes for the Third Edition Networks have changed in many ways since the second edition was published. Many legacy technologies have disappeared and are no longer covered in the book. In addition  modern networks have become multifaceted  providing support for numerous bandwidth-hungry applications and a variety of devices  ranging from smart phones to tablet PCs to high-end servers. Modern users expect the network to be available all the time  from any device  and to let them securely collaborate with coworkers  friends  and family. Networks today support voice  video  high-definition TV  desktop sharing  virtual meetings  online training  virtual reality  and applications that we cant even imagine that brilliant college students are busily creating in their dorm rooms.  As applications rapidly change and put more demand on networks  the need to teach a systematic approach to network design is even more important than ever. With that need in mind  the third edition has been retooled to make it an ideal textbook for college students. The third edition features review questions and design scenarios at the end of each chapter to help students learn top-down network design.  To address new demands on modern networks  the third edition of Top-Down Network Design also has updated material on the following topics:  Network redundancy  Modularity in network designs  The Cisco SAFE security reference architecture  The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)  Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)  Ethernet scalability options  including 10-Gbps Ethernet and Metro Ethernet  Network design and management tools\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985350783029,"sku":"ByrdShop_1587202832","price":37.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781587202834.jpg?v=1770855652","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/topdown-network-design","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}