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About this Information
About this Information
This section discusses the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the
Internetworking Technology Overview publication.
This publication provides technical information on internetworking technologies.
It is designed for use in conjunction with other materials or as a standalone reference.
The Internetworking Technology Overview is not intended to provide all possible
information on the included technologies.
A primary goal of this publication is to help and to assist students at the BA Stuttgart.
The Internetworking Technology Overview is written for anyone who wants
to understand internetworking technologies.
It is anticipated that many readers will use information in this publication to assist students
during their studies, but others also may find it useful too.
Readers will better understand the material in this publication if they are familiar
with networking terminology.
This publication is divided into seven parts. Each part is concerned with
introductory material or a major area of internetworking technology and comprises
chapters describing related tasks or functions.
- Part 1, "Internetworking Basics," presents concepts basic to the understanding of internetworking and network management.
- Part 2, "Media-Access Technologies," describes standard protocols used for accessing network physical media.
- Part 3, "Packet-Switching Technologies," describes standard protocols used to implement packet-switching.
- Part 4, "Routed Protocols," describes several standard networking protocol stacks that can be routed through an internetwork.
- Part 5, "Routing Protocols," describes protocols used to route information through an internetwork.
- Part 6, "Bridging Technologies," describes protocols and technologies used to provide layer 2 connectivity between subnetworks.
- Part 7, "Network Management," describes network management protocols, architectures, and technologies.
In this publication, the following conventions are used:
- Commands and keywords are in boldface.
- New, important terms are italicized when accompanied by a definition or discussion of the term.
- Protocol names are italicized at their first use in each chapter.
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual.