A Practical Approach to Corporate Networks Engineering is dedicated to
corporate network design and engineering, covering the different levels of
network design and deployment. The main theoretical concepts are explained
and the different functioning mechanisms are illustrated with practical
experiments. Using an open source network simulator that is able to emulate real
network equipment and run concrete network scenarios (Graphical Network
Simulator), the authors present several realistic network scenarios that illustrate
the different network protocols and mechanisms and can be easily replicated by
readers at home. Readers will be able to configure the different network
equipments, run the scenarios and capture traffic at the different network links on
their own, ordinary PC, acquiring a deep knowledge of the underlying network
protocols and mechanisms.
This interactive and practical teaching approach is very motivating and effective,
since students can easily follow the explanations that are given throughout the
book, making this work a valuable addition to the existing literature.
Corporate network design, switching, routing, multicast, quality of service,
network security, application-layer services