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Neal Allen is a senior staff engineer in the technical Assistance Center at Fluke Networks in Everett, Washington, specialising in network diagnostic and monitoring tools. His is: to provide a basic networking skills training textbook; to provide a ‘triage ‘guide for new network technicians and managers of small networks; and to provide a refernce for networking professionals. There are chapters on: Using the oSAI model; Copper media; Fibre-optic media; Media access control layer; Data link layer; Network layer; Transport layer; Preventing problems; Troubleshooting, Troubleshooting media; and Network troubleshooting. |