7.1. Can't Get Enough of Those LAN Technologies7.1.1. Attached Resource Computer Network7.1.2. StarLAN7.1.3. Token Ring7.1.3.1. Token Ring's Modus Operandi7.1.3.2. Token Ring Media7.1.3.3. The Format of the Token Ring Frame7.1.4. Fiber Distributed Data Interface7.1.4.1. FDDI Does What FDDI Does7.1.4.1.1. Fiber Distributed Data Interface7.1.4.1.2. Copper Distributed Data Interface7.1.4.2. FDDI Node Types7.1.4.3. The FDDI Frame Format7.2. As If You Haven't Had Enough of These Sweet Protocols7.2.1. Digital Equipment Company Network7.2.2. Xerox Network Systems7.2.3. Internetwork Packet Exchange7.2.4. Point-to-Point Protocol7.2.4.1. PPP Encapsulation Method7.2.4.2. PPP Link Control Protocol7.2.4.3. PPP Network Control Protocol7.2.4.4. Please, Tell Us More7.2.4.5. PPP Frame Format7.2.5. X.257.2.5.1. X.25 Operations7.2.5.2. Link Access Procedure, Balanced7.2.5.3. Packet Layer Protocol7.2.6. Asynchronous Transfer Mode7.2.6.1. ATM Generic Cell Format7.2.6.2. An Overview of ATM Operations7.2.6.2.1. ATM: Virtual Paths, Circuits, and Channels7.2.6.2.2. ATM: Link Interface Types7.2.6.2.3. ATM Cell Header Format7.2.6.3. ATM Reference Model7.2.6.4. Traffic Management7.2.6.5. ATM Adaptation Layer Types7.2.7. Frame Relay7.2.7.1. Frame Relay Node Types7.2.7.2. Virtual Circuits . . . Again?7.2.7.3. Data Link Connection Identifier7.2.7.4. Feckens and Beckens7.2.7.5. Local Management Interface7.2.7.6. Frame Relay Frame Format7.2.8. Integrated Services Digital Network7.2.8.1. Basic Rate Interface and Primary Rate Interface7.2.8.2. ISDN Nodes7.2.8.3. The ISDN Reference Model7.2.9. AppleTalk7.2.9.1. AppleTalk Physical and Data Link Layers7.2.9.2. AppleTalk Network Layer7.2.9.3. AppleTalk Upper Layers7.3. Chapter Exercises7.4. Pop Quiz Answers