Summary
The overall focus of this chapter was to provide you with an understanding of the protocol mechanics of AppleTalk, IPX, and NetBIOS. Despite TCP/IP's increased usage in PC LAN environments, there are a large number of legacy installations in place today. Rather than replacing existing LAN protocolnetworks with TCP/IP, it is more common to find multiprotocol LANs being implemented. This is due largely to the improved stability of ODI and NDIS drivers that are being provided with NetWare and Microsoft Networking.
It is important as a network administrator and planner that you understand the operational processes that occur at each layer of protocol implementation, so you can troubleshoot effectively. In this chapter, we have reviewed the ...
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