Network Application Solutions and Case Studies

Author: Wang Weijiang, Zhong Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book aims to help readers understand and master advanced network application technologies, enhancing their network application skills. It primarily targets small and medium-sized networks, catering to the practical needs of small and medium-sized enterprises or institutions. The book provides in-depth introductions to 10 types of network application technologies, including Virtual LAN (VLAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN), disk arrays, network storage, network data backup, dual-machine fault tolerance and hot standby, PKI applications, web security, network video applications, remote management and control. The content covers technical introductions, solutions, and specific application examples. The book emphasizes practicality, introducing current mainstream technical solutions for each application and selecting one or more of them to further explain implementation steps through examples. The writing avoids complex principles, focusing on functional implementation and problem-solving, with a strong emphasis on comparing and selecting practical solutions and demonstrating specific implementation examples. The authors also share their practical experiences and insights, providing answers to key questions. Tailored to the network application needs of small and medium-sized enterprises and institutions, the book considers the characteristics of small and medium-sized networks and focuses on pure software and software-hardware integrated solutions when introducing plans, primarily featuring Windows platform solutions and examples. For applications dominated by hardware solutions, the book mainly introduces mainstream products and implementation models. This book is suitable for network administrators, network engineers, as well as college students and IT professionals who need to learn network application technologies. Readers are expected to have a certain foundation in network knowledge. It can also serve as a reference book for network management and network engineering.