Campus NetworksIn October 1977, even though on my way to be interviewed at Dartmouth, I spent some time at Cornell and contacted the computer system center to ask if somebody could go over Cornell’s computing with me. By a spectacular piece of fortune my guide was Douglas Van Houweling who later became one particular of the leaders of networked computing. The enterprise edge contains all the network elements for effective and secure communication involving the enterprise campus and remote locations, business enterprise partners, mobile users and the Net. In terms of campus technologies and protocols, I learned far extra from this book than I did from any of my studies for Cisco’s qualified-level certifications. A huge campus with groups of buildings can also use WAN technology to connect the buildings.

The distinct characteristic of a campus environment is that the corporation that owns the campus network generally owns the physical wires … Continue reading >>>