THE MOST PRECISE, CONCISE AND AUTHORITATIVE IP REFERENCE AVAILABLE! With Internet- and intranet-based information firmly established as the lifeblood of business, no IT professional can truly succeed without a deep understanding of Internet protocol (IP). If your work includes the maintenance, upgrade, or design of these essential business networks, or you simply need to understand the field’s complex lingo, you’ll welcome the insight of IP A to Z. Easy to read, easy to use! Written by a noted networking expert, IP A to Z delivers nearly one hundred detailed articles, each providing comprehensive coverage of a key IP topic. Plus, the book’s wealth of detailed, informative illustrations ensures you’ll come away with a mastery of IP from a variety of perspectives—protocols, applications, services, and management. From traditional data and addressing issues to cutting edge voice transport mechanisms and streaming content issues, IP A to Z is the one-stop, quick look-up resource no one in networking should be without. Including: Application Service Providers Asynchronous Transfer Mode Cable Modems Content Delivery Networks Cyber Crime Digital Signatures Extranets Firewalls Frame Relay Home Phoneline Networking Integrated Access Devices Internet Telephony Intranets Multiservice Networking Network Statistics Performance Baselining Ping Proxy Servers Quality of Service Streaming Content Unified Messaging Virtual Private Networks Voice-Data Convergence