The Internet Connection: System Connectivity and Configuration (Unix and Open Systems Series.) - Tapa dura

This reference guide explains how to become a part of a community where global communication, resource discovery and resource sharing are brought to your desktop through the Internet. This book serves as a source of information about the Internet, from technology questions to administrative questions. It explains how to connect the Internet, what equipment is needed, what software is needed and what forms need to be filled out.

About Smoot Carl-Mitchell Smoot Carl-Mitchell is a Managing Partner at Texas Internet Consulting.He received his B.A. in Psychology and his M.A. in Computer Sciencefrom the University of Texas at Austin. He has consulted on numerousprojects including network design, installation, and debugging. Healong with his partner also give seminars on networking issues relatedto the growth, development, and use of TCP/IP. John S. Quarterman and Smoot Carl-Mitchell are partners in Texas Internet Consulting, which consults in networks and open systems with particular emphasis on TCP/IP networks and UNIX systems and standards. John S. Quarterman is Senior Technical Partner at Texas Internet Consulting, which consults in networks and open systems with particular emphasis on TCP/IP networks, UNIX systems, and standards.He is the author of The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide (Digital Press, 1990), and is a coauthor of UNIX, POSIX, and Open Systems: The Open Standards Puzzle (1993), Practical Internetworking with TCP/IP and UNIX (1993), The Internet Connection: System Connectivity and Configuration (1994), and The E-Mail Companion: Communicating Effectively via the Internet and Other Global Networks (1994), all published by Addison-Wesley. He is editor of Matrix News, a monthly newsletter about issues that cross network, geographic, and political boundaries, and of Matrix Maps Quarterly; both are published by Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc. (MIDS) of Austin, Texas. He is a partner in Zilker Internet Park, which provides Internet access from Austin. He and his wife, Gretchen Quarterman, split their time among his home in Austin, hers in Buffalo, New York, and various other locations. 0201542374AB04062001