Conference 7.286::fddi

    The FDDI Handbook is not available from Digital Press. It is
    published by Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Phone: 800-822-6339
    and costs $49.50. Ask for ISBN 0-201-56376-4. Email:[email protected]
    
    You should be able to get it at most technical bookstores. The
    following two stores offer discounts to Digital employees:
    1. Quantum Books, Cambridge, MA, Phone: (617)494-5042 10% discount
    2. Book clearing house, Phone: (914)835-0015 12% (or 15%?) discount on
       single copy orders. More on multiple copies. They also accept
       DEC purchase orders from your cost center.
    
    For bulk orders (25+) copies, Addison-Wesley has a good discount
    schedule. Please contact Tim Mathieu, Phone: (617)-944-3700 Ext 2418,
    Email: [email protected] for details.
    
    DEC is currently considering the possibility of printing a customized
    version. However, the decision process may take some time.
    
    -Raj
    

    
    Thanks
    
    ammu

    	Raj,
    
    Is there any possibility of getting a posting of the book's table of 
    contents here? I'm sure the book is excellent, but for those of us some
    distance from a technical bookstore where we can leaf through the book,
    it would be great to have an idea of what's inside prior to phoning in
    an order.
    
    					thanks,
    
    Chuck O.

    Chuck,
      I have a copy of Raj's book. Here are the major chapter titles (too
    much to enter all the sub-titles):
    
    1 Overview
    2 Media Access Control
    3 Medium Independent Physical Layer (PHY)
    4 Fundamentals of Opticl Communication
    5 Optical Components: Physical Layer Medium Dependent
    6 Single Mode Fiber: SMF-PMD
    7 Low-Cost Fiber (LCF-PMD)
    8 FDDI on Twisted Pair Copper Cables
    9 FDDI on SONET
    10 Station Management (SMT)
    11 Connection and Ring Management (CMT and RMT)
    12 Network Management: SNMP and FDDI MIB
    13 Extension for Telecommunications: FDDI-II
    14 Enhanced Media Access Control: MAC-2
    15 Enhanced Medium-Independent Physical Layer (PHY-2)
    16 FDDI Follow-On LAN
    17 Logical Link COntrol
    18 TCP/IP and OSI Protocols on FDDI
    19 Buying and Installing Fiber Cables
    20 Cable Plant: Design and Analysis
    21 Buying FDDI Products: What to Look For
    22 Performance Under Heavy Load
    23 Performance Under Normal Load
    24 Analytical Models, FDDI-II, and Adapter Performance Issues
    25 Error Analysis
    26 Conformance Testing
    A Standards Organizations
    B Sources for Further Information
    C List of Symbols
    D Solutions to Self-Test Exercises
    E Status of FDDI Standards
    F Address of Manufacturers
    References
    Index
    
    Debbie
    

    I saw a seminar announcement recently that listed Raj Jain as one of
    the speakers, but also listed Ohio State University as his place of
    employment. I assume this means Raj has left Digital? THat's a real
    loss. Anyone know if this is the case or is he doing some sort of
    sabbatical?
    
    Debbie
    

Indeed, he has left.  I can see why, because his talents are a good match
for the academic world.  But as you say, it's quite a loss.

	paul