Cabletron Systems bridges, switches manual Introduction, Using This Guide

Chapter 1

Introduction

Using This Guide

The Cabletron Systems Networking Guide - Workgroup Solutions is intended to provide much of the information necessary to allow Network Managers to design and evaluate workgroup networks using the Cabletron Systems family of standalone and stackable networking products. This guide also provides the methods for associating these workgroups into larger networks or incorporating them into existing facility networks.

This document was written with the assumption that the reader has some familiarity with four networking technologies; Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI. If you are unfamiliar with these technologies, Cabletron Systems produces instructional and reference materials that may be of assistance in learning these networking technologies. The available instructional materials are referred to in Related Documentation, later in this chapter. For those already familiar with the Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Token Ring technologies, a brief refresher in the main design-specific aspects of these technologies is provided in later chapters.

NOTE

This document assumes that the reader has read the Cabletron Systems Networking Guide - MMAC-FNB Solutions. The document is available on the Cabletron Systems Hardware Manuals CD-ROM. If you are unable to locate a copy of that document, you may also order a printed version of any document listed above from Cabletron Systems.

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