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By Matthew Gast
August 2001
Pages: 304
ISBN 10: 0-596-00127-4 |
ISBN 13: 9780596001278
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
This practical, applied reference to T1 for system and network administrators brings together in one place the information you need to set up, test, and troubleshoot T1. You'll learn what components you need to build a T1 line; how the components interact to transmit data; how to adapt the T1 to work with data networks using standardized link layer protocols; troubleshooting strategies; and working with vendors.
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If you haven't worked with T1 before, you could be in for an unpleasant surprise. If you have, you'll already know that T1, the current network standard for business and professional Internet access, is neither efficient, easy to use, nor particularly well-suited to data transmission. T1: A Survival Guide, a practical, applied reference on T1 data transport, is a life raft for navigating the shoals of a 40-year-old technology originally designed for AT&T's voice network.
Throughout T1's long life, network administrators have mainly learned it by apprenticeship, stumbling on troubleshooting tidbits and filing them away until they were needed again. This book brings together in one reference the information you need to set up, test, and troubleshoot T1.
T1: A Survival Guide covers the following broad topics:
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- What components are needed to build a T1 line, and how those components interact to transmit data effectively
- How to use standardized link layer protocols to adapt the T1 physical layer to work with data networks
- How to troubleshoot problems and work with the telephone company, equipment manufacturers, and Internet service providers
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T1: A Survival Guide Review, February 08 2002
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A good book, really. As a Support Engineer for an ISP, I provision, deliver and troubleshoot Leased Line Circuits on a regular basis. This title takes some of the telco "hoodoo" out of doing so. Speaking for all of us in Europe, I'd very much like for O'Reilly to consider an "E1 Suvival Guide", too.
Media reviews "'T1: A Survival Guide' lives up to its name because it is much more than just another explanation of technology....You also get something sorely missing in most textbooks or technology primers. That's the vital section on T1 troubleshooting. Applying the theory to solve actual problems is just what you need in a survival guide...'T1: A Survival Guide' is one of those books that you should read once or twice, and then keep handy on your technical shelf for those times when you'll want to find the key information fast."
--John Shepler, Crab Bucket Rescue, February 2004
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"O'Reilly's 'T1: A Survival Guide' by Matthew Gast makes a superb companion volume (to 'Building Wireless Community Networks')--one that will be invaluable in finding your way through the labyrinth of provisioning, configuration, diagnosis, and troubleshooting necessary to get a T1 line up and running. I recommend both books without reservation."
--Thom Stark, IBM DevloperWorks, January 2002
"Matthew Gast's 'T1: A Survival Guide' is written to fill a gap in the technical literature. Most of the technical material on the inner workings of T1 and digital transmission is either embedded is obtuse vendor documentation, or it is written from the perspective of someone familiar with telephone communications. Unless you work for the phone company, finding understandable descriptions of the inner workings of T1 and digital transmission is hard to come by. Gast meets a real need by writing a text that approaches the subject for those who are T1 customers who simply need some assistance in knowing how the technology works. Gast does not get bogged down in abstract mathematical formulas and confusing telephone company jargon. Instead, he focuses on how a customer can identify the different components of digital transmission and how it functions in a data/voice network. The customer can then talk intelligently to the T1 service provider to work out problems or even troubleshoot them on his or her own."
--Clarke Morledge, Williamsburg Macromedia User Group, April 2002
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