Author(s): Eli Lazich
Publisher: Sams
Year: Dec 2005
ISBN: 0672328321
Language: English
File type: CHM
Pages: 128
Size (for download): 3.5 MB


This book provides you with a guide to some of the most productive, interesting, and just plain fun things you can do with your computers. Many people these days have more than one computer at home and can easily become bewildered by all the possibilities. The topics covered in this book will take you from the basics of computer networking to how to use your computer to accomplish many everyday home networking tasks.

Along the way, this book provides you with enough extra information in the form of sidebars to either pique your interest or satisfy your curiosity, depending on your level of interest in the topic. Because I am firmly convinced that people learn best by actually performing a task rather than simply reading about it, this book provides detailed, step-by-step procedures that show you exactly what to click or type to achieve the desired result. It also provides web links along the way, where appropriate. When you have your home network set up, you can follow these links to get more information.

The most important assumption this book makes is that you are using Windows XP as your operating system and that you are familiar with the basic operation and functionality it offers. This book does not cover any background operating system concepts, but many fine books are available to help you with that sort of information (for example, Sams Teach Yourself Windows XP All in One from Sams Publishing). Most of the projects presented in this book can be accomplished by using what ships (and should be installed) with your copy of Windows XP. Where appropriate, this book tells you where and how to obtain any other software and then describes how to install it.


TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 1 - Understanding Basic Networking
Chapter 2 - Project 1: Making Your Computers Talk to Each Other
Chapter 3 - Project 2: Sharing Files, Printers, and Other Stuff on Your Network
Chapter 4 - Project 3: Creating a Network Jukebox
Chapter 5 - Project 4: Instant Messaging in and out of Your Home Network
Chapter 6 - Project 5: Creating and Sharing Video on Your Home Network
Chapter 7 - When Your Network Doesn't Work the Way It Should
Chapter 8 - Bonus Project: Creating Your Own Website

Author(s): Denise Donohue, David Mallory, Ken Salhoff
Publisher: Cisco Press
Year: Aug 2006
ISBN: 158705258X
Language: English
File type: CHM
Pages: 648
Size (for download): 8.8 MB


Deployments of voice over IP (VoIP) networks continue at a rapid pace. Voice gateways are an essential part of VoIP networks, handling the many tasks involved in translating between transmission formats and protocols and acting as the interface between an IP telephony network and the PSTN or PBX. Gatekeepers and IP-to-IP gateways help these networks scale. Gatekeepers provide call admission control, call routing, address resolution, and bandwidth management between H.323 endpoints including Cisco IOS® voice gateways and Cisco® Unified CallManager clusters. IP-to-IP gateways allow VoIP calls to traverse disparate IP networks.

Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeepers provides detailed solutions to real-world problems encountered when implementing a VoIP network. This practical guide helps you understand Cisco gateways and gatekeepers and configure them properly. Gateway selection, design issues, feature configuration, and security and high-availability issues are all covered in depth. The abundant examples, screen shots, configuration snips, and case studies make this a truly practical and useful guide for anyone interested in the proper implementation of gateways and gatekeepers in a VoIP network. Emphasis is placed on the accepted best practices and common issues encountered in real-world deployments.

Cisco Voice Gateways and Gatekeepers is divided into four parts. Part I provides an overview of an IP voice network. Part II is dedicated to voice gateways, including discussions of Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP); H.323; Session Initiation Protocol (SIP); voice circuit options; connecting to the PSTN, PBX, and IP WAN; dial plans; digit manipulation; route selection; class of restriction; Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) and MGCP fallback; digital signal processor (DSP) resources; and Tool Command Languaue (Tcl) scripts and Voice XML (VXML). Part III addresses voice gatekeepers, including detailed deployment and configuration. Part IV is dedicated to IP-to-IP gateways.


TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Gateways and Gatekeepers
Chapter 02 - Media Gateway Control Protocol
Chapter 03 - H.323
Chapter 04 - Session Initiation Protocol
Chapter 05 - Circuit Options
Chapter 06 - Connecting to the PSTN
Chapter 07 - Connecting to PBXs
Chapter 08 - Connecting to an IP WAN
Chapter 09 - Dial Plans
Chapter 10 - Digit Manipulation
Chapter 11 - Influencing Path Selection
Chapter 12 - Configuring Class of Restrictions
Chapter 13 - SRST and MGCP Gateway Fallback
Chapter 14 - DSP Resources
Chapter 15 - Using Tcl Scripts and VoiceXML
Chapter 16 - Deploying Gatekeepers
Chapter 17 - Gatekeeper Configuration
Chapter 18 - Cisco Multiservice IP-to-IP Gateway

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Syngress (November 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597491187
• ISBN-13: 978-1597491181

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: Syngress (September 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597491004
• ISBN-13: 978-1597491006

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; Pap/Cdr edition (November 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597490733
• ISBN-13: 978-1597490733