Local Area Networks is ideal for students both in the classroom and later as a reference. Forouzan motivates topics by practical applications, and his liberal use of figures makes difficult technical topics easier to grasp by providing an intuitive, visual representation of concepts. Extensive practice sets are also provided at the end of each chapter, which reinforce what the student has learned.
Forouzan's Local Area Networks is also up-to-date. It presents in-depth material on such current topics as Gigabit Ethernet, ATM LAN, Wireless LAN, VPN, and VLAN.