Publisher's Synopsis
Written specifically to address the needs of communications technicians rather than end-users, this expanded edition provides detailed information about the latest technology in modem communications. Beginning with an overview of the basics of communications, the author offers expert guidelines for selecting, installing, troubleshooting and managing all types of modems in use today. The text describes new modem standards, pocket and PCMCIA (credit-card sized) modems, network modems and the special problems associated with fax modems.