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Books
For more detail on the topics of these articles, the following books are good references.
One of my books, Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Sixth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2000, ISBN 0-13-012939-9), covers in greater detail all of the LAN systems discussed in this chapter.
David A. Stamper's Local Area Networks, Third Edition (Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN 0-13-018377-6) is written from the perspective of LAN management, with a focus on administrative responsibilities and strategies, which range from selecting and installing LAN hardware and software to designing backup and recovery options.
Charles E. Spurgeon's Ethernet: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly and Associates, 2000) provides a concise but thorough overview of all of the 10 Mbps through 1 Gbps 802.3 systems, including configuration guidelines for a single segment of each media type, as well as guidelines for building multisegment Ethernets using a variety of media types.
Two excellent treatments of both 100 Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet are provided by Rich Seifert's Gigabit Ethernet: Technology and Applications for High-Speed LANs (Addison Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-18553-9) and Gigabit Ethernet: Migrating to High-Bandwidth LANs (Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-13-913286-4), by Jayant Kadambi, Ian Crayford, and Mohan Kalkunte.
For a good overview of Fibre Channel, see Fibre Channel: Connection to the Future, Second Edition (LLH Technology Publishing, 1999), by The Fibre Channel Industry Association.
Wireless LANs: Implementing Interoperable Networks (MTP/New Riders, 1999, ISBN 1-57870-081-7), by Jim Geier, is an excellent book-length treatment of wireless LANs, with detailed coverage of the technology, the IEEE 802.11 standards, and numerous case studies.