Robeson, Bridget M.2014-03-142014-03-141992etd-12232009-020117http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46350As personal computers become more powerful, the processing power that was once provided by the traditional mainframe host computer environment is being transition to the desktop and allowing office automation to function more easily. This distributed environment is causing a need for advanced communications between computing devices, from office to office and building to building. The communications technology that is advancing to meet this need is the Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) technology.v, 115 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V851 1992.R634Local area networks (Computer networks)Wide area networks (Computer networks)Master's projecthttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232009-020117/