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Course Support Materials
Solutions manual and project manual: Available at Prentice Hall Website for this book. Go here for Prentice Hall instructor support Websites for my other books.
Powerpoint slides: The "official" set of slides commissioned for use specifically with this book. Developed by Professor Elizabeth Lane Lawley of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
OPNET OPNET is a professional modeling tool for networking configurations. An academic version is available and a student lab manual prepared for Business Data Communications, Fifth Edition is available from Prentice Hall. This is a useful hands-on supplement to the course.
Computer Science Student Resource Site: Help and advice for the long-suffering, overworked student.
Errata sheet: Latest list of errors, updated at most monthly. File name is Errata-BDC5e-mmyy. If you spot any errors, please report them to 
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Figures: On-line transparency masters of the figures from the book in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
Tables: On-line transparency masters of all the tables from the book in PDF format
Network Design Chapter: A supplementary chapter developed by Richard Van Slyke of Polytechnic University of Brooklyn. Updated 21 January 2001.
On-line Simulation: Ann Burroughs, an Associate Professor at Humboldt State University has created two simulations that may help you visualize some of the concepts in the book. They require ShockWave plug-ins and a reasonably up-to-date browser.
A Discussion of Textbook Cost Myths: From the Text and Academic Authors Association.
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BDC CoursesInstructors might find this web site for a course taught using this book useful. We would appreciate hearing about web sites for other courses.
MSIS 8040 Data Communication Theory and Practice. Kennesaw State U.. Includes class notes and review slides.
QMCS370 Telecommunications and Teleprocessing. U. of St. Thomas. Includes some useful links and documentation.
INFSCI 1004 Telecommunications. U. of Pittsburgh. Includes PDF notes.
ISQS 6341 Data Communications and Network Management. Texas Tech University. Lots of useful material, including PPT slides, lecture notes, project suggestions, and example project reports.
CIS 130. Taught at City College of San Francisco. Good project ideas.
CSIS465. Taught at St. Francis Xavier U. in Canada. Useful powerpoint slides and notes.
ICSA 411 Data Communications and Computer Networking. Taught at Rochester Institute of Technology.