When multiplied by large numbers of end users, the bandwidth-hungry demands of desktop video, multimedia, imaging, workgroups, and graphics-intensive interfaces add up to a huge headache for today’s network planners. Should you deploy full-duplex Ethernet or switched token ring? FDDI II, ATM-based LANs, LAN emulation (LANE), or multi-protocol over ATM (MPOA)? Here at last is an authoritative guide to the bewildering array of technology choices facing today’s beleaguered network planners.