December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1188 pages
72h 8m
English
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The first four chapters cover what would be considered essential system administration functions if a router were a server. Chapter 1 covers router configuration and file management issues. In Chapter 2, we turn to useful router management tricks. such as command aliases, how to use CDP and DNS, as well as how to tune buffers and create exception dumps. This chapter ends with a set of four scripts that generate various useful reports to help you manage your routers. Then Chapter 3 discusses user access and privileges on the router. Chapter 4 extends this discussion on using TACACS+ to provide centralized management of user access to your routers.
The next five chapters look at various aspects of IP routing. Chapter 5 looks at IP routing in general, including static routes and administrative distances. In Chapter 6, we focus on RIP, including both versions 1 and 2. Chapter 7 looks at EIGRP, and Chapter 8 at OSPF. And, in Chapter 9 we discuss the BGP protocol, which controls all IP routing through the backbone of the Internet.
The remaining chapters all cover separate topics. We look at the popular Frame Relay WAN protocol in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 discusses queuing and congestion. This chapter also goes into some detail on various IP Quality of Service issues. In Chapter 12, we look at IP tunnels and VPNs. This chapter includes a discussion of Cisco’s IPSec implementation.
We turn to issues related to Dial Backup in Chapter 13. Then, in Chapter 14, we look at time. ...
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