Large-Scale IP Network Solutions (CCIE Professional Development)
by Khalid Raza - CCIE, Mark Turner
Summary
This chapter provided a fairly detailed history of the development of the Internet. From the early ARPANET experiment, through the NSFNET, to the commercialization of the Internet infrastructure, you have seen that simplicity, scalability, and the willingness of its developers to start small and think big were critical to the success of the Internet. In particular, the following high-level issues were discussed:
The motivation behind the design of IP
The importance of hierarchy in network design, and how it improved scaling from the experimental ARPANET to the commercial Internet of today
How a router's architecture affects IP switching performance
The role of interior routing protocols, and the application of interior protocols within ...
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