June 2017
Intermediate to advanced
446 pages
10h 10m
English
In Chapter 1, Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python Language, we looked at the theories and specifications behind network communication protocols, and we took a quick tour of the Python language. In this chapter, we will start to dive deeper into the management of these network devices. In particular, we will examine the different ways in which we can use Python to programmatically communicate with legacy network routers and switches.
What do I mean by legacy network routers and switches? While it is hard to imagine any networking device coming out today without an Application Program Interface (API) for automating tasks, it is a known fact that many of the network devices deployed today do not have ...
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