What this book covers
Chapter 1, Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python, reviews the fundamental technologies that make up internet communication today, from the OSI and client-server model to TCP, UDP, and IP protocol suites. The chapter will review the basics of Python languages such as types, operators, loops, functions, and packages.
Chapter 2, Low-Level Network Device Interactions, uses practical examples to illustrate how to use Python to execute commands on a network device. It will also discuss the challenges of having a CLI-only interface in automation. The chapter will use the Pexpect and Paramiko libraries for the examples.
Chapter 3, APIs and Intent-Driven Networking, discusses the newer network devices that support Application ...
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