Book description
Your first step into the world of routing
No routing experience required
Includes clear and easily understood explanations
Makes learning easy
Your first step to understanding routing begins here!
Learn routing basics simply and easily
Explore how network traffic gets from here to there
Understand routing tools and technologies
Reinforce your understanding with chapter review questions
Welcome to the world of routing!
Routing is the technology that enables worldwide Internet communication. Many people involved with networking technologies or companies need to know how routing works. But learning about routing tends to involve a complex web of terms and acronyms-a language that can be difficult and unfamiliar.
No routing experience needed!
Routing First-Step explains the basics of Internet routing in language all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of routing, starting with systems you are familiar with: the postal system, the telephone system, and the interstate highway system. From there, you'll learn routing simply and easily. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested only in gaining knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Routing and Switching in Everyday Life
-
2. A16 B16 C16, As Easy As 012, 102, 112
- Decimal Numbering System
- Binary Numbering System
- Octal Numbering System
- Hexadecimal Numbering System
- Dotted Decimal Notation
-
Conversions Between Number Systems
- Binary to Octal
- Binary to Hexadecimal
- Binary to Decimal
- Binary to Dotted Decimal
- Octal to Binary
- Octal to Hexadecimal
- Octal to Decimal
- Octal to Dotted Decimal
- Hexadecimal to Binary
- Hexadecimal to Octal
- Hexadecimal to Decimal
- Hexadecimal to Dotted Decimal
- Decimal to Binary
- Decimal to Octal
- Decimal to Hexadecimal
- Fun Binary Number Facts
- Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- 3. Internet Addressing and Routing
- 4. Routing IP
- 5. Cisco Interior Gateway Protocols
-
6. Open Shortest Path First—Better, Stronger, Faster
- OSPF Areas
- Link States
- OSPF Router ID
- Basic OSPF Configuration
- OSPF Neighbor Discovery
- OSPF Timers
- OSPF Metrics
- OSPF Router Types
- OSPF Route Types
- OSPF Area Types
- OSPF External Route Summarization
- OSPF Route Summarization
- OSPF Virtual Links
- Selecting the Shortest Path
- OSPF LSA Types
- Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
-
References
- 7. Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System—Better, Stronger, Faster, and Scarier
- 8. Border Gateway Protocol—The Glue That Holds the Internet Together
- 9. Multicast—What the Post Office Can't Do
- A. Answers to Chapter Review Questions
- Glossary
Product information
- Title: Routing first-step
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2004
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 1587201224
You might also like
book
CCNP® Practical Studies: Routing
Practice for the CCNP BSCI exam with hands-on, networking lab scenarios> Ramp up your routing know-how …
book
Cisco® Network Professional's: Advanced Internetworking Guide
Ideal for any IT professional who uses Cisco technologies on a daily basis, or anyone who …
book
Cisco® Field Manual: Catalyst® Switch Configuration
A complete, concise reference for implementing the most important features of the Cisco Catalyst family of …
book
CCIE Routing and Switching v4.0 Quick Reference, Second Edition
Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching certifies expert-level knowledge of networking across various LAN and WAN interfaces …