Cisco Cookbook by Kevin Dooley
There are often many different ways to solve any given networking problem using Cisco devices, and some solutions are clearly more effective than others. The pressing question for a network engineer is which of the many potential solutions is the most appropriate for a particular situation. Once you have decided to use a particular feature, how should you implement it? Unfortunately, the documentation describing a particular command or feature frequently does very little to answer either of these questions. Everybody who has worked with Cisco routers for any length of time has had to ask their friends and co-workers for example router configuration files that show how to solve a common problem. A good working configuration example can often save huge amounts of time and frustration when implementing a feature that you've never used before. The "Cisco Cookbook" gathers hundreds of example router configurations all in one place. As the name suggests, the "Cisco Cookbook" is organized as a series of recipes. Each recipe begins with a problem statement that describes a common situation that you might face. After each problem statement is a brief solution that shows a sample router configuration or script that you can use to resolve this particular problem. A discussion section then describes the solution, how it works, and when you should or should not use it. The chapters are organized by the feature or protocol discussed. If you are looking for information on a particular feature such as NAT, NTP or SNMP, you can turn to that chapter and find a variety of related recipes. Most chapters list basic problems first, and any unusual or complicated situations last. The book covers: router configuration and file management; router management; user access and privilege levels; TACACS+; IP routing; RIP; EIGRP; OSPF; BGP; frame relay; queueing and congestion; tunnels and VPNs; dial backup; NTP and time; DLSw; router interfaces and media; simple network management protocol; logging; access lists; DHCP; NAT; hot standby router protocol; and IP Multicast.
"Overall, the book fulfils its purpose very wellNetworking is a huge subject and the authors have chosen a good range of topics to cover. If you are a network engineer this book will be a boon." - Alyn Scott, CVu, April 2004
Kevin Dooley is an independent networking consultant who has been designing and implementing networks for almost 10 years. In that time he has built large scale Local and Wide Area Networks for several of Canada's largest companies. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of Toronto and is the author of Designing Large-Scale LANs. Ian J. Brown is a CCIE and Managing Consultant for Bell Nexxia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780596003678 |
| ISBN 10 | 0596003676 |
| Title | Cisco Cookbook |
| Author | Kevin Dooley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| Year published | 2003-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 890 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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