Packet Guide to Routing and Switching

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Go beyond layer 2 broadcast domains with this in-depth tour of advanced link and internetwork layer protocols, and learn how they enable you to expand to larger topologies. An ideal follow-up to Packet Guide to Core Network Protocols, this concise guide dissects several of these protocols to explain their structure and operation.

This isn't a book on packet theory. Author Bruce Hartpence built topologies in a lab as he wrote this guide, and each chapter includes several packet captures. You'll learn about protocol classification, static vs. dynamic topologies, and reasons for installing a particular route.

This guide covers:

  • Host routing--Process a routing table and learn how traffic starts out across a network

  • Static routing--Build router routing tables and understand how forwarding decisions are made and processed

  • Spanning Tree Protocol--Learn how this protocol is an integral part of every network containing switches

  • Virtual Local Area Networks--Use VLANs to address the limitations of layer 2 networks

  • Trunking--Get an indepth look at VLAN tagging and the 802.1Q protocol

  • Routing Information Protocol--Understand how this distance vector protocol works in small, modern communication networks

  • Open Shortest Path First--Discover why convergence times of OSPF and other link state protocols are improved over distance vectors

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Book Details

Authors

Bruce Hartpence

Categories

Computers > Networking > Network Protocols

Publishers

O'Reilly Media

Publication year : 2011

License: All rights reserved ©

Times read: 144

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