Designing Addressing Architectures for Routing and Switching

Author: Howard Berkowitz
Web Price: $45 US
Publisher: MTP
ISBN: 1578700590
Publication Date: 11/25/98
Pages: 500

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The Address Book provides a systematic methodology for planning the wide area and local area network streets on which users and servers live. It guides the network designer in developing rational systems that are flexible and maintain a high level of service. The book strengthens the reader's professional abilities, imparting a system and taxonomy for building networks that meet user requirements. This book is intended for people who are--or want to be--responsible for building large networks. It includes practical examples, configuration guides, case studies, tips, and warnings, and is written in an open and friendly style. The Table of Contents includes: Part 1: Why Address; Part II: Foundation of Networking Addressing; Part III: Drawing the Network Architecture; Part IV: Implementing Network Addressing; and Part V: Integration and the Future.

Table of Contents
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Cover Photograph: The Brooklyn Bridge
		Preface
	1. -	Introduction
		Why Address?
	1. -	What Is the Problem You Are Trying to Solve?
	2. -	Principles Underlying Addressing
	3. -	Application Topology: Naming Endpoints
		Foundations of Network Addressing
	4. -	Transmission System Identifiers and Logical Address Mapping: A View from the Bottom
	5. -	Classical IP Addressing: An Evolution
	6. -	Internet Failing: Details at 11
	7. -	Addressing, Security, and Network Management
		Drawing the Addressing Architecture
	8. -	The Existing IP and Non-IP Address Structure: Preparing for Remodeling
	9. -	The Address Plan
		Implementing Network Addressing
	10. -	Addressing and Name Services
	11. -	Addressing in End Hosts
	12. -	Addressing in Hubs and Switches
	13. -	Addressing in Routers
	14. -	Selective Forwarding Inside Routers
		Integration and the Future
	15. -	Your Addressing Strategy: Integration for the Present and Planning for the Future

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