Packet guide to routing and switching / Bruce Hartpence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartpence, Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer network architectures.

Directory services (Computer network technology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Routing and switching

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Audience; Contents of This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Content Updates; September 28, 2012; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Routing and Switching Strategies; Switching: Forwarding and Filtering Traffic; Forwarding Based on MAC Addresses; Routing: Finding Paths; Routing Devices; Static Routes; Digging a Little Deeper-Common Mistakes; Default Routes; Dynamic Routes; Routing Protocols; Single versus multipath; Interior versus exterior; Flat versus hierarchical; Link state versus distance vector

Choosing or Installing a RoutePrefix length; Administrative distance; Metric; Routing Loops; Discard or Null Routing; IPv6; Reading; Summary; Review Questions; Review Answers; Lab Activities; Activity 1-Interconnected Switches and SATs; Activity 2-Static Routing Topology; Activity 3-Convert to Default Routes; Activity 4-Routing Loop; Activity 5-Null Route; Chapter 2. Host Routing; The Decision Process; Case 1: Destination Is on the Same Network as the Source; Case 2: Destination Is on a Different Network than the Source; What If the Default Gateway Is Not Known?; Host Routing Tables

AddressingTracking the Packets; Case 1: Destination Is on the Same Network as the Source; Case 2: Destination Is on a Different Network than the Source; Reading; Summary; Review Questions; Review Answers; Lab Activities; Activity 1-Build the Topology Depicted in Figure 2-2; Activity 2-Host Routing Table; Activity 3-ARP Tables; Activity 4-Following the Traffic; Activity 5-Addressing; Chapter 3. Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree; Why Are Loops Bad?; The Structure of Spanning Tree BPDUs; The Comparison Algorithm; Some Definitions; Spanning Tree Addressing; Port States; Spanning Tree Timers

HelloMax age; Forward delay; The Operation of Spanning Tree; Step 1-Switch 1 Is Powered Up; Step 2-Switch 2 Is Powered Up; Step 3-Switch 3 Is Powered Up; Step 4-Creation of a Loop; Spanning Tree Messages; Problems with Spanning Tree; Switch to Switch: A Special Case; Cisco Improvements; Portfast; Uplinkfast; Backbonefast; VLANs and Spanning Tree; The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol; The Operation of RSTP; Alternate and backup blocked ports; Security; Reading; Summary; Review Questions; Review Answers; Lab Activities; Activity 1-Capture of a BPDU; Activity 2-BPDU Address Analysis

Activity 3-Looping the Switch Back to ItselfActivity 4-Looping Switches Together; Activity 5-Removing the Loop; Chapter 4. VLANs and Trunking; Problem: Big Broadcast Domains; What Is a VLAN?; The Effect of VLANs; VLAN Ports Do Not Need to be Continuous; Types of VLANs; Case 1-DHCP; Case 2-No DHCP; Solution: Dynamic VLANs; VLANs Between Switches; What is a Trunk?; Trunking Protocol Standards; IEEE 802.1Q; Inter-switch link (ISL); Pruning; VLAN Design Considerations; Security Considerations; Reading; Summary; Review Questions; Review Answers; Lab Activities; Activity 1-Setting Up a Local VLANs

Activity 2-VLANs and the SAT

Notes:

"Exploring the network layer"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 7, 2013).

ISBN:

9781449315245

1449315240

9781449311315

1449311318

9781306813792

1306813794

9781449315795

1449315798

OCLC:

767498211