IP Fundamentals: What Everyone Needs to Know About Addressing and Routing

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Finally, there's a practical primer on all the basics of IP networking — ideal for Web professionals, LAN managers, MIS managers, application developers, network administrators, and ISPs. Author Thomas Maufer, formerly a senior network engineer at NASA and participant in Internet standards development, teaches all the fundamentals of IP addressing and routing with unprecedented clarity. This hands-on, authoritative guide is full of real-world examples and exercises designed to make sure you gain a rock-solid understanding of IP — today's "gold standard" of networking.

• IP: What it is, why it was developed, how it works
• Internet addressing: address classes, routing tables, subnet masks/VLSM, CIDR, and the challenge of scalability
• Routing domains and routing protocols, including OSPF, RIP, and BGP-4
• DNS and DHCP
• Emerging multimedia and "converged" IP applications — and techniques for ensuring quality of service

You'll discover how IP operates over Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, PPP, and Frame Relay; how IP addressing and routing interrelate; the implications of BGP-4 for edge customers; and how to manage routing protocol interactions for maximum simplicity. You'll find detailed information about IP resources and software; learn the basics of IP troubleshooting; and much more. If you really need to master IP, and want to master it now, one book fits the bill perfectly: IP Fundamentals.

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The former senior network engineer at NASA explains what the Internet Protocol (IP) is, why it was developed, and how it works. Internet addressing is defined in terms of address classes, routing tables, subnet masks/VLSM, CIDR, and the challenge of scalability. The routing domains and protocols described include OSPF, RIP, and BGP-4. The author also explains how IP operates over Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, PPP, and Frame Relay; how IP addressing and routing interrelate; and the implications of BGP-4 for edge customers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)