Introduction

Chapter 1 Hierarchical Network Design

Hierarchical Topologies

Scalable Internetworks

Fault-Tolerant Topologies

Assessment Test

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 2 Common Transport Standards

Ethernet

100BaseT Fast Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

Token Ring

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

LAPB (Link Access Procedure Balanced)

High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Protocol

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

Frame Relay

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

T1/E1

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 3 Configuration and IOS Management Commands

Cisco Router User Interface

Managing Flash Files

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Using an ACL to Control VTY Access

Configuring a Cisco Router as a Reverse-Telnet Access Server

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 4 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

What Is Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)?

ISDN Line Options

ISDN Function Groups

ISDN Reference Points

ISDN Protocols

ISDN Configuration

Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR)

Dial Backup

Channelized T1/E1 (PRI)

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 5 Frame Relay and X.25

Packet-Switching Technologies

Frame Relay

X.25 Networks

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 6 Fault Tolerance

Fault Tolerance on Multi-Access Segments

Redundant Links

Dial Backup

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 7 Internet Protocol

TCP/IP and the DOD Model

IP Addressing

Subnetting

Supernetting

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

Private IP Addresses

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 8 Interior Gateway Routing Protocols

Distance Vector Operation

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)

Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 9 Border Gateway Protocol

When Should I Use BGP?

Autonomous System Types

When Shouldn t I Use BGP?

Routing Protocols

How BGP Works

BGP Update Messages

BGP Configuration

Scaling BGP and Advanced BGP Configurations

Filters

Creating BGP Policies

Distribute Lists

Prefix Lists

Route Maps

The COMMUNITIES Attribute

Route Reflectors

Configuring a Route Reflector

Confederations

Route Summarization for BGP

Advertising Networks into BGP

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 10 IP Protocol Interaction

Administrative Distance

Route Filtering

Route Redistribution

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)

Understanding Network Address Translation (NAT)

NAT Operations

Configuring NAT

Port Address Translation (PAT)

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 12 Multicast

Multicast Overview

Multicast Addressing

Managing Multicast in an Internetwork

Routing Multicast Traffic

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 13 Overview of Cisco Multiservice

Interfaces and Signaling

Telecommunication Standards

Voice-over-Network Configuration

Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 14 Bridging

Bridging Overview

Transparent Bridging

Loop Avoidance

Concurrent Routing and Bridging

Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)

Source-Route Bridging (SRB)

Source-Route Transparent (SRT) Bridging

Remote Source-Route Bridging (RSRB)

RIF Calculation

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 15 Data-Link Switching (DLSw+)

Why DLSw?

DLSw+

Configuring DLSw+

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 16 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

The ATM Protocol Model

Introduction to LAN Emulation

LEC Communication

LANE Implementation

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 17 Desktop Protocols

AppleTalk

Internetwork Packet exchange (IPX)

DECnet

Windows NT Support

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 18 Securing the Network

Authenticating the User

Granting Permissions

Recording Activity

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

Encrypting Data

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Chapter 19 LAN Switching

Campus Internetworks

Switching Technologies

Virtual LANs

Identifying VLANs

Trunking

Store-and-Forward vs. Cut-Through

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)

Summary

Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions

Glossary