Preface;
Audience;
Contents of This Book;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
Safari® Books Online;
How to Contact Us;
Content Updates;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Routing and Switching Strategies;
1.1 Switching: Forwarding and Filtering Traffic;
1.2 Routing: Finding Paths;
1.3 IPv6;
1.4 Reading;
1.5 Summary;
1.6 Review Questions;
1.7 Review Answers;
1.8 Lab Activities;
Chapter 2: Host Routing;
2.1 The Decision Process;
2.2 Host Routing Tables;
2.3 Addressing;
2.4 Tracking the Packets;
2.5 Reading;
2.6 Summary;
2.7 Review Questions;
2.8 Review Answers;
2.9 Lab Activities;
Chapter 3: Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree;
3.1 Why Are Loops Bad?;
3.2 The Structure of Spanning Tree BPDUs;
3.3 The Operation of Spanning Tree;
3.4 Spanning Tree Messages;
3.5 Cisco Improvements;
3.6 VLANs and Spanning Tree;
3.7 The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol;
3.8 Security;
3.9 Reading;
3.10 Summary;
3.11 Review Questions;
3.12 Review Answers;
3.13 Lab Activities;
Chapter 4: VLANs and Trunking;
4.1 Problem: Big Broadcast Domains;
4.2 What Is a VLAN?;
4.3 What is a Trunk?;
4.4 VLAN Design Considerations;
4.5 Reading;
4.6 Summary;
4.7 Review Questions;
4.8 Review Answers;
4.9 Lab Activities;
Chapter 5: Routing Information Protocol;
5.1 Version 1 Versus Version 2;
5.2 Protocol Description;
5.3 Structure;
5.4 Basic Operation;
5.5 Advanced Operation;
5.6 How Do I Get Off of My Network?;
5.7 RIP and Loops;
5.8 Security;
5.9 RIP and IPv6;
5.10 Reading;
5.11 Summary;
5.12 Review Questions;
5.13 Review Answers;
5.14 Lab Activities;
Chapter 6: Open Shortest Path First;
6.1 Protocol Description;
6.2 Being Link State;
6.3 Structure and Basic Operation;
6.4 Advanced Operation;
6.5 OSPF and IPv6;
6.6 Reading;
6.7 Summary;
6.8 Review Questions;
6.9 Review Answers;
6.10 Lab Activities;
Colophon;