Cisco Router OSPF: Design & Implementaton Guide [Paperback]

William Parkhurst (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070486263 | ISBN-13: 978-0070486263 | Publication Date: July 24, 1998

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is the most popular routing protocol. By deploying this protocol with a Cisco router, messages can get to their destination faster. This book shows the network manager how to maximize the use of OSPF with Cisco router technology.

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Amazon.com Review

Cisco Router OSPF: Design & Implementation Guide is a blueprint for both understanding and using the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol, as well as other prominent routing protocols. According to the author, an understanding of the OSPF is crucial to successfully passing the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) exam. A former professor at Wichita State University and a survivor of the CCIE program himself, William Parkhurst imbues the text with an approachable and pragmatic tone. He amply stocks the book with clear explanations of various networking principles and practice exercises. And as any good teacher would, he even supplies the answers in the book's appendix (all the while imploring his reader-students to practice, practice, practice).

Though Parkhurst's ultimate goal is to provide a working knowledge of how to operate and configure the OSPF protocol on Cisco routers, he takes his time in getting there, providing several chapters worth of useful, educational diversion. The book begins with an overview of routing and bridging basics, moves into an explanation of Ethernet and its role in the networking world, and delves into other protocols. In particular, he covers the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), the Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and OSPF. All of these chapters also contextually detail the configuration commands, and Parkhurst includes a section on how to ensure harmonious interaction between these protocols. A must-have for anyone interested in the CCIE program and in Information Protocol (IP) routing, Cisco Router OSPF: Design and Implementation Guide effectively boils the mass of available data to its bare essence, an absolute delight in these days of information overload. --Sarah Roberts-Witt

From the Back Cover

"Dr. Parkhurst brings his extraordinary teaching skills to this book, building the foundations of internetworking protocol expertise using concepts and fundamentals."--Imran Qureshi, CCIE Program Manager, CCIE #1030. Be prepared for the CCIE exam--or hone your Cisco expertise--with this best-of-class guide to network design and implementation for the OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) protocol. Both comprehensive and practical, Cisco Router OSPF doesn't leave you guessing. It picks up where Cisco documentation leaves off and explains everything from the underlying mechanisms of network data transmission to configuration issues and OSPF troubleshooting. Inside this guide, CCIE and former CCIE Preparation Lab Director, Dr. William Parkhurst, has put all the help you need to: understand network routing at both theoretical and practical levels; configure and design a network for OSPF, Version 2; handle IP addressing, subnetting, VLSM, and IP routing; avoid common design errors; migrate a network form RIP to OSPF; use OSPF with other protocols; implement OSPF over Frame Relay; monitor and debut the OSPF network. Cisco, far and away the leading provider of router-based technology, and OSPF, hold the keys to much of the Internetetworked future. Here's the step-by-step guide to configuration, design, and implementation that lets network engineers and technicians unlock that door.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (July 24, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070486263
• ISBN-13: 978-0070486263
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,186,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The title is very misleading, November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cisco Router OSPF: Design & Implementaton Guide (Paperback)

This book should be called routing protocol overview. There isn't any detailed information on any one protocol. This is a good summary of the protocols, but not a good technical reference for OSPF. Also, there are dozens of errors throughout the book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good book.....BUT NOT FOR OSPF !!!, January 1, 1999

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[e-mail] (Decatur, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco Router OSPF: Design & Implementaton Guide (Paperback)

First of all whoever siad that this book is an excellent reference for CCIE preperation is MAD. This book is a disgrace. It is obvious that the author did not spend any time with this project. If you would like to learn OSPF and OSPF for Cisco here are some books you need.

1. Routing in the Internet - Christian Huitema 2. OSPF - Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol John Moy 3. OSPF Network Design Solutions - Thomas M. Thomas II

This book is not for anyone looking to elevate their knowledge of OSPF !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should Be Retitled "Intro to Assorted Routing Protocol", January 23, 1999

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Kevin Scott Harris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco Router OSPF: Design & Implementaton Guide (Paperback)

I bought this book knowing that there was a minimal amount of OSPF, but hoping it would provide decent CCIE Prep. Don't Bet On It! This is NOT an advanced book by any stretch. If I had to use one word to summarize this book, it would be FLUFF! Advanced students don't waste your time on this book. Beginning students, there are better books available for you to purchase.