Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Tony Mancill (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130090263 | ISBN-13: 978-0130090263 | Publication Date: June 21, 2002 | Edition: 2

Linux Routers, Second Edition shows you exactly how to reduce your costs and extend your network with Linux-based routing. You'll find step-by-step coverage of software/hardware selection, configuration, management, and troubleshooting for today's key internetworking applications, including LANs, Internet/intranet/extranet routers, Frame Relay, VPNs, remote access, and firewalls. Extensive new coverage includes dynamic routing, Quality of Service, the current Linux kernel - even next-generation IPv6 routing.

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From the Back Cover

Save a fortune: Use Linux to deliver cost-effective, reliable routing services.

Linux routers are inexpensive, flexible, stable, adaptable, expandable, easy to manage, and based on proven technology. In Linux Routers, Second Edition, Tony Mancill shows you exactly how to configure, administer, and troubleshoot Linux routing for today's most common internetworking applications. Thoroughly updated for the latest technologies and version 2.4 of the Linux kernel, this edition includes practical coverage of dynamic routing, Quality of Service (QoS)—even next-generation IPv6 routing. Mancill's step-by-step explanations walk you through:

• Choosing the right Linux software distribution and hardware platform
• Building Ethernet LAN routers, including coverage of the Linux Router Project (LRP)
• Implementing Internet, extranet, and Frame Relay routing
• Creating VPN tunneling routers with iproute2 and FreeS/WAN
• Providing remote access to satellite offices while conserving bandwidth
• Using Linux IP firewalling features to improve network security
• Providing routing services alongside Web and DNS services on a single platform
• Monitoring Linux routers and maximizing availability in production environments

Whether your goal is to reduce network costs, add applications, solve problems you can't solve with "traditional" routers, or simply learn about routing hands-on without investing expensive, proprietary network gear, Linux Routers, Second Edition is all you need to get the job done.

About the Author

TONY MANCILL works for Vesta, a stored-value services company in Portland, Oregon. He has worked in several large IT shops as a UNIX systems administrator and systems programmer, including Bank of America and BellSouth, and he has been running Linux in production corporate environments since 1996. Mancill is also active in the Free Software community as a volunteer developer for the Debian project (http://www.debian.org/). He is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (June 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130090263
• ISBN-13: 978-0130090263
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,042,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial, August 24, 2000

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L. Collins "llcollins" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux Routers: A Primer For Network Administrators (Hardcover)

This is a must have book for Unix System administrators working with routers. Tony has written a book that is easy to understand, very concise and explains many advantages to using Linux-based routers. His understanding of network administration is extremely impressive and he conveys that in an interesting manner. Definitely worth the investment!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent basis for a series of lab exercises, February 1, 2001

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Gerald Maguire (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Linux Routers: A Primer For Network Administrators (Hardcover)

An excellent book on using Linix to build routers. It provides a very through description of how to use ipchains in conjunction with forwarding, masquarading, accounting, etc.

The book is organized around chapters which describe how to build: a LAN router,an extranet router, a frame relay router, an internet router, a satellite office router, and an internet services router.

The book would make an excellent basis for a series of lab exercises.

Another excellent feature is appendix C, which describes how one can use VMware to experiment with virtual network configurations.

Students (and instructors) should be aware that there are some minor typos in the text and diagrams - for example figure C.1 has two subnets labelled "A", the righthand one should be "B".

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional, May 22, 2001

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Walter Hatter (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Linux Routers: A Primer For Network Administrators (Hardcover)

This book guided me from an almost nil knowledge level on linux routers to very competent. The spectrum of covered topics is fantastic and I also found the appendix extremely useful. Tony has an easy writing style to follow and I look forward to an advanced book on linux routing?