TCP/IP Addressing: Designing and Optimizing Your IP Addressing Scheme [Paperback]

Buck Graham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 1996

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is a set of computer-to-computer data communications protocols first developed in the late 1970s. TCP/IP is the basis of the Internet, and has gained ground as a replacement for proprietary networking protocols. Addressing within a TCP/IP network has become a growing concern for networking managers.
A concise handbook on how to design optimal IP addressing schemes that take into account network growth, address utilization, routing efficiency, and ease of administration. It is written for networking professionals who are responsible for designing or maintaining a TCP/IP network. The book covers such topics as host versus network addressing, special case addressing, efficiency and optimization, IP address subnetting, and Classless Interdomain Routing. It also provides tutorials to help thoroughly explain these concepts.


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* Windows-compatible address visualizing tool available on APPNET
* Coverage of Ipv6, with recommendations for migrating to Ipv6 addresses

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Buck Graham's authoritative work is now available in this second edition, revised and updated to reflect the latest changes in networking technology. Written as an introduction for novices and a concise reference for seasoned professionals, this is the only book devoted entirely to establishing and maintaining an efficient IP addressing scheme.

Master the Fundamentals

You'll find complete coverage of all TCP/IP addressing fundamentals, including IP subnetting and addressing issues pertaining to network devices, routing, and common network topologies. All chapters conclude with practice questions that reinforce what you learn.

Assess Your Organization's Needs

Emphasizing careful needs assessment, Graham shows you how to take into account special issues such as Internet connectivity, route table efficiency, and high utilization. With his help, you'll devise the addressing scheme that meets current needs and will keep pace with network growth.

Tackle Advanced Issues

Finally, you get expert instruction that helps you tackle advanced TCP/IP addressing challenges-including IP multicast, mobile IP, and techniques supported by the latest version of the Internet Protocol, IPv6.

Learn How Recent Advances Affect Your Addressing Scheme

• ATM and frame relay networking
  
• Remote Access and RADIUS-administered addressing
  
• Concise IPv6 coverage
  
• World-wide addressing system administration changes
  
• Mobility support in IPv4 and IPv6
  
• IP multicast addressing and techniques

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Buck Graham is employed by Ericsson as a senior network consultant in the Data Backbone and Optical Networks business unit. He holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado and an undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy. Buck has been instrumental in the design of many TCP/IP networks including those at Wal-Mart and Western Auto. Buck lives with his wife and children in Danville, Kentucky.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (November 4, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0122946308
• ISBN-13: 978-0122946301
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional book for TCP/IP novices, April 15, 2000

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This review is from: TCP/IP Addressing: Designing and Optimizing Your IP Addressing Scheme (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book if you work in I.S., support servers or database systems, and want to know about TCP/IP subnetworking.

My situation three years ago:

I was an OpenVMS M/SQL systems manager put in an awkward position of constantly having my projects delayed and aborted because the network engineers I worked with did not understand IP well enough to support my organizations' network. It was a Friday, and I was working on an important project that needed to be done by Monday. The network engineers had completely let me down -- they boggled a router configuration and addressesing scheme and blamed it on the me and the phone company! I went to the local bookstore, picked this book up, and (with this book) I was able to fumble my way through a the design of a small subnetwork and router configuration by Monday. Within a few months, I took over their responsibilities.

Since then, I've become CCNA-certified, a full-fledged network engineer, and have seen incredible career-growth. None of this would have been possible if not for this most excellent introductory book. It was very easy to read, even for a subnetworking-ignorant fool (at the time) like myself.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Deffinitly a selection for beginners, October 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: TCP/IP Addressing: Designing and Optimizing Your IP Addressing Scheme (Paperback)

The author positions the book as a IP numbering system for enterprize networks and it is not. Graham spends half of the book explaining what an IP datagram is and what it is used for and the other half of the book is very basic IP numbering theory. Basically if your in charge of the ip numbering of an "Enterprize Network" and anything in this book is new to you then your in over your head.

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent 'how-to' tome on a very difficult subject, January 10, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: TCP/IP Addressing: Designing and Optimizing Your IP Addressing Scheme (Paperback)

The book provides confidence and integrity in an enlightening array of subjective entries. The author leads an impressive set of credentials to the reader with first person comfort. The format allows entry-level students of the subject matter enough leeway to follow a suggested path to better design of networks by first considering the 'Addressing' issues.