RIP: An Intra-Domain Routing Protocol (The Addison-Wesley Networking Basics Series) (Paperback)

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Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the most widely deployed routing protocols in today's networks. Written by the author of the RIP-2 standard, RIP: An Intra-Domain Routing Protocol provides a detailed and definitive description of the RIP specification and a step-by-step guide to its configuration and operation.

This book also examines RIP's role within an overall networking context. It presents several different network topologies and discusses the pros and cons of using RIP and various other routing protocols for each.

Topics covered include:

* Simple, structured, complex, multipath, and dial-in topologies * The OSI reference model * XNS, IPX, and IGRP distance-vector protocols and how they compare to RIP-2 * Common configuration parameters * System configuration for Nortel Networks 5399/RA8000, Nortel Networks CVX 1800, and Cisco 3640 * Assigning addresses * Security issues * Central office routers, Internet border routers, and remote office routers * Troubleshooting RIP * RIP-2 enhancements over RIP-1 * RIP MIB

Comprehensive, definitive, and practical, this book is an essential reference for network administrators, managers, and developers.

From the Inside Flap

There is no shortage of books that go into the gory details of routing. This is because routing is an art rather than a science. The concept is simple enough: Determine the best path between here and there. It sounds easy, doesn't it? Some of the protocols (RIP, for example) are actually pretty easy too. But the topologies on which routing protocols must operate are extremely varied and complex. All efforts to create a single routing protocol that can operate in all environments, on all topologies, on all systems, in an easy-to-manage manner, have proved unsuccessful. That is why there are so many routing protocols. In this book, we concentrate on one of the simplest, and one of the oldest, routing protocols: the Routing Information Protocol.

This book is divided into three parts. The first part describes several network topologies and discusses the pros and cons of the various routing protocols in each. This is important because a routing protocol cannot be described in a vacuum; it can be understood only in the context of the networks in which it is most suited to operate.

The second part describes how RIP operates in a network. It describes some common configuration parameters (including examples from several products), common problems that occur, and common solutions to those problems. Part II is addressed primarily to network administrators.

The third part covers the RIP protocol itself. It begins with RIP-2 Malkin 1998, the newly deployed version, then discusses the enhancements over RIP-1 Hedrick 1988. It also covers some extensions to RIP, which are still in development or early deployment. Part III is targeted to protocol implementers.

Most of the material in Part III is taken from RFC 2453 (STD 56), the RIP-2 standards specification. That, in turn, contains RFC 1058, the original RIP de facto standard written by Chuck Hedrick 1988, and ported into RFC 2453 by Scott Bradner.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley (C); 1st edition (December 10, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201433206
• ISBN-13: 978-0201433203
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,563,834 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book about RIP v1 & v2, October 23, 2000

By	Uri Raz (Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I got this book, I understood what the anonymous reviewer meant by saying this book is overspaced.

In comparison to "BGP4, Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet", this book is about 33% wider due to wide margins and a bit higher due to line spacing being a bit larger.

As the amount of material is nearly identical (same number of lines, line width, and the RIP book is 20 pages shorter), I wish the books had the same page size.

Anyway, I disagree with the reviewer - RIP is a simple protocol, and there's no reason for a book focused on it to be any bigger.

This book is excellent for network administrators who are already familiar with the basics of IP and just want a book to study RIP from, without any material about IP, routing, or graph algorithms in general, especially as the book is written by an authority on the subject.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, quick read!, March 3, 2000

By	Darryl P. Black (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews

This book provides a concise, albeit comprehensive discussion of RIP-1/2. It offers help with configuration, day-to-day operation and troubleshooting. If you do not have a lot of time but need to understand the fundamentals of RIP-1/2, give this book a read.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars content free guide to RIP?, June 9, 2000

By A Customer

Thank goodness for the large font, and wide spacing on this fluffy attempt at presenting a technichal topic: otherwise far more extraneous and useless information would have had to be included in order to make this book big enough to keep from sliding into a fold of flesh in my ponderous belly.