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Linux Routers: A Primer For Network Administrators Hardcover – September, 2000

by Tony Mancill (Author)

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Save a fortune! Use Linux as a router!

*Transform any Linux-compatible system into a high-performance router!

*Step-by-step, hands-on guidance

*Hardware, configuration, management, and troubleshooting

*Ethernet, Frame Relay, and Internet/extranet routing

*Special high availability tips & techniques Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking (Radia Perlman, Series Advisor) Why spend a fortune on routers, when a Linux box can do the same job (and more!) for a tiny fraction of the cost? Linux routers are inexpensive, flexible, adaptable, expandable, easy to administer, and absolutely rock-solid! In Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, you'll learn how to implement Linux-based routers, hands-on. Linux administrator Tony Mancill walks you step-by-step through a series of production routing scenarios, offering detailed guidance on configuration, problem avoidance, and troubleshooting. Coverage includes:

*Choosing the right hardware and Linux software tools

*Linux routing for Ethernet, Frame Relay, Internet, and extranet environments

*Using the same system as a router and Web server, DNS server, etc.

*Day-to-day router administration and monitoring

*High-availability strategies for Linux routers, and more In Linux Routers, Tony Mancill shares real-life experiences implementing high-performance, low-cost Linux routers in the corporate network. If you're building or extending a network, and you're not "made out of money," you owe it to yourself to consider Linux!

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Save a fortune! Use Linux as a router!

Transform any Linux-compatible system into a high-performance router!
Step-by-step, hands-on guidance
Hardware, configuration, management, and troubleshooting
Ethernet, Frame Relay, and Internet/extranet routing
Special high availability tips & techniques

Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking (Radia Perlman, Series Advisor)

Why spend a fortune on routers, when a Linux box can do the same job (and more!) for a tiny fraction of the cost? Linux routers are inexpensive, flexible, adaptable, expandable, easy to administer, and absolutely rock-solid! In Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, you'll learn how to implement Linux-based routers, hands-on. Linux administrator Tony Mancill walks you step-by-step through a series of production routing scenarios, offering detailed guidance on configuration, problem avoidance, and troubleshooting. Coverage includes:

Choosing the right hardware and Linux software tools
Linux routing for Ethernet, Frame Relay, Internet, and extranet environments
Using the same system as a router and Web server, DNS server, etc.
Day-to-day router administration and monitoring
High-availability strategies for Linux routers, and more

In Linux Routers, Tony Mancill shares real-life experiences implementing high-performance, low-cost Linux routers in the corporate network. If you're building or extending a network, and you're not "made out of money," you owe it to yourself to consider Linux!

About the Author

TONY MANCILL is UNIX System Administrator with Bank of America in Phoenix, AZ. He previously served as system administrator for LHS Communications in Atlanta, GA, and as a UNIX systems programmer at BellSouth. Mancill graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering and he is a volunteer developer for Debian GNU/Linux.

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Series: Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed Systems
Hardcover: 350 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (September 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130861138
ISBN-13: 978-0130861139
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.2 x 9.5 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,961,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #582 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Linux > Networking & System Administration
- #778 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Unix

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Excellent tutorial

ByL. Collinson August 24, 2000

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

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!

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Great book

ByR. Hiltbrunnon May 12, 2016

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Great writing for a tech book. I'm not getting bored and the info is at the right level for me. I love it!!!

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Your Thinking + This book = Accomplishment/Satisfaction

ByA customeron September 29, 2002

Format: Hardcover

This is the most practical book I have seen (without the word "Practical" in the title). I am a student who wants to setup a network in my dorm room. Here is what I did:
My PCs are in the school network, only one of which is known to the school servers. By reading chap 1-3, I activated ip_forwarding feature of kernel( >= 2.2.x->the book came out around this time). Doesn't work. I think about the situation. My PCs(in my network) see the outside servers but school servers don't see me. Answer: ip_masquerading->open up the packets of PCs inside the network, replacing the address with my router address(which outsiders know) and send them out. Perfect! I love linux. Ip_masquerading is explained in chap4 or Erbium->extranet router. All of these accomplish by reading about 100 pages.
The following chapters deal with WAN routers(I can't tell you practical aspect since I don't have WAN but I will one day).
This line is for beginners: so you feel worry about not understanding about networks?->chap 1-2 explains about all necessary basics to set up the router such as ip subnets/address, how to load/compile driver into the kernel, etc.
For those who are looking for WAN, here is a quote from the book: "I have been a longtime user of Sangoma cards, and enjoyed working with them so much that I took over the Debian package of their driver utility software(called wanpipe)."->pg 130.
To see whether it suits your needs, here are the chapters:
1)Routing Building Blocks
2)Ip, Ethernet, and Telephony Basics
3)Silicon-Lan Router
4)Erbium-Extranet Router
5)Zinc-Frame Relay Router
6)Oxygen-Internet Router
7)Californium-Satellite Office Router
8)Hafnium-Internet Services Router
Note: this book doesn't describe the installation (you are not reading this if you don't know installation).
This book/Mr. Mancill took me/my confidence in linux to the next level.

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An excellent basis for a series of lab exercises

ByGerald Maguireon February 1, 2001

Format: 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".

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good practice and good products.

Bykaizenon April 21, 2008

Format: Paperback

This book introduce not only good practice for setting router but also good product such as;
erbium
zinc
cesium and xenon
oxygen
californium
hafnium

Also good appendixes such as
B. building the linux kernel
C. Testing strategies and VMWare
D. Ethics and other considerations

I have studied CISCO router, but I cannot set Linux router.
After reading this book, I can test some Linux router commands and configurations.

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An outstanding book.

ByAmazon Customeron December 19, 2000

Format: Hardcover

I have searched far and wide for a concise book like this. Mancill has clear explanations and detail enough to get a configuration that works. There are bounuses like a good appendix that will walk the newbie (like me) through building his own kernel. How-to's and Man pages are fine, but this book is much easier to read and provided just enough hand holding.

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Excellent book

ByA customeron October 22, 2000

Format: Hardcover

I bought this book just as a curious reader who found the subject interesting and since that day this book follows me everywhere and has generated a great deal of enthusiasm in me to learn more about this subject.Staring from the routing 101 basics to wan configs this book has increased my understanding by a couple of notches.One of the best books I have read in a long long time.

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Exceptional

ByWalter Hatteron May 22, 2001

Format: 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?