Cisco Cookbook

by Kevin Dooley and Ian Brown

While several publishers (including O'Reilly) supply excellent documentation of router features, the trick is knowing when, why, and how to use these features There are often many different ways to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596003676
• ISBN13: 9780596003678
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 885 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good depth - everything I needed

Very impressed with this book. I have some experience with setting up linux based firewalls, but very little IOS experience. With the help of this book, I've just finished setting up a new Cisco router for NAT/PAT, logging, SNMP, access control and an IPSec VPN. Everything I need was covered in the book, even a non-trivial section on VPNs. The few things I would add are: - A "recipe" for a basic setup on a new router. Just a template that covers most of the bases (logging, access, etc) and forms a good starting point for more specific configuration later. - A simple syntax overview when new commands are given. Something like "logging buffered ". A couple of pages in the appendix would suffice. Clearly these are trivial points and I'm happy to give Cisco Cookbook top marks.

Must have reference for Cisco Professionals

I always thought nobody can do justice other than Cisco Press when it comes to Cisco books. I was absolutely wrong!. Just my 2 cents worth of comments to a previous reviewer saying "no backgound problem information is given". My answer is: There is a reason why they are saying it is a "CookBook". Whenever you are stressed for answers, this book will save you and give a quick solution and enough theory so you can implement what you want to. For theory there are plenty of books in the market and I don't think that approach would have added any value to the book other than size :-) I recommend this title to any cisco professional without a doubt.

Cisco Cookbook

Scenario #1: You work for a large university which needs an internet access solutionwith multiple points of failure. How do you connect your university's network to two or more ISPs with redundant routers?(page 327)Scenario #2: You want to use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to keep aneye on your network, but you'll need to provided extra security to SNMP by usingaccess lists. How do you set this up?(page 621)Scenario #3: Setting up router configurations is a pain. Wouldn't it be nice if therouter could dynamically configure it's IP addressing information? It sure would -- see page 733 for a step-by-step.This hefty book (885 full pages) provides a hearty recipe to satisfy any Cisco routinghunger you might have. A quick glance through it's pages presents well-balancedmeals of RIP, OSPF, BGP, logging, NAT and more. As a Cisco gourmand myself, I strongly recommend this must-have cookbook!

Good reference Good reading

The Cookbook is a very useful reference. It's loaded with examples that can be applied immediatly to everyday situations.Not much abstraction here this book is about getting the job done. Most Cisco subjects are covered. Solutions to most problems are easy to find. This book was easy to read. The Cisco Cookbook provides more than the usual information most administrators have seen many many times. I endorse this book for intermediate & advanced users. I think the Cisco Cookbook will go thru many revisions.

Very appropriate title "Cookbook". I would give it 6 stars

This is not the type of book you would read cover to cover, but I found myself reading 5 chapters, and I want more. If you work everyday with Cisco; vpn, routers, and need practical shortcuts, how-tos or just an immediate solution - this is the book for you. It is a heavy book (900+ pages) - and it is true that you can find this info elsewhere. It is convenient to quickly reference this book, properly indexed, and to the point. Just read the sample table of contents - there are so many useful tricks, that anyone who has any work on a cisco will appreciate it. I rate it 6 stars. Another great O'Reilly book.