IP Routing Configuration Basics

by Robert Wright

A thorough guide to understanding IP behavior in a router-based network This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578701082
• ISBN13: 9781578701087
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Cisco Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good Reference

I was looking for a way to increase my understanding in some specific areas, and found this a good reference. While I am not a newcomer to the topic, like many of us, I have learned what I need to do the tasks I had to accomplish. This book helped me broaden my knowledge a bit.

Excellent introduction to IP routing with Cisco routers

Robert Wright provides in his book a clear introduction in IP routing. He describes RIP, RIP-2 and IGRP and provides a lot of practical examples to demonstrate the various routing and addressing concepts.He also provides an overview about routing metrics & distances, IP addressing, VLSM, default routing and gives some detailed explanation about summarization and the problems with discontigous networks.As I'm working as a technical instructor I used a lot of his examples to eplain my students some of the inside concepts of IP routing.I strongly recommend this book to everybody who intends to dive into the world of IP internetworking. This book is not only for beginners it also provides some valuable information for intermediate users or even experts.Very well done, thank you, Robert:-)

An excellent book to add to one's library.

I'm not a network engineer, I'm a recruiter specializing in recruiting network engineers, so much of this book is a bit too technical for me.However, this book has been an extremely valuable reference for someone like me who at times will need to research specific networking topics.IP Routing Primer speaks in a manner that is easy to understand.

Good Book: Covers Basics That Are Glossed Over by Others

This is a an excellent book. Contrary to its title, I do not think this book is for raw beginners. Nor does this book help for the CCNA. But its loaded with supposedly "basic" topics that you must know and that other books just gloss over, like: route summarization, default routes(in detail), VLSM, IP Unnumbered, Discontiguous Networks, etc. All of the above subjects are covered in the context of how routing is affected.

Provides a solid foundation for anyone new to routing.

Robert Wright is an excellent technical writer, and I found the book not just informative but a joy to read. If your studing for the CCNA, I recommend this book, "Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration", and "Internetworking Technologies handbook" all by Cisco systems press. Two thumbs up!