Optimal Routing Design (Networking Technology)

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Techniques for optimizing large-scale IP routing operation and managing network growth

Understand the goals of scalable network design, including tradeoffs between network scaling, convergence speed, and resiliency
Learn basic techniques applicable to any network design, including hierarchy, addressing, summarization, and information hiding
Examine the deployment and operation of EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS protocols on large-scale networks
Understand when and how to use a BGP core in a large-scale network and how to use BGP to connect to external networks
Apply high availability and fast convergence to achieve 99.999 percent, or “five 9s” network uptime
Secure routing systems with the latest routing protocol security best practices
Understand the various techniques used for carrying routing information through a VPN

Optimal Routing Design provides the tools and techniques, learned through years of experience with network design and deployment, to build a large-scale or scalable IP-routed network. The book takes an easy-to-read approach that is accessible to novice network designers while presenting invaluable, hard-to-find insight that appeals to more advanced-level professionals as well.

Written by experts in the design and deployment of routing protocols, Optimal Routing Design leverages the authors’ extensive experience with thousands of customer cases and network designs. Boiling down years of experience into best practices for building scalable networks, this book presents valuable information on the most common problems network operators face when seeking to turn best effort IP networks into networks that can support Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-type availability and reliability.

Beginning with an overview of design fundamentals, the authors discuss the tradeoffs between various competing points of network design, the concepts of hierarchical network design, redistribution, and addressing and summarization. This first part provides specific techniques, usable in all routing protocols, to work around real-world problems. The next part of the book details specific information on deploying each interior gateway protocol (IGP)–including EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS–in real-world network environments. Part III covers advanced topics in network design, including border gateway protocol (BGP), high-availability, routing protocol security, and virtual private networks (VPN). Appendixes cover the fundamentals of each routing protocol discussed in the book; include a checklist of questions and design goals that provides network engineers with a useful tool when evaluating a network design; and compare routing protocols strengths and weaknesses to help you decide when to choose one protocol over another or when to switch between protocols.

“The complexity associated with overlaying voice and video onto an IP network involves thinking through latency, jitter, availability, and recovery issues. This text offers keen insights into the fundamentals of network architecture for these converged environments.”

–John Cavanaugh, Distinguished Services Engineer, Cisco Systems®

This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press‚ which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers.

Customer Reviews:

I'm a bit biased...........2006-06-08

Okay, so I'm the author, and I'm a bit biased. :-) But, I just wanted to respond to the reviewer, above, who stated the book was all wrong, and about the new OSPF area type. It is a joke. When you're plowing through this much technical material, it's good to laugh at some things.

If you can find real mistakes in the book, things that you think are really wrong with the principles and concepts explained, then please email Cisco Press, or me.

As for the "real world" part, yes, I agree, this book could be more real world, if it weren't already so long, as it is. We're currently discussing a case study only book that would pair with this one, to provide more real world exposure. The problem is that packing the theory and the real world experience stuff into one book would make a book too big to be practical, and readable.

HTH

:-)

Russ

Just enough wrong to make you not beleive what is right.......2006-05-27

I am not as good at english as I am at networking. This is unforturnate as I can't express how bad this book is. There are mistakes, bad diagrams, and just plain bad formatting.
At one point in the book they actually introduce a new OSPF network type: Totally Stubby Not Really Full Areas. After a heading about it and trying to describe it for a paragraph, they end with this: "Actually, this type of area is made up. It does not exist."
I do not read text books to find out what DOESN'T exist.
I did not give it 1 star as some of the ideas are good; of course I strongly recommend trying all the commands first for yourself. The IDEA of this book was exactly what I wanted, and thats how I was sold on it. Forums have proven better.

On the right track, but little detail on dealing with the real world........2005-08-09

Optimal Routing Design is full of good stuff. Full marks for starting the book with the advice "think about what you would like the network to do".

The book contains a wealth of information on how you should design a network if you were starting from scratch. It assists in clarifying the impact of routing protocol configuration choices.

For the operator of an existing network, little information is provided on "how to get there from here". Other issues that aren't really addressed are "Having broken a number of design rules, how far am I from a meltdown?" and "What improvement in service/operating costs/convergence would I see if I followed all the rules?"

Another area that could have seem more material was how map the desired behaviour of the network (traffic flow wise) into design decisions.

Overall a valuable contribution to routing literature. Well done.

A Complete Course.......2005-08-03

This is a booked aimed at network engineers who want to understand the concepts and theory of designing and deploying a large-scale network. It is also helpful for engineers who are studying for theie CCIE or Cisco network design certification.

As prerequisites, the reader should be familiar with basic routing protocol concepts, including the mechanics of how each protocol works, basic Cisco router configuration, and physical layer interconnectivity. Some review of routing protocol operation is provided in the appendixes, but these are by no means comprehensive reviews.

Perhaps the chapter headings are as good a summary of what the book covers as any description:

Network Design Goals and Techniques
Applying the Fundamentals
EIGRP Network design
OSPF Network Design
IS-IS Network Design
BGP Cores and Network Scalability
High Availability and Fast Convergence
Routing Protocol Security
Virtual Private Networks

This book is designed to be read, not just used as a reference. It provides a consistent story throughout the book and is intended to be read from front to back and providing a complete course in network routing design.

Ferry service network design: optimal fleet size, routing, and scheduling [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]

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Ferry service network design: optimal fleet size, routing, and scheduling [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]
M.F. Lai , and H.K. Lo
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part A, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The study formulated a ferry network design problem by considering the optimal fleet size, routing, and scheduling for both direct and multi-stop services. The objective function combines both the operator and passengers' performance measures. Mathematically, the model is formulated as a mixed integer multiple origin-destination network flow problem with ferry capacity constraints. To solve this problem of practical size, this study developed a heuristic algorithm that exploits the polynomial-time performance of shortest path algorithms. Two scenarios of ferry services in Hong Kong were solved to demonstrate the performance of the heuristic algorithm. The results showed that the heuristic produced solutions that were within 1.3% from the CPLEX optimal solutions. The computational time is within tens of seconds even for problem size that is beyond the capability of CPLEX.

Individually optimal routing in parallel systems (LIDS-P-)

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Individually optimal routing in parallel systems (LIDS-P-)
P. R Kumar
Manufacturer: Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000710DNQ

Optimal compaction of multiple two component channels under river routing (Technical report. Princeton University. Department of Computer Science)

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Optimal compaction of multiple two component channels under river routing (Technical report. Princeton University. Department of Computer Science)
F. L Heng
Manufacturer: Princeton University, Dept. of Computer Science
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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With the advent of increased capital mobility in the past two decades, financial factors have become of key importance for the processes of stabilization and growth in developing, developed, and transforming economies. The size of international capital movements and the financial intermediation industry has become so large that these factors could become the dominant impulses for individual economies and the global economy in the 1990s and beyond. This book collects essays by well-known analysts in international economics and finance who treat these issues from relatively new perspectives.

Financial factors in economic stabilization and growth

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Financial factors in economic stabilization and growth

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H622A8

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The potential involvement of neurogenic inflammation in the pathogenesis of the migraine headache and the inhibition of this mechanism as a possible mode of action of antimigraine medications are discussed in great depth in this volume. The topics are approached from a pathophysiological as well as a clinical experimental perspective by a renowned group of clinicians and scientists who carefully consider the current, future, and potential therapeutic approaches to migraine treatment. The first chapters of the book address the impact of migraine on a personal and societal level, the presentation, pathogenesis and treatment of migraine as well as the role of neurogenic inflammation. Subsequent chapters present models of neurogenic inflammation related to the pathogenesis of the migraine headache, focussing on the mediators and their receptors, as well as on the involvement of mast cells. The possibility of inhibition of neurogenic inflammation in abortive and preventive migraine treatment is also extensive

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This will be the first book that deals with the use of commercial satellite imagery to monitor non-proliferation of nuclear weapons non-intrusively from space by an international organisation. The book deals with both the technical as well as policy issues related to the nuclear weapons non-proliferation issues. The authors discuss how an international organisation such as the International Atomic Energy Agency can use information derived from satellites to enhance its policing task.

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This fourth edition of Börner's The Early Universe is practically a new book, not just an updated version. In particular, to meet the wishes of many readers, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. Problem sections are also added. In the center are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: the standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory, and the questions of structure formation. A special feature of the book is the comparison of theoretical predictions with observations, separating "facts from fiction". Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference.

In this corrected reprint first year results from WMAP have been added to take account of recent developments.

Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology (Contemporary Concepts in Physics Series)

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excellent description of the early universe

Particle Physics and Inflationary Cosmology (Contemporary Concepts in Physics Series)
A. D. Linde
Manufacturer: Harwood Academic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Physical Foundations of Cosmology

ASIN: 3718604892

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This volume is a complete and systematic monograph on inflationary cosmology and cosmological phase transitions. Dr. Linde, a primary developer of these theories, offers a thorough investigation of modern cosmology and its relation to elementary particle physics, including a large introductory section containing a complete discussion of inflationary cosmology for those not yet familiar with the theory.

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excellent description of the early universe.......2000-04-08

Andrei Linde manages in this brilliant book to introduce the reader to a wide spectrum of the immensely interesting aspects of the inflationary theory. This book is definitely a "must read" for all who want to understand the underlying evolution of the very early stages of our Universe.

Inflation is today believed by essentially all the scientific community to be the initial stage in the evolution of the Universe, giving the seeds to what then later develops into structures such as galaxies and human beings. All other known theories have today been observationally excluded, leaving inflation as our currently best understanding of the early Universe.

Linde describes in glorious detail all the physics needed for the understanding of inflationary cosmology, such as symmetry breaking (restoration) and phase transitions, and he describes various worked through scenarios, but the description is fairly technical and a strong background in mathematic is necessary. The book is intended for scientists and serious students, and non-scientists will need a good portion of patience to follow all the technical explanations.

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Already the author of one gonzo collection of travel misadventures (2000's Car Camping), Utah-based writer Mark Sundeen is garnering comparisons to archly ironic humorists David Sedaris and Dave Eggers with his second tome, The Making of Toro, but his comical boasting and defiant flights of hyperbolic fancy have more in common with another peer, Neal Pollack, as well as his most obvious influence, the great Hunter S. Thompson. The premise of The Making of Toro is lifted straight out of Hemingway: A publisher approaches Sundeen with the idea of writing a colorful, testosterone-fueled book about bullfighting in Mexico. In true postmodern fashion, the writer rises to the occasion by inventing an accomplished and swaggering Raoul Duke-like alter ego, Travis LaFrance (author of the earlier swashbuckling classic, Fun With Falconry), to mask the fact that he has little actual reporting experience, doesn't speak Spanish, and is woefully short on testosterone himself. (You won't find his brand of hapless travelogue in (Men's Journal.)

Not surprisingly, there's nothing romantic about Sundeen's vision of bullfighting and its macho practitioners. Addicted to wandering off the beaten path, he'd much rather chat with the folks who dispose of the carcasses afterwards. "In the bullring the crowd roars in ecstasy," he writes toward the end of his search for the soul of this bloody sport. "I've heard it before: the sound of great bullfighting happening while I'm in the men's room or snack shack or out in the tunnel for fresh air. I'm writing a book, and the guy whose job it is to lug the beef onto the truck demands to be interviewed. So while the matador is killing with a single graceful thrust, I'm outside the meat truck learning about Oscar Rodriguez." In the end, though, Oscar's story and many others like it are far more interesting than the cliché-ridden tales we usually get in books about glamorous, manly pursuits like climbing Everest or diving down to the Titanic, and Sundeen's wonderfully dry and evocative prose is a joy to read as he takes us behind the scenes to the dark alleys where many adventurers would never think to look. --Jim DeRogatis

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Mark Sundeen needed to stage a comeback. His first book was little read, rarely reviewed, and his book tour was cancelled. So when a careless big city publisher calls with an offer for a book about bullfighting, Mark assumes this is his best and last chance to follow the trajectory of his literary heroes.

To be sure, Sundeen has never been to a bullfight. He doesn't speak Spanish. He's not even a particularly good reporter. Come to think of it, he's probably one of the least qualified people to write a book about bullfighting, even in the best of circumstances. But that doesn't stop Mark Sundeen.

After squandering most of the book advance on back rent and debts, Sundeen can't afford a trip to Spain, so he settles for nearby Mexico. But the bullfighting he finds south of the border is tawdry and comical, and people seem much more interested in the concessions and sideshows. There's little of the passion and artistry and bravery that he'd hoped to employ in exhibiting his literary genius to the masses.

To compensate for his own shortcomings as an author, Sundeen invents an alter ego, Travis LaFrance, a swashbuckling adventure writer, in the tradition of his idol, Ernest Hemingway. But as his research falters, his money runs out, and the deadline approaches, Sundeen's high-minded fantasies are skewered by his second-rate reality. Eventually, Travis LaFrance steps in to take control, and our narrator goes blundering through the landscape of his own dreams and delusions, propelled solely by a preposterous, quixotic, and ultimately heartbreaking insistence that his own life story, no matter how crummy, is worth being told in the pages of Great Literature.

The Making of Toro is a unique comic classic, a hilarious poke in the ribs of self-important "literary memoirs," and also a sly, poignant tale of the hazards of trying too hard to turn real life into high art.

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"Mark Sundeen needed to stage a comeback. His first book was little read, rarely reviewed, and his book tour was cancelled. So when a careless big city publisher calls with an offer for a book about bullfighting, Mark assumes this is his best and last chance to follow the trajectory of his literary heroes. To be sure, Sundeen has never been to a bullfight. He doesn't speak Spanish. He's not even a particularly good reporter. Come to think of it, he's probably one of the least qualified people to write a book about bullfighting, even in the best of circumstances. But that doesn't stop Mark Sundeen. After squandering most of the book advance on back rent and debts, Sundeen can't afford a trip to Spain, so he settles for nearby Mexico. But the bullfighting he finds south of the border is tawdry and comical, and people seem much more interested in the concessions and sideshows. There's little of the passion and artistry and bravery that he'd hoped to employ in exhibiting his literary genius to the masses. To compensate for his own shortcomings as an author, Sundeen invents an alter ego, Travis LaFrance, a swashbuckling adventure writer, in the tradition of his idol, Ernest Hemingway. But as his research falters, his money runs out, and the deadline approaches, Sundeen's high-minded fantasies are skewered by his second-rate reality. Eventually, Travis LaFrance steps in to take control, and our narrator goes blundering through the landscape of his own dreams and delusions, propelled solely by a preposterous, quixotic, and ultimately heartbreaking insistence that his own life story, no matter how crummy, is worth being told in the pages of Great Literature. The Making of Toro is a unique comic classic, a hilarious poke in the ribs of self-important ""literary memoirs,"" and also a sly, poignant tale of the hazards of trying too hard to turn real life into high art. "

Customer Reviews:

Another Great Piece Of Work.......2004-07-16

Sundeen has done it again. This is another deep, multi-layered composition much like "Car Camping". It's very humorous book, but the best parts are when the narrator breaks through his veneer of self-delusion and discusses his true feelings. Whenever I read a book like this, I hope for one or two passages that will resonate within me and justify (in my head) my own experiences. This book is filled with them.

Praise for Sundeen's Making of Toro!.......2003-08-20

Cleverly plotted and well-executed, packed with dancing, ironic prose and endearing characters, Mark Sundeen's The Making of Toro was an excellent read. Fun, light and true, this short excursion across the border into Mexico's bullfighting culture had me bent over and sniveling with laughter. I smile to think of it.

This book is an easy-going, comedic exploration into the sad impotence of modern American masculinity. Set against the backdrop of the bloody bullring and the grit of Mexico City, the reader sees what the protagonist himself is not able to recognize - that he is not his alter-ego Travis La France, the great bullfighter and irresistable romantic - that he is in fact simply an author and a man, accident-prone and lovable, trying to set the record straight about his misunderstood first novel, and doing his best to amend himself for being the man that he is, and not the man he would like to be.

A Remarkable New Writer.......2003-06-19

"The Making of Toro" is one of those books (like, say, "A Confederacy of Dunces") that may not make much of a splash when it first appears, but that is destined to be passed from hand to hand and reader to reader until a small cult builds around it and its author.

For starters, this book is flat-out hilarious. But it also marks the arrival of a writer who is bound to make a huge impact. Comparisons with Eggers and Sedaris aren't out of line: Sundeen blurs the line between memoir and fiction with the requisite postmodern relish. "Toro" is a tale told by a narrator so charmingly unreliable and self-deluded that we actually can't help rooting for him.

But the writer Sundeen most resembles is probably Mark Twain (seriously!). In "Toro" (and in his earlier book "Car Camping"), Sundeen shows the same dry wit, the same trust that the reader will actually get the joke, and the same faith that sometimes the naive, deluded bumbler might see truths that more worldly types do not. And, like Twain, Sundeen conceals genuine depth beneath light humor. "Toro" begins as a comedy, but by the end it deepens into a surpringly poignant coming of age story.

So buy this book--it's funny and original and thoroughly enjoyable--then pass it on.

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The Making of Toro: Bullfights, Broken Hearts and One Author's Quest for the Acclaim He Deserves
Mark Sundeen
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H2N83W

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