EIGRP for IP: Basic Operation and Configuration (Addison-Wesley Networking Basics Series) - Softcover

Retana, Alvaro; White, Russ; Slice, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201657732 ISBN 13: 9780201657739

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2000

Synopsis

The Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP) from Cisco Systems is one of the most widely used intra-domain routing protocols in todayis corporate networks. Although EIGRP is easily configured, the inner workings are generally not well understood. The result: nonoptimized networks that lead to chronic and costly problems requiring time and energy to solve.

EIGRP for IP is a concise, complete, and practical guide to understanding and working with EIGRP. It focuses on EIGRP in the context of IP, although the principles learned from this guide can be applied to the other major network protocols that EIGRP supports, including IPX and AppleTalk.

The book provides an overview of essential concepts, terminology, and EIGRP mechanisms, in addition to a look at the most important configuration options. It examines network design with regard to EIGRPis capabilities, offering concrete tips for specific design issues that arise in EIGRP networks. Also featured is an experience-based guide to EIGRP troubleshooting, with solutions to many commonly encountered problems.

Specific topics covered include:

• The foundations of EIGRP, including the Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)
• A comparison of EIGRP to other interior gateway routing protocols
• Configuring summarization
• Standard and extended access distribution lists
• Hierarchy and redundancy in network topology
• Path selection
• Multiple EIGRP autonomous systems
• Isolating misbehaving routers
• Solving problems with neighbor relationships
• Stuck in Active (SIA) routes

Serving as both a complete reference and a practical handbook, EIGRP for IP is an essential resource for network professionals charged with maintaining an efficient, smoothly functioning network.

About this title

Synopsis

Cisco's EIGRP routing protocol is increasingly popular in enterprise IP networks -- but accurate, readable EIGRP documentation is scarce, so many EIGRP networks don't run nearly as well as they might. Now, a team of Cisco network engineers has distilled everything you need to know to implement, operate, and troubleshoot EIGRP successfully into one concise guide! The book begins with EIGRP theory, explaining the basic concepts, terminology, and mechanisms used by EIGRP to provide routing information. Next, the authors introduce each of the most important EIGRP configuration options; and review fundamental network design principles within the framework of EIGRP's capabilities. Along the way, they present practical tips on network architecture, and on addressing common EIGRP network scenarios. The final chapter presents comprehensive troubleshooting guidance on the most common problems encountered in EIGRP network. For all network engineers, designers, and IT professionals working with Cisco's EIGRP protocol; and for anyone studying for CCIE certification.

About the Author

Alvaro Retana, a Technical Leader in Cisco Systems' Core IP Engineering Department, has first-hand expertise in the development and testing of routing protocols such as IS-IS, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, and BGP4. Alvaro is CCIE #1609, and serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University.

Russ White, a Routing Protocols Deployment Engineer at Cisco Systems, is a frequent Networkers speaker on routing protocols and router architecture, and the coauthor of several IETF requests for comments (RFCs). He is well known within and outside Cisco for his routing protocols expertise. Russ is CCIE #2635, and one of the reviewers and question writers for the CCIE written exam.

Don Slice is a Technical Lead on the IOS Network Protocols Deployment and Scalability Team at Cisco Systems, and is an acknowledged expert in EIGRP and other interior routing protocols.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0201657732
• ISBN 13: 9780201657739
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144