Switch/Router Configuration and Management

Author: Feng Hao, Huang Zihu, Wu Jixiang
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Switches and routers are the core devices of a network. Without these two types of equipment, there would be no network today. As professionals and network administrators in the field of networking, mastering the configuration and management of switches and routers is crucial. This book takes the mainstream Cisco switches and routers currently in use as examples and provides a detailed introduction to practical topics such as the basics of switch configuration, VLAN and trunking configuration, the Spanning Tree Protocol and port security, the basics of router configuration, IP routing configuration, wide-area network protocols and their configuration, access list and NAT configuration, and planning and configuration examples of gigabit campus networks. This book is accompanied by exercises and hands-on training guides, making it suitable as a textbook for computer-related majors in vocational and technical colleges, as well as a training manual for networking.
Switches and routers are the core devices of a network. Without these two types of equipment, there would be no network today. As professionals and network administrators in the field of networking, mastering the configuration and management of switches and routers is crucial. This book takes the mainstream Cisco switches and routers currently in use as examples and provides a detailed introduction to practical topics such as the basics of switch configuration, VLAN and trunking configuration, the Spanning Tree Protocol and port security, the basics of router configuration, IP routing configuration, wide-area network protocols and their configuration, access list and NAT configuration, and planning and configuration examples of gigabit campus networks. This book is accompanied by exercises and hands-on training guides, making it suitable as a textbook for computer-related majors in vocational and technical colleges, as well as a training manual for networking.