"Cisco Cookbook".

Managing and configuring Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) can be monumentally challenging. However, most router configuration tasks can be broken into several more or less independent steps that make it manageable. That's what the "Cisco Cookbook" (O'Reilly) by Kevin Dooley and Ian J. Brown is for. The book offers a set of recipes that show network engineers how to perform the most common tasks so they can quickly come up with workable solutions to Cisco router problems. The "Cisco Cookbook" presents solutions to the configuration problems that most frequently challenge network engineers, including: --Configuring interfaces of many types, from serial to ATM and Frame Relay --Configuring all of the common IP routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP)--Configuring authentication--Configuring other services, including DHCP and NTP--Setting up backup links and using HSRP to configure backup routers--Managing the router, including SNMP and other solutions--Using access lists to control the traffic through the router The Cookbook also includes a collection of sample routers and scripts that the authors have found useful in real-world networks. Each recipe in the book begins with a problem statement that describes a common situation that a network administrator or engineer might face. This is followed by a brief solution that shows a sample router configuration or script that can be used to resolve that particular problem.