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Chapter 6, NTP<br />

Explains how to properly set the time on your router, both manually and using<br />

NTP, to synchronize time across all network devices<br />

Chapter 7, Router Interfaces<br />

Discusses router interfaces and how to configure interface properties, including<br />

the physical device itself as well as all network addresses associated with an<br />

interface, including IPv4, IPv6, and ISO addresses<br />

The next six chapters cover various aspects of IP routing:<br />

Chapter 8, IP Routing<br />

Looks at IP routing in general, including routing tables, route preferences, and<br />

selecting active routes<br />

Chapter 9, Routing Policy and Firewall Filters<br />

Discusses routing policy, which control the routes that are stored in and advertised<br />

from the routing tables. This chapter also covers firewall filters, which are<br />

applied to traffic entering and exiting router interfaces<br />

Chapter 10, RIP<br />

Looks at RIP, including both Versions 1 and 2 and RIPng<br />

Chapter 11, IS-IS<br />

Looks at IS-IS<br />

Chapter 12, OSPF<br />

Discusses OSPF<br />

Chapter 13, BGP<br />

Discusses the BGP protocol, which controls all IP routing through the backbone<br />

of the Internet<br />

The remaining chapters all cover separate topics:<br />

Chapter 14, MPLS<br />

Discusses MPLS, which is commonly used along with RSVP for traffic engineering<br />

Chapter 15, VPNs<br />

Covers BGP-MPLS (Layer 3) VPNs, which are an application of BGP and MPLS<br />

that provides private virtual networks<br />

Chapter 16, IP Multicast<br />

Covers the IP multicast protocols<br />

Conventions<br />

The following formatting conventions are used throughout this book:<br />

Italic<br />

Used for commands, filenames, directories, script variables, keywords, emphasis,<br />

technical terms, and Internet domain names<br />

xx | Preface<br />

This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition<br />

Copyright © 2008 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.

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