The industry's leading resource for Internet routing solutions and scenarios

• Explore the functions, attributes, and applications of BGP-4, the de facto interdomain routing protocol, through practical scenarios and configuration examples
• Learn the contemporary Internet structure and understand how to evaluate a service provider in dealing with routing and connectivity issues
• Master the addressing techniques--including Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)--that are demanded today to facilitate the Internet's rapid and continuing growth
• Develop optimal routing policies--redundancy, traffic balancing, symmetry, and stability--for your network
• Learn how to seamlessly integrate your intradomain and interdomain routing and manage large and growing autonomous systems

Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition, explores the ins and outs of interdomain routing network designs with emphasis on BGP-4 (Border Gateway Protocol Version 4)--the de facto interdomain routing protocol.

Using a practical, example-oriented approach, this comprehensive resource provides you with real solutions for ISP connectivity issues. You will learn how to integrate your network on the global Internet and discover how to build large-scale autonomous systems. You will also learn to control expansion of interior routing protocols using BGP-4, design sound and stable networks, configure the required policies using Cisco IOS Software, and explore routing practices and rules on the Internet.

Table of Contents

Part I The Contemporary Internet

Chapter 1 Evolution of the Internet

Chapter 2 ISP Services and Characteristics

Chapter 3 IP Addressing and Allocation Techniques

Part II Routing Protocol Basics

Chapter 4 Interdomain Routing Basics

Chapter 5 Border Gateway Protocol Version 4

Part III Effective Internet Routing Designs

Chapter 6 Tuning BGP Capabilities

Chapter 7 Redundancy, Symmetry, and Load Balancing

Chapter 8 Controlling Routing Inside the Autonomous System

Chapter 9 Controlling Large-Scale Autonomous Systems

Chapter 10 Designing Stable Internets

Part IV Internet Routing Device Configuration

Chapter 11 Configuring Basic BGP Functions and Attributes

Chapter 12 Configuring Effective Internet Routing Policies

Part V Appendixes

A BGP Command Reference

B References for Further Study

C BGP Outbound Route Filter (ORF)

D Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)

About the Author

Sam Halabi is the Vice President of Business Development at Extreme Networks, responsible for defining the company's service provider product and business strategy. Recognized as one of the industry's foremost experts in the Service Provider market, Halabi has more than 15 years of experience in complex routing protocols and the design of large-scale IP networks. He is the author of the best-selling book Internet Routing Architectures, a definitive resource for internetworking design alternatives and solutions.

Halabi has held various marketing positions with leading data communications companies, including Cisco Systems, 3Com and Pluris. While at Cisco Systems, he led the Company's IP Carrier marketing efforts.