Linux Routers: A Primer For Network Administrators - Hardcover

Mancill, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130861138 ISBN 13: 9780130861139

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2000

Synopsis

Save a fortune! Use Linux as a router!

*Transform any Linux-compatible system into a high-performance router!

*Step-by-step, hands-on guidance

*Hardware, configuration, management, and troubleshooting

*Ethernet, Frame Relay, and Internet/extranet routing

*Special high availability tips & techniques Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking (Radia Perlman, Series Advisor) Why spend a fortune on routers, when a Linux box can do the same job (and more!) for a tiny fraction of the cost? Linux routers are inexpensive, flexible, adaptable, expandable, easy to administer, and absolutely rock-solid! In Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, you'll learn how to implement Linux-based routers, hands-on. Linux administrator Tony Mancill walks you step-by-step through a series of production routing scenarios, offering detailed guidance on configuration, problem avoidance, and troubleshooting. Coverage includes:

*Choosing the right hardware and Linux software tools

*Linux routing for Ethernet, Frame Relay, Internet, and extranet environments

*Using the same system as a router and Web server, DNS server, etc.

*Day-to-day router administration and monitoring

*High-availability strategies for Linux routers, and more In Linux Routers, Tony Mancill shares real-life experiences implementing high-performance, low-cost Linux routers in the corporate network. If you're building or extending a network, and you're not "made out of money," you owe it to yourself to consider Linux!

About this title

About the Author:

TONY MANCILL is UNIX System Administrator with Bank of America in Phoenix, AZ. He previously served as system administrator for LHS Communications in Atlanta, GA, and as a UNIX systems programmer at BellSouth. Mancill graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering and he is a volunteer developer for Debian GNU/Linux.

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Preface

This book is the culmination of over two years of dodging the obvious: I needed to write a HOWTO to document the things that I was using Linux for in my work, particularly concerning the use of Linux as a router in a variety of scenarios. But the book is not only about routers, it's about running Linux in production and all of the non-technical details which go along with it. This book is not intended to be the authoritative "be-all end-all" of what can be accomplished with Linux routers, but a HOWTO describing what has worked for me and my employers over the past few years. I have tried to record all of the stupid mistakes I have made along with the arbitrary parts of configuring and running a Linux router so that you won't have to learn them on your own. I fully expect you to far exceed the contents of this book as you further the state of the art.

FEEDBACK

As an active professional in the IT industry and an advocate of Linux, I aminterested in your commentary about the contents of this book. Please feel free to contact me by email to provide feedback, contribute ideas, or discuss your criticisms of either the material or my method of presenting it. The following address should find me: tony@mancill.com.

Happy Hacking!

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130861138
• ISBN 13: 9780130861139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350