Ospf Network Design Solutions

A Practical Handbook for OSPF Protocol Deployment and Management

• Review OSPF strengths and weaknesses to help you make the right growth and design choices
• Use new case studies, configuration examples, and other IOS and OSPF reference material to ensure a thorough understanding of OSPF
• Understand routing evolution and network design through the book's coverage of management, troubleshooting, and technical overviews

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is a non-proprietary Internet Gateway Protocol (IGP) for the TCP/IP family. It has quickly become the protocol of choice in larger Wide Area Network deployments by providing better performance and greater flexibility than its predecessor, Routing Information Protocol (RIP) provides. This greater flexibility leads to more complexity in configuring and troubleshooting OSPF networks.

OSPF Network Design Solutions, Second Edition, provides a thorough understanding of OSPF functionality that can help networking engineers dramatically increase network performance, security, and the ease with which large scale networks are maintained. Expanded and updated, this new edition provides more case studies and configuration examples with a focus on OSPF/BGP integration from the service provider perspective. New Cisco IOS and OSPF features have been introduced since the first edition, including opaque LSAs, multicasting, and OSPF flood suppression. In addition to the new topics covered, an acronyms section and Cisco IOS 12.0 reference section, complete with commands, is also included. OSPF Network Design Solutions, Second Edition presents technology in common terms, enabling readers with varying levels of experience to benefit from it.

Thomas M. Thomas II, CCIE(r) No. 9360, is a certified Cisco Systems(r) instructor, holds CCNP(r), CCDA(r), and CCNA(r) certifications, and claims he never works because he loves what he does. Tom is the founder of NetCerts (now CCPrep) and the International Network Resource Group (inrgi), where he remains on the board of directors in an advisory capacity providing vision and focus. He was previously an instructor for Chesapeake Computer Consultants, Inc. (CCCI) and a course developer for Cisco Systems. Tom is currently working as a senior network consultant designing and implementing voice-over-IP and managed data networks wherever he can as a part of the U.S. Networks team (usnetworksinc).