- Main Page
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- The BSCI Cram Sheet
- PRINCIPLES OF ROUTING
- ADVANCED IP ADDRESSING SOLUTIONS
- OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST (OSPF)
- INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM-TO-INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM (IS-IS)
- ENHANCED INTERIOR GATEWAY ROUTING PROTOCOL (EIGRP)
- BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL VERSION 4 (BGP4)
- OPTIMIZING ROUTING UPDATES (BGP-4)
- A Note from Series Editor Ed Tittel
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Introduction
- For Whom Is This Book?
- Cisco Certifications Requiring the BSCI Exam
- Signing Up to Take the Exam
- Scheduling the Cisco BSCI Exam
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- Self-Assessment
- Networking Professionals in the Real World
- The Ideal BSCI Candidate
- Put Yourself to the Test
- Hands-on Experience
- Testing Your Exam-Readiness
- Onward, Through the Fog
- Chapter 1. Cisco Certification Exams
- The Exam Situation
- Exam Layout and Design
- Exam-Taking Techniques
- Question-Handling Strategies
- Mastering the Inner Game
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 2. Routing Principles
- Major Functions of a Router
- Routing Algorithm Characteristics
- Anatomy of a Routing Table
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 3. Extending IP Addresses
- Review of TCPIP Subnetting
- Classless Interdomain Routing
- Using VLSM to Extend the IP Addresses Scheme
- Route Summarization
- Configuring IP Helper to Manage Broadcasts
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 4. Implementing OSPF in a Single Area
- OSPF Versus RIP in a Large Internetwork
- OSPF Discovery, Selection, and Route Maintenance
- OSPF Operation in a Single Area NBMA Setting
- OSPF Configuration and Verification for Operation in a Single Area
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 5. Interconnecting OSPF Areas
- OSPF Areas, Routers, and LSAs
- OSPF Support for Variable-Length Subnet Masking (VLSM) and Route Summarization in Multiple Areas
- OSPF Operation in a Multiple-Area NBMA Environment
- Configuring and Verifying a Multi-Area OSPF Network
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 6. Applying Integrated IS-IS
- IS-IS Networks and Interfaces
- Types of IS-IS Routers and Their Role in Area Hierarchical Design
- Developing an Effective Addressing Plan for IS-IS Deployment
- Identifying Systems and Establishing IS-IS Adjacencies
- Database Synchronization and Routing Traffic Transport
- IS-IS NBMA Solutions in Switched WAN Networks
- Configuring Cisco Routers for Appropriate Integrated IS-IS Operation
- Exam Prep Questions
- Need to Know More?
- Chapter 7. Employing Enhanced IGRP
- EIGRP Features and Operation
- EIGRP Discovery, Selection, and Route Maintenance
- EIGRP Support of VLSM and Route Summarization
- Routing Traffic Transport and Database Synchronization