Table of Contents

IP Addressing Fundamentals
By Mark A. Sportack
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2002
ISBN: 1-58705-067-6
Pages: 368

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		About the Author
			About the Technical Reviewers
		Acknowledgments
		Introduction
			Icons Used in This Book
			Command Syntax Conventions
		Part I.  Introduction to IP Addressing
			Chapter 1.  Developing the Internet's Technologies
				The Internet's Caretakers
				The Internet Standards Process
				The Benefits of Openness
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Classical IP: The Way It Was
				Evolution of the Address Space
				The Address Space Hierarchy
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Fixed-Length Subnet Masks
				Introduction to Subnetting
				Forming Subnets from 24-Bit Network Addresses
				Sources of Inefficiencies with FLSM
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  Variable-Length Subnet Masks
				Variable-Length Subnetting in the RFCs
				The Inefficiencies of FLSM
				A Practical Application
				Summary
		Part II.  The Evolution of IPv4
			Chapter 5.  The Date of Doom
				Responding to the Crisis
				Interim Solutions
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
				CIDR: An Historic Review
				Symmetry of CIDR Notation
				Supernetting
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Private Addresses and NAT
				Private Address Spaces
				NAT
				Implementation Topologies
				Problems with NAT
				Summary
		Part III.  Advanced IP Topics
			Chapter 8.  Internet Names
				Introduction to Internet Names
				DNS: The Hierarchical Approach
				Nonstandard Internet Names
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  IP Multicasting
				The Concept of Multicasting
				IPv4 Multicasting Mechanisms
				Summary
		Part IV.  Strategies for Network Stability, Scalability, and Performance
			Chapter 10.  Networking with IP
				Dissecting a Typical Communications Session
				Domain Name System
				Translating IP Addresses into MAC Addresses
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  Internetworking with IP
				The Mechanics of Routing
				Routing and the Internet
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  Network Stability
				The Problem with "Open" Networking
				RFC 2267, "Source Address Assurance"
				Address Lending for Network Stability
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  Planning and Managing an Address Space
				The Challenge of Managing an Address Space
				Address Management Issues for an Enterprise WAN
				ISP Address Management Issues
				Address Management Issues for an Internet Hosting Center
				Summary
			Chapter 14.  Address Management Tactics
				The Challenge of Managing an Address Space
				Sequential Assignment
				Sequential Assignment with Gaps
				Predefining with Symmetrical Gaps
				Balkanizing an Address Space
				Summary
		Part V.  The Future of the Internet Protocol
			Chapter 15.  IPv6: The Future of IP Addressing
				The Need for More
				Overview of IPv6
				Address Types
				More Migration Tools
				What Are We Waiting For?
				Summary
		Index