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Dooley earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Toronto in 1993, having financed much of his schooling as a network and system administrator. He now works as a consultant and runs a consutling company called Manageable Networks.

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this second edition adds sections on MPLS, Security, IPv6, and IP Mobility and presents solutions to the most common configuration problems.

PrefaceChapter 1: Router Configuration and File ManagementChapter 2: Router ManagementChapter 3: User Access and Privilege LevelsChapter 4: TACACS+Chapter 5: IP RoutingChapter 6: RIPChapter 7: EIGRPChapter 8: OSPFChapter 9: BGPChapter 10: Frame RelayChapter 11: Handling Queuing and CongestionChapter 12: Tunnels and VPNsChapter 13: Dial BackupChapter 14: NTP and TimeChapter 15: DLSwChapter 16: Router Interfaces and MediaChapter 17: Simple Network Management ProtocolChapter 18: LoggingChapter 19: Access-ListsChapter 20: DHCPChapter 21: NATChapter 22: First Hop Redundancy ProtocolsChapter 23: IP MulticastChapter 24: IP MobilityChapter 25: IPv6Chapter 26: MPLSChapter 27: SecurityAppendix 1: External Software PackagesAppendix 2: IP Precedence, TOS, and DSCP ClassificationsColophon

Kevin Dooley has been designing and implementing networks as an independent consultant for more than ten years. He's built large scale Local and Wide Area Networks for several of Canada's largest companies. Kevin holds a PhD in physics from the University of Toronto and is the author of "Designing Large-Scale LANs" (O'Reilly).

Ian J. Brown is a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert with more than 12 years of experience in the networking industry. His areas of expertise include TCP/IP and IP routing, as well as management, security, design, and troubleshooting for large-scale networks.