Cisco Multicast Routing and Switching

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
• Published by: Osborne/McGraw-Hill June 1, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0071346473
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071346474
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Book Description
Hot book on a hot technology--Cisco's new generation of routers is designed to handle IP Multicasting, crucial to video conferencing and groupware. Step-by-step help on how to deploy and troubleshoot multicasting in a Cisco Router environment. Complete coverage of current and future intranet multicast routing protocols, interoperability framework, Internet Group Management protocol, and more. From the respected author of McGraw-Hill's Cisco Router OSPF Design and Configuration Guide.

Back Cover Copy
Gain that interactive advantage by successfully deplying IP multicasting with Cisco Multicast Routing & Switching. Filled with tips, techniques, and solutions for implementing the hottest technology around - Cisco's new generation of routers that are designed to handle IP multicasting - this is the one book you'll need to successfully deploy IP Multicasting. The important protocols for multicast service are covered in detail, including: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP); Cisco Group Management Protocol (DGMP); Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP); Protocol Independent Multicast Protocol (PIM); Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP).

In addition, each chapter that covers a protocol also contains valuable information on all Cisco router commands for configuring, monitoring, and debugging that protocol. Real-world scenarios are included, giving you practical, hands-on knowledge of IP multicasting. Cisco Multicast provides: A complete understanding of unicast, broadcast, and multicast IP addressing; Step-by-step guidance on how to deploy and troubleshoot multicasting in a Cisco environment; Complete coverage of current and future intranet multicast routing.

For those who need to know how to deploy OP multicasting NOW, this is the definitive book for looking at the protocols that make multicasting possible and for building networks that can implement multicast efficiently.

Reader Reviews
Although everything is in this book it doesn't flow well and leads to a difficult read. There are too many "cut and paste" definitions from Cisco manuals. I'd wait for the Cisco Press book on Multicasting. Comment | | (Report this)