Chapter 1 Getting Started

1. IOS User Modes

2. Command-Line Completion

3. Get to Know the Question Mark

4. Command-Line Editing Keys

5. Pausing Output

6. show Commands

Chapter 2 IOS Images and Configuration Files

1. IOS Image Filenames

2. The New Cisco IOS Packaging Model

3. Loading Image Files Through the Network

4. Using the IOS Filesystem for Images

5. The Router's Configuration

6. Loading Configuration Files

Chapter 3 Basic Router Configuration

1. Setting the Router Name

2. Setting the System Prompt

3. Configuration Comments

4. The Enable Password

5. Mapping Hostnames to IP Addresses

6. Setting the Router's Time

7. Enabling SNMP

8. Cisco Discovery Protocol

9. System Banners

Chapter 4 Line Commands

1. The line Command

2. The Console Port

3. Virtual Terminals (VTYs)

4. Asynchronous Ports (TTYs)

5. The Auxiliary (AUX) Port

6. show line

7. Reverse Telnet

8. Common Configuration Items

Chapter 5 Interface Commands

1. Naming and Numbering Interfaces

2. Basic Interface Configuration Commands

3. The Loopback Interface

4. The Null Interface

5. Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces

6. Token Ring Interfaces

7. ISDN Interfaces

8. Serial Interfaces

9. Asynchronous Interfaces

10. Interface show Commands

Chapter 6 Networking Technologies

1. Frame Relay

2. ATM

3. DSL

4. Cable

5. VoIP

Chapter 7 Access Lists

1. How Packets Match a List Entry

2. Types of Access Lists

3. Specific Topics

Chapter 8 IP Routing Topics

1. Autonomous System (AS) Numbers

2. Interior and Exterior Gateway Protocols

3. Distance-Vector and Link-State Routing Protocols

4. Static Routes

5. Split Horizon

6. Passive Interfaces

7. Fast Switching and Process Switching

Chapter 9 Interior Routing Protocols

1. RIP

2. IGRP

3. EIGRP

4. OSPF

5. IS-IS

Chapter 10 Border Gateway Protocol

1. Introduction to BGP

2. A Simple BGP Configuration

3. Route Filtering

4. An Advanced BGP Configuration

5. Neighbor Authentication

6. Peer Groups

7. Route Reflectors

8. BGP Confederacies

9. BGP TTL Security

Chapter 11 Quality of Service

1. Marking

2. Older Queuing Methods

3. Modern IOS QoS Tools

4. Congestion Avoidance

5. Traffic Policing

6. Traffic Shaping

7. AutoQoS

8. QoS Device Manager

Chapter 12 Dial-on-Demand Routing

1. Configuring a Simple DDR Connection

2. Sample Legacy DDR Configurations

3. Dialer Interfaces (Dialer Profiles)

4. Multilink PPP

5. Snapshot DDR

Chapter 13 Specialized Networking Topics

1. Bridging

2. Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)

3. Network Address Translation (NAT)

4. Tunnels

5. Encrypted Tunnels

6. Multicast Routing

7. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Chapter 14 Switches and VLANs

1. Switch Terminology

2. IOS on Switches

3. Basic Switch Configuration

4. Trunking

5. Switch Monitor Port for IDS or Sniffers

6. Troubleshooting Switches

Chapter 15 Router Security

1. Securing Enable Mode Access

2. Routine Security Measures

3. Restricting Access to Your Router

Chapter 16 Troubleshooting and Logging

1. ping

2. trace

3. Debugging

4. Logging

Chapter 17 Quick Reference

Chapter 18 About the Author