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by Priscilla Oppenheimer (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Cisco Press; illustrated edition edition (7 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1578700698
  • ISBN-13: 978-1578700691
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 19.3 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 785,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A systems analysis approach to enterprise network design

  • Master techniques for checking the health of an existing network to develop a baseline for measuring performance of a new network design
  • Explore solutions for meeting QoS requirements, including ATM traffic management, IETF controlled-load and guaranteed services, IP multicast, and advanced switching, queuing, and routing algorithms
  • Develop network designs that provide the high bandwidth and low delay required for real-time applications such as multimedia, distance learning, and videoconferencing
  • Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various switching and routing protocols, including transparent bridging, source-route switching, Inter-Switch Link (ISL), IGRP, Enhanced IGRP, OSPF, and BGP4
  • Effectively incorporate new technologies into a network design, including cable modems, DSL, Gigabit Ethernet, and VPNs

Top-Down Network Design is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing enterprise networks that are reliable, secure, and manageable. Using illustrations and real-world examples, it teaches a systematic method for network design that can be applied to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internetworks.

You will learn to analyze business and technical requirements, examine traffic flow and QoS requirements, and select protocols and technologies based on performance goals. You will also develop an understanding of network performance factors such as network utilization, throughput, accuracy, efficiency, delay, and jitter. Several charts and job aids will help you apply a top-down approach to network design.



From the Author
Why I wrote this book and what I hope it can do for you
I decided to write this book when it became clear to me that the craft of computer system design can and should be applied to computer network design. After seeing many inexperienced network designers jump immediately into implementation -- before analyzing requirements and developing a logical design -- I decided to write a book that applies structured systems analysis techniques to network design. In this book I present a systematic design process that I have successfully used with my clients. The process involves identifying user communities and applications, analyzing network performance and QoS goals, characterizing network traffic, and selecting appropriate protocols and technologies based on business and technical goals. By applying the techniques taught in the book, you can develop networks with the capacity and scalability to support the exciting new applications of the next millennium.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for CCDA or CCDP certification prep!!!, 16 Jun 1999
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Ms. Oppenheimer and I have known each other via email for a couple of years. She wrote a prior version of the Cisco CID Design course which I reviewed, and I did my best to get her to comment on the SE Design Workshop course I did. This book is her version of the design wisdom she accumulated in years inside Cisco, Apple, and Network General (now Network Associates). I did a light read and skim of the book and read through Chapter 3 in detail. I like what I see!

Priscilla is fond of checklists and tables to fill out, but that renders concrete the kind of information you should be gathering. There's a lot of practical wisdom too. I found the Examples on pages 305-326 and pages 395-407 to be reasonably simple but with enough facts and details to preserve the flavor (confusion?) a design consultant feels when learning about a new network.

The book is organized into four parts: (1) Identifying Your Customer's Needs and Goals, (2) Logical Network Design, (3) Physical Network Design, and (4) Testing, Optimizing, and Documenting Your Network Design

If you're beginning to design data networks, and want an overall guide, this is the book you should start with. If you're preparing for CCDA or CCDP certification, this ought to be a very good book to read: it supplements the recommended (for CCDP) CID course with additional information!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great! It hasn't any competitors., 23 Oct 2000
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This book is the perfect companion for a Network Designer. It covers not only technical details, but it give you a clear and proven methodology too. Along with "CCDA Exam Study Guide" of Cisco Press, it helps you to prepare the CCDA Exam. I've spent my money very well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for CCDA Certification & for Network Design, 30 Jun 1999
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This book is excellently written and accurately prepares you for the DCN - Designing Cisco Networks Exam 640-441 which is the requirement for the Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) certification. What is more important is that if you learn and apply these techniques you will have a solid blueprint to designing networks for your customers. This book is well worth reading whether or not you are preparing for your CCDA certification.
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