AFNOG 2002 Workshop

Track 2 - Scalable Network Infrastructure

This is part of the AFNOG 2002 Workshop, held in conjunction with the AFNOG meeting in Lome, Togo, in May 2002.

LINKS AND REFERENCES

IP numbers and AS numbers

• RIPE working documents index
• RFC1918 - allocation of private IP address space
• RFC1930 - guidelines for creation of an autonomous system (including allocation of private AS numbers)

Operational guidelines

• RFC2791 - a document which describes best practices for making routing protocols scale
• RFC2182 - an operational guide to selection and operation of secondary DNS servers
• 10/100 Half/full duplex autonegotation hints from Cisco
• comp.dcom.cabling FAQ
• www.ep.net - Exchange Point Information
• www.traceroute.org - Pointers to remote diagnostic tools

Cisco-specific documentation

• Cisco password recovery procedures (This is a local copy - check the Cisco web site for updates.)
• Cisco Psychic TAC Hotline: Madame ROMMON answers questions about Cisco Password Recovery
• IOS Essentials (PDF.zip) - Barry Greene's IOS Document (local copy)
• Cisco Express Forwarding
• RFC2281 - Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). Compare with RFC2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Alternative uses for 2500-series routers

Software tools

• WREQ - a distributed request/problem tracking system
• Rancid - a tool for monitoring and maintaining router configurations and keeping them in CVS

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