AfNOG 2004 Workshop on Network Technology

Track 2 - Scalable Network Infrastructure

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)

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.traceroute.org - Pointers to remote diagnostic tools

Cisco password recovery procedures (This is a local copy - check the Cisco web site for updates.)
Cisco router password recovery for 1600, 1700, 2500, 3600 & Catalyst 1900, 2900 & 3500 Switch (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, from the Cisco web site. A local copy is also available.
Cisco Express Forwarding
RFC2281 - Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). Compare with RFC2338 - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

RIS RIPE Looking Glass - a looking glass to see how your route is being announced on BGP

RAToolSet - tools for routing policy analysis (including RtConfig, which can generate router configurations from a policy description language).
WREQ - a distributed request/problem tracking system
Rancid - a tool for monitoring and maintaining router configurations and keeping them in CVS
RT (Request Tracker) - a tool to manage a trouble-ticketing system
MRTG Monitoring Software - a tool to graph multiple network statistics e.g. bandwidth, temperature, mail flow, e.t.c.
Network Discovery Software - a tool to automatically discover and manage your own network