Top-Down Network Design
Second Edition
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Icons Used in This Book
Command Syntax Conventions
Introduction
Changes for the Second Edition
Objectives
Audience
Organization
Part I: Identifying Your
Customer's Needs and Goals
Part II: Logical Network Design
Part III: Physical Network
Design
Part IV: Testing, Optimizing,
and Documenting Your
Network Design
Companion Website
Part I: Identifying Your
Customer's Needs and Goals
Chapter 1. Analyzing Business
Goals and Constraints
Using a Top-Down Network
Design Methodology
Analyzing Business Goals

Characterizing Traffic Load
Characterizing Traffic Behavior
Characterizing Quality of
Service Requirements
Network Traffic Checklist
Summary
Summary for Part I
Part II: Logical Network Design
Chapter 5. Designing a
Network Topology
Hierarchical Network Design
Redundant Network Design
Topologies
Modular Network Design
Designing a Campus Network
Design Topology
Designing the Enterprise Edge
Topology
Secure Network Design
Topologies
Summary
Chapter 6. Designing Models
for Addressing and Naming
Guidelines for Assigning
Network Layer Addresses
Using a Hierarchical Model for
Assigning Addresses
Designing a Model for Naming
Summary
Chapter 7. Selecting Switching

Design
Chapter 10. Selecting
Technologies and Devices for
Campus Networks
LAN Cabling Plant Design
LAN Technologies
Selecting Internetworking
Devices for a Campus Network
Design
An Example of a Campus
Network Design
Summary
Chapter 11. Selecting
Technologies and Devices for
Enterprise Networks
Remote-Access Technologies
Selecting Remote-Access
Devices for an Enterprise
Network Design
WAN Technologies
An Example of a WAN Design
Summary
Summary for Part III
Part IV: Testing, Optimizing,
and Documenting Your
Network Design
Chapter 12. Testing Your
Network Design
Using Industry Tests
Building and Testing a

TCP/IP Packets
TCP/IP DHCP Packets
NetBIOS (NetBEUI) Packets
NetBIOS with WINS Packets
SNA Packets
Appendix B. References and
Recommended Reading
Glossary
A
B
C
D
E
F
G - H
I
J - K - L
M
N
O - P
Q - R
S
T
U
V
W
X - Z
Index
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ISBN : 1-58705-152-4
Pages : 600
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•
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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, Inter-Switch Link (ISL), IEEE
802.1Q, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP4
Effectively incorporate new technologies into enterprise network designs,
including VPNs, wireless networking, and IP Telephony
Top-Down Network Design, Second Edition, 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

About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Icons Used in This Book
Command Syntax Conventions
Introduction
Changes for the Second Edition
Objectives
Audience
Organization

Part I: Identifying Your Customer's Needs
and Goals
Part II: Logical Network Design
Part III: Physical Network Design

Part IV: Testing, Optimizing, and
Documenting Your Network Design
Companion Website

Part I. Identifying Your Customer's Needs and
Goals

Chapter 1. Analyzing Business Goals and
Constraints

Using a Top-Down Network Design
Methodology
Analyzing Business Goals
Analyzing Business Constraints
Business Goals Checklist

Characterizing Traffic Behavior

Characterizing Quality of Service
Requirements
Network Traffic Checklist
Summary
Summary for Part I
Part II. Logical Network Design
Chapter 5. Designing a Network Topology
Hierarchical Network Design
Redundant Network Design Topologies
Modular Network Design

Designing a Campus Network Design
Topology