Cisco Routers for the Small Business

This book answers the needs of the small business wanting to connect to the Internet through Cisco's 800 Series routers. It details such tasks as creating virtual private networks, back up and restore, and shielding email servers from outside attack.

Cisco Routers for the Small Business provides, in plain English, a nononsense approach to setting up all the features of the Cisco IOS for a small business using broadband technologies. This book explains how to use a Cisco router to setup cable modems, DSL and PPPoE, and explains how to configure NAT, Access Control Lists, Firewalls, DMZs and an IPSec VPN between two sites using advanced encryption. The chapters are tutorial-based and provide easy-to-follow, stepbystep instructions for all tasks that small businesses need to perform using a router. Easytoimplement example configurations are included in the appendices.

• Written for the small business using common, broadband connections such as cable Internet and DSL.
• Provides easilyfollowed, stepbystep instructions for tasks that small businesses need to perform, such as configuring virtual private network (VPN) connections, creating firewalls, securing the router, and more.

• Contains appendixes with example configurations that are short, to the point, and deadsimple to implement.

  Specifically addresses tasks relevant to small business (e.g.: configuring a Cisco router to connect via a cable modem) Written for the power-user who has been drafted to also serve as small-business-network-administrator Author has 10+ years experience in networking small businesses Presents theory only in the context of getting things done; does not waste the reader's time

  Autorentext
  Jason Neumann has been professionally involved in computer networking for over 20 years, and has been working with Cisco routers for more than 10. Jason is the owner of LAN Technologies, LLC, a small networking company which provides local and wide area network solutions and support to small businesses using high-end operating systems, including Cisco IOS, Microsoft, Linux, and BSD UNIX. He holds many credentials from industry leaders including Cisco, Microsoft, Novell and others.

  Klappentext

  Cisco Routers for the Small Business provides, in plain English, a nönonsense approach to setting up all the features of the Cisco IOS for a small business using broadband technologies. This book explains how to use a Cisco router to setup cable modems, DSL and PPPoE, and explains how to configure NAT, Access Control Lists, Firewalls, DMZs and an IPSec VPN between two sites using advanced encryption. The chapters are tutorial-based and provide easy-to-follow, step by step instructions for all tasks that small businesses need to perform using a router. Easy töimplement example configurations are included in the appendices. Written for the small business using common, broadband connections such as cable Internet and DSL. Provides easily followed, step by step instructions for tasks that small businesses need to perform, such as configuring virtual private network (VPN) connections, creating firewalls, securing the router, and more. Contains appendixes with example configurations that are short, to the point, and dead simple to implement.

  Inhalt
  Getting to Know Your Router.- Configuring Your Router.- Configuring DSL Using PPPoE.- Configuring a VPN Using IPSec.- Beyond the Basics.- Understanding Binary and Subnetting.- RoutingWhat Routers Do Best.- Understanding Variable Length Subnet Mask Networking.