Cisco Routers for the Small Business

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Getting to Know Your Router

   Pages 1-16

3. Configuring Your Router

   Pages 17-55

4. Configuring DSL Using PPPoE

   Pages 57-79

5. Configuring a VPN Using IPSec

   Pages 81-103

6. Beyond the Basics

   Pages 105-141

7. Understanding Binary and Subnetting

   Pages 143-156

8. Routing—What Routers Do Best

   Pages 157-171

9. Understanding Variable Length Subnet Mask Networking

   Pages 173-181

10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-246

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Cisco Routers for the Small Business provides, in plain English, a no–nonsense 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–to–implement 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.

• Cisco
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Firewall
• Internet
• networks
• routing

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.

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