Designing Wide Area Networks and Internetworks: A Practical Guide

Index

AAAA records, 239, 242

Abilene project, 278

Access

cost of, 69

locations for, 26–27

Access design, 43, 352

dedicated access, 148–163

nontraditional approaches to, 163–165

residential access, 163–165

Access homing design, 43

Access network, 55, 56

Accounting, 302–303

Address blocks, allocation of, 226–227

Address(ing), 43, 44, 216

constraints on, 218

defined, 207

host, 230–232

IPv6, 238

developing plan for, 221–233

private, 223–224

structure of, 216–217

and topology of network, 217

translation of, 232

Administration, costs of, 337, 342

ADMs (add and drop multiplexers), 86

ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line), 121–122

characteristics of, 79

indications for, 124

Internet access through, 289

Aggregation, 55, 57

channelization to provide, ...