Part I: The Contemporary Internet
The complexity of routing problems and solutions is tied closely to the growth and evolution of the contemporary Internet. Thus, before delving into specifics about routing protocols, you will find it extremely useful to have some general perspective and background information. Such historical developments as the Route Arbiter project, Network Access Points, and Network Information Services, covered in Chapter 1, continue to have extremely practical implications for organizations that want to be connected to global networks. Chapter 2 introduces general and network topology issues associated with Internet service providers. Chapter 3 covers concepts of addressing and classless interdomain routing, which are needed to control the depletion of the IP address space
Chapter 1 Evolution of the Internet