This seems as good a time as any to make this particular comment. On the subject of bridging, there is a pretty good book available from McGraw Hill Technical Expert Series - called "Configuring Cisco Routers for Bridging, DLSw+, and Desktop Protocols" by Tan Nam-Kee. the book features lots of configurations, and lots of show command outputs, so you can read, configure on your own routers or rental racks, and get something up and working to the point where you can learn first hand the shortcomings of the book - i.e. it is for beginners, and stops short of the kind of expertise one might need for production or advanced study preparation. I found while prepping for my recent Lab attempt that there came a point where I had to make some leaps of faith. But considering before I read the book I didn't know jack about DLSw, and after a day's study with Nam-Kee I actually knew jill about it, that's good. Especially after some frustrating efforts using CCO as a learning source.
After a couple of years of this, I have pretty much come to the conclusion that the McGraw Hill series is at least as good an investment as is Cisco Press, and in many cases McG-H can be a better investment. Cisco has taken to packaging a lot of the material on CCO into books, and releasing it sometimes even under the "CCIE" series. A couple of specific examples. Terry Slattery's book "Advanced IP Routing in Cisco Networks" compares favorably with Doyle, and in some ways ( in terms of practice labs and configuration examples ) is IMHO better. The Held/Hundley "Cisco Access Lists Field Guide is superior to anything Cisco Press offers. Adam Quiggle's VPN book is a great place to start, even if his section on multipoint tunnels leaves one scratching various body parts trying to figure out why his configurations don't work on real routers ;-> I will say that the Cisco Press Parkhurst BGP book is first rate. But then unlike other Cisco Press books, Parkhurst actually goes in depth into practical BGP configuration. I have one Cisco Press book which purports to be a CCIE prep book that has proven absolutely useless for study. I have another which I still can't decide if it has merit or not, which probably means it doesn't. In any case, in answer to the question about SRB, the Tan Nam-Kee book is worth taking a look at - particularly if you have access to some routers so your can tweak the configs. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Neiberger Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sbr [7:28336] It's actually called Source Route Bridging, and you can find lots of info at www.cisco.com. HTH, John >>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 12/6/01 4:12:30 PM >>> Can someone please tell me where I can find some good infomation on Source Bridge routing. James ' Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=28376&t=28336 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
