Funny that you mention that... I recently got ahold of a McGraw Hill book, "CCNP Guide to Advanced Cisco Routing" by Michael Grice. I found that his book goes well beyond the CCNP level, going more in-depth on BGP and a few other topics than many CCIE-level books do. I also have the CCIE Lab Practice Kit by MH, and I'm finding it to be useful as well.
Hal > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: sbr [7:28336] > > > 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=28401&t=28336 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
