Recommend Technical Networking Book?

[Clint Pachl]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a technical networking book (or links) regarding 
design, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and best practices? I 
just purchased a Dell 3248 managed switch, 10 IBM 1U servers, and 10 
towers. I would like to practice setting things up on this hardware. I 
have just discovered VLANs (tagged/untagged) and configured a few on the 
switch. Some other topics of interest are Spanning Tree, OSPF, BGP, 
Multicasting, and redundancy (link aggregation, trunking, CARP, etc.).

I own "The Practice of System and Network Administration," which is an 
excellent book, but does not get technical. Perhaps something to 
compliment this title?

Can anyone comment on these titles that I'm thinking about getting 
(good/bad)?

The Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471345865/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=IRD9JNS6W69MP&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>, 
by Rich Seifert 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471345865/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=IRD9JNS6W69MP&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>

Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design, 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123704804/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1VQRIWRA7ZKKC&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME> 
by James D. McCabe 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123704804/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1VQRIWRA7ZKKC&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>

The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection, 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321246772/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=IHNHJ98G36HX1&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME> 
by Richard Bejtlich 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321246772/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=IHNHJ98G36HX1&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>

Designing Large Scale LANs, 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596001509/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2606QCO9PP08L&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME> 
by Kevin Dooley 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596001509/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2606QCO9PP08L&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>

_Top-Down Network Design (2nd Edition) (Networking Technology) 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1587051524/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2DTYHO3KFFU71&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>, 
by Priscilla _Oppenheimer

Principles of Network and System Administration 
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470868074/ref=wl_it_dp/103-5124063-8263036?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3ISYDRDLITCOG&colid=1B2FORVUWNNME>, 
by Mark Burgess


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