Looks like a good book to add to my bookshelf. Cisco's MPLS fundamentals is also a good book although I'm only halfway through it....
> From: sfou...@shortestpathfirst.net > To: mhelm...@uvic.ca; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: Good MPLS/VPLS book? > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:06:03 -0500 > > IMO the best book on the market is 'MPLS-Enabled Applications' by Ina Minei, > Julian Lucek. It has the best coverage all the things you mentioned plus > VPLS, P2MP LSP, draft-rosen and NG-VPN multicast architectures and the > explanations are clear and concise. > > I wrote a review of this book a while back: > > http://www.shortestpathfirst.net/2009/11/30/book-review-mpls-aplications/ > > This book is awesome. You won't regret buying it. > > Stefan Fouant > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Helmeste [mailto:mhelm...@uvic.ca] > > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:49 PM > > To: nanog@nanog.org > > Subject: Good MPLS/VPLS book? > > > > Does anyone have a favorite book or resource discussing MPLS and all > > associated Lego blocks (e.g. LDP, TE, VPLS, martini, mBGP et. al.)? > > > > I understand the basics of what MPLS is and how you create a circuit > > from > > A to B but I'm afraid it still escapes me when trying to figure out how > > someone would, say, create a multicast capable VPN with 5 edge points. > > > > Any pointers to a good way to reduce my level of ignorance on this > > subject would be appreciated. Vendor literature doesn't bother me as > > long > > as the concepts are there. > > > > Regards, > > Michael H. > > > > >
