Like Priscilla, I have not heard of the Parkhurst book. I was able to read through the Parkhurst BGP guide and it was pretty good in terms of hands on configuration and troubleshooting. In my humble opinion, you cannot get a better bang for your buck than Beau Williamson's "Developing IP Multicast Networks". His style is easy to read, entertaining, and most of all technically accurate. He devotes adequate time to each major area of IP multicast. Some areas you will need to get up to speed with if you want to be successful are(I am assuming you are doing a Cisco IP multicast solution): DVMRP interoperability (for connecting to the Mbone) PIM Sparse mode CGMP PIM Dense mode (to a lesser degree) I had to dig and search for the link that Beau Williamson gave me after Networkers for the most current info. I found the link and it is here(paste this into your web browser): ftp://ftpeng.cisco.com/ipmulticast/index.html This may help also: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/multicast/multicast_te chdoc.shtml Bear in mind, the page is not pretty, but there are some real nuggets there. It is loaded right off the Cisco Engineering site. As a starter, make sure your underlying unicast routing is stable. HTH, Paul Werner > Hi > > I am looking at getting IP Multicast working on my Core network and also > access to the MBone. > > Can any of you please forward me towards any good books/white papers on > how > to do this. > > I passed BCMSN so have a fair under standing of the theory but 100% sure > on > how to make the connection from Local network to the rest of the world. > > I was looking at getting either :- > > Developing IP Multicast Networks by Beau Williamson or > Cisco Multicasting Routing & Switching by William R. Parkhurst > > Thanks in advance > > Andrew ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=20749&t=20684 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
