Book / Literature Recommendations

2014-09-16 Thread James Bensley
Hi All, What is the single best book you have read on networking? That's a wide topic so to clarify I'm talking about service provider networking but I do enjoy all aspects really and don't want to limit my self to one area of networking. I'm often reading technical books about technology X or

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2014-09-16 Thread Rakesh M
i found mpls enabled applications better, not sure if that meets your requirement. R On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:18 PM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, What is the single best book you have read on networking? That's a wide topic so to clarify I'm talking about service

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2014-09-16 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Sep 16, 2014, at 3:48 PM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? Impossible to answer with just one, really. Apart from the classics like Stevens and Perlman and Halabi and McPherson and Doyle, these two:

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2014-09-16 Thread Matthew Kaufman
Patterns in Network Architecture You might not agree with it, but it does stimulate some thinking. Matthew Kaufman (Sent from my iPhone) On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, What is the single best book you have read on networking? That's a

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2014-09-16 Thread Jason Biel
BGP Bible: Internet Routing Architectures (2nd Edition) http://amzn.com/157870233X On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Matthew Kaufman matt...@matthew.at wrote: Patterns in Network Architecture You might not agree with it, but it does stimulate some thinking. Matthew Kaufman (Sent from my

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2014-09-16 Thread coy . hile
Everything Stevens wrote. Including newer editions since his passing. Bill kept him listed as first author on the new edition of APUE for a reason. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 16, 2014, at 5:04, Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net wrote: On Sep 16, 2014, at 3:48 PM, James Bensley

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2014-09-16 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 09:48:45AM +0100, James Bensley wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? Elements of Networking Style, Michael A. Padlipsky, 1984. How could anyone *not* love a book which includes this in the foreword: Brace yourselves. We are about to

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2014-09-16 Thread Justin Wilson
³Designing Campus Networks² From Cisco. ³Internet Routing Architectures² ³Next Generation Network Services² from Cisco Press To me those are pretty general and how to apply it to different scenarios. Justin -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net http://www.mtin.net/blog Managed

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2014-09-16 Thread William Herrin
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Kaufman matt...@matthew.at wrote: Patterns in Network Architecture You might not agree with it, but it does stimulate some thinking. Hi Matthew, I would agree that any attempt to understand the material stimulates thinking. The book ranges from

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2014-09-16 Thread William Herrin
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:59 AM, coy.h...@coyhile.com wrote: Everything Stevens wrote. Even volume 3? TCP/IP Illustrated volume 1 is one of the finest books on IPv4 ever written but volume 3 smells of Please write us another book. We don't care what it's about, just write something. Regards,

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2014-09-16 Thread Ca By
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:48 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, What is the single best book you have read on networking? That's a wide topic so to clarify I'm talking about service provider networking but I do enjoy all aspects really and don't want to limit my self to one

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2014-09-16 Thread John Kristoff
On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:48:45 +0100 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? I couldn't narrow it down to one, but since it hasn't been mentioned already, Radia Perlman's Interconnections. Her's is utterly fantastic largely in part

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2014-09-16 Thread Russ White
³Designing Campus Networks² From Cisco. ³Internet Routing Architectures² ³Next Generation Network Services² from Cisco Press I hate to suggest my own book, but -- The Art of Network Architecture, I think, is pretty good. I know Doyle's Routing TCP/IP is good, I really appreciate Radia's

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2014-09-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
John Kristoff wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:48:45 +0100 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? Well, it's been a LONG time, but it's got to be either Stallings, Comer, or Tannenbaum. Miles Fidelman

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2014-09-16 Thread Scott Weeks
On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? - Paper is s 20th century. C'mon, we're a decade and a half into the 21st century. :-)

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2014-09-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Scott Weeks wrote: On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? - Paper is s 20th century. C'mon, we're a decade and a half into the 21st century. :-)

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2014-09-16 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 9/16/2014 18:01, Miles Fidelman wrote: Scott Weeks wrote: On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? - Paper is s 20th century. C'mon, we're a decade and a half into

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2014-09-16 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: I think of this paperless idiocy every time I write 20 reams of printer paper on the grocery list. While it should be mandatory that things like operational plans/procedures and contact lists should be printed out Just

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2014-09-16 Thread Justin Wilson
Being able to find an Internet connection these days is pretty easy. Ive left the data center and driven to mcdonalds to download stuff in a pinch. But, I can find things in a real book easier. I think it¹s the way my mind works. Its getting easier though on the Kindle. Just learned behavior is

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2014-09-16 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Justin Wilson li...@mtin.net wrote: But, I can find things in a real book easier. Full-text search in the Kindle app, .pdf viewer app, et. al. is pretty useful for finding things, IMHO. ; --

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2014-09-16 Thread Keith Medcalf
On Tuesday, 16 September, 2014, 19:28, Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net said: On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Larry Sheldon larryshel...@cox.net wrote: I think of this paperless idiocy every time I write 20 reams of rinter paper on the grocery list. While it should be mandatory that things like

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2014-09-16 Thread Daniel Rohan
+1 for Perlman's Interconnections. I love her humor peppered throughout. On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, John Kristoff j...@cymru.com wrote: On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:48:45 +0100 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: What is the single best book you have read on networking? I

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2014-09-16 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Sep 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Most phones these days, however, ship with teeny weenie batteries that can barely keep the device working for a few hours at a time, let alone be actually useful for anything (unless you carry four or five fully charges

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2014-09-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Roland Dobbins wrote: On Sep 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Keith Medcalf kmedc...@dessus.com wrote: Most phones these days, however, ship with teeny weenie batteries that can barely keep the device working for a few hours at a time, let alone be actually useful for anything (unless you carry four