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Summary: Must read for serious Cisco understanding.
Review: As an author of networking design books, I've chosen to focus on the application of protocols rather than their internals, but have always wished I had a resource to which I could refer people that needed to know about specific implementations. RFCs are not always quite the right information source, especially when certain features are implementer choices anyway. For the first time, I now have somewhere to refer these people.This book goes into the same sort of depth on the Cisco router control plane (i.e., routing protocols, routing table) that the Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture book does on the operating system and forwarding. It's the first published (admittedly pseudocode) descriptions of the actual data structures of the various routing tables, the logic of the routines updating it, and the actual logic of redistribution. Highly recommended. I suspect this will answer a lot of the "why" questions about redistribution and the like, if you lack, like most people, a background in protocol development and can make good guesses! Alex is a colleague in the IETF and other groups, and actually has more credentials than shown on the book. He's recently been named co-director of the IETF Routing Area, as well as being active in individual IETF groups and the Internet Research Task Force routing group.
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Summary: In depth coverage of Cisco IP Routing.
Review: Great book! Every CCIE should have this book. Every CCIE candidate should read this book if they really need to understand how IP routing works on Cisco routers. This is very much like the IOS Architecture book (Russ White et al) in that it covers information that no other book covers. Another must have book!
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Summary: In depth coverage of Cisco IP Routing.
Review: Great book! Every CCIE should have this book. Every CCIE candidate should read this book if they really need to understand how IP routing works on Cisco routers. This is very much like the IOS Architecture book (Russ White et al) in that it covers information that no other book covers. Another must have book!
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Summary: No words to describe!
Review: If Jeff Doyle's book is a masterpiece so I'll say this is a classic. Oh boy! did I ever say I know routing? If I did, I am sorry because this book is an eye opener. I am still half way through it but cant resist to comment. Awesome work Sir Alex ;-) Shahid Shafi
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Summary: Great CCIE Companion, associated with Doyle's TCPIP vol.1
Review: The first time I heard this book is when I took the Internetworkexpert's online course. Brian McGahan recommended it. Becuase of its high customer rating, this book should have something worth studying. After reading through a couple of chapters, I feel it is a great book in IP Routing protocols.
This book presents concepts along with router outcome, so it's fairly easy to follow the author's logic in each different technology. This makes this book easy to digest. The way it presents how routing protocols work is very similar to Doyle's TCPIP vol.1. Yet, its editing style is more concise and it covers more in-depth materials in the IGP area.
Associated with Doyle's TCPIP and Parkhurst's OSPF, this book should be a required reading for CCIE RS candidates.
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Summary: Excellent book! Highly recommended!
Review: This book is a must for anyone interested in more than just what routing protocols do and how to configure them. Zinin's book covers material not found in other books focusing on the inner workings of Cisco routers and intra-domain routing protocols. This book gives the reader a real understanding of how IGPs function and how Cisco routers process them. After reading this book you will have a real understanding of routing, far beyond just how to configure and implement routing protocols. This book not only covers router configuration, but routing theory, subsystems, data structures, event processing, input processing, algorithms, and more. This is not just another book on routing protocols! After reading this book, you will understand routing as only a few people do. The book uses a lot of algorithms and pseudocode to help explain the routing processes and router operations. I would not recommend this book for someone who does not already have a good understanding of routing protocols (I would suggest Doyle's, Routing TCP/IP Volume I). But for those looking for more detailed information and explanations of how a router operates and for a real understanding of intra-domain routing protocols, then this book is essential reading! If you liked Doyle's Routing TCP/IP Volume I book and ready for more great information on routing, then I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Finally, a book on the routing underpinnings
Review: This book really stands out of the crowd, because it concentrates on the algorithms and data structures used in Cisco routing protocols rather than on the frontend CLI wrapper (config commands). This is probably the best reading on the subject after the IOS source code itself and a "must have" item on every serious network engineer's desk. However, readers lacking good user-level knowledge of routing protocols or the capabilities to read the algorithms or diagrams may have trouble reading this book.
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Summary: Two thumbs up!
Review: This is a corner-stone of Cisco routing engine explanation. It doesn't contain any braindump stuff like many books do. But it covers many topics: theoretical basis, IOS pseudo code explanations, configuration examples and trace/debugging methods. There are also many interesting details and gismos that I didn't find anywhere . It's very useful as a preparation guide -- you have to read this book if you do want to pass some sort of serious Cisco's exams (I mean CCNP or CCIE). So it's outstanding title (in other words -- it worth to spend 50+ bucks for it guyz!) :)) Btw, now I'm waiting for your next book. Why not? Will it be dedicated to MPLS or MLOSPF? Huh? :))
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Summary: Two thumbs up!
Review: This is a corner-stone of Cisco routing engine explanation. It doesn't contain any braindump stuff like many books do. But it covers many topics: theoretical basis, IOS pseudo code explanations, configuration examples and trace/debugging methods. There are also many interesting details and gismos that I didn't find anywhere . It's very useful as a preparation guide -- you have to read this book if you do want to pass some sort of serious Cisco's exams (I mean CCNP or CCIE). So it's outstanding title (in other words -- it worth to spend 50+ bucks for it guyz!) :)) Btw, now I'm waiting for your next book. Why not? Will it be dedicated to MPLS or MLOSPF? Huh? :))
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Summary: Remarkable book
Review: This is, by far, the most informative book on Cisco IP routing. The author has incredible understanding and insight into every topic that is covered in the book. Remarkable. This is not for everyone(for example, I am a CCIE), but the information provided here is quite unique. After you have read all the books published by Cisco, read this one. You will learn something.
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