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Summary: This book rocks!
Review: After getting my CCNA, I was looking for a book to help me prepare for the CCNP. This book does just that! It presents everything is a logical order and builds from that. This one is definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Good Questions for Understanding the Theory; RFC list Plus
Review: After reading all the reviews below and the first Five Chapt. of this book (with completing all the Questions/Config./Troubleshooting after each chapt.) I think this book acturally explaned the concepts in TCP/IP RFC documents in a great detail - if you read those RFC doc. recommended by the author. One thing for sure is that the author really created/pvovided the great Questions/Config. exe./Troubleshooting w/ answers for reader to deeplly understand the theory. So far none of this kind book available in this area! Without questioning yourself after reading, it is hard to know how well you master the concept and you might think you "Understand" what you read.My suggestion to those who really want to master TCP/IP, not just for pass the CCIE exams (written or Lab.): read the RFC documents and the books listed by author first, and then go on this book chapt. by chapt. w/o missing any exe. provided by the author. I really appreciated the reviews I read so far. and hope there will be more helpful reviews w/ details about why reviewers think the book they read is worthy to buy/read or not. Specific info. will be welcome than too general one. Any comment to my review is welcome !
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: All hail the author of this book! This book helps me passed my CCNP Routing exam. It explain all the Routing Protocols used, configuration, administration and troubleshooting. In this book, the author delivers his mastery of the subject.
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Summary: Not Just For CCIE Candidates
Review: Having just successfully written the CCIE Written exam today, I can honestly say that I probably wouldn't have without this book, and I have an excellent foundation for the lab work ahead. I won't repeat what others have said, but I would strongly recommend this book for those working on their CCNP as well, particularly for ACRC. This book would have helped illuminate a great number of topics from that tough course. Very impressive work and I am sure I will be wearing out the spine in the years ahead. Thanks, Jeff!
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Summary: Excellent reference
Review: I agree with all the posters giving 5 stars. Jeff Doyle spent some serious time writing this guy.
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Summary: An Indispensible Tome
Review: I am reviewing Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 (ISBN 1578700418), part of the CCIE Professional Development Series from Cisco Press. This book is widely regarded as part of the "Holy Trinity" of CCIE preparatory books. In addition to CCIE prep, it is also highly valued as an essential desk reference for anyone pursuing a career as a senior-level routing engineer. The author, Jeff Doyle, having written the two most recognized tomes on IP Routing, is a respected authority on the topic. His writing style is very clear and not at all difficult to read, which sets him apart from a lot of the authors in the "high-end routing book" category. The book is part of a set of two books. TCP/IP Volume 1 contains coverage of the major interior routing protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF & ISIS) and follows it with coverage of route redistribution, filtering and mapping. TCP/IP Volume 2 covers the BGP exterior gateway protocol and follows it with coverage of advanced IP routing issues. As someone who's come up through the CCNA-to-CCNP-to-CCIE-candidate path, I recognized all of the topics from the BSCI curriculum. All this book really does is takes them to another level of depth. I highly recommend this path of coming at the CCIE, because unless you've done it all and seen it all, there's way too much information to take in during a single reading. Reading the BSCI book first gets you familiar with all of the topics, so that you're not overwhelmed when reading the Doyle books. While many pan this book as being outdated since it was written in 1998, my contention is that all of the covered topics are still fair game for the CCIE qualifying written exam and the book still retains all of its original value. There are a lot of topics which are on the test which are not in Doyle's books, but if you look at the CCIE blueprint, the topics covered in the books map exactly to the topics in the IP Routing & IP Multicast sections of the blueprint. You can't treat any book as being a one stop shop for CCIE preparation. That's impossible. The book would be the size of my desk. I would actually contend that, on the next rewrite, they should break the 2 volume set into 3 volumes, one for the interior protocols, one for BGP by itself, and one for all of the advanced routing issues and multicast. This would make the volumes a bit less daunting and also somewhat easier to carry. But, carry-ability issues aside, this is a very good book. It takes all of the topics to the degree of depth which you would expect for a CCIE-level book and explains things in a way that doesn't lose the reader. I had to work to keep the examples straight in my head, but no one said becoming a CCIE was easy. On the downside, the book contains no disc. This is unfortunate, because I always like to have the book on PDF. Also, it would be nice to have the review questions and answers put into a question bank. The book is also missing the "Do I Know This Already" section for each chapter, which is present in all of Cisco Press' certification guides. I realize that this is probably due to the fact that this is more of a desk reference / learning book than an official certification guide. However, as someone who's studying for an exam, I always like as many free practice questions as I can get. I give Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 a 5 on my 5 ping rating scale and look forward to reading Volume 2.
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Summary: An Indispensible Tome
Review: I am reviewing Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 (ISBN 1578700418), part of the CCIE Professional Development Series from Cisco Press. This book is widely regarded as part of the "Holy Trinity" of CCIE preparatory books. In addition to CCIE prep, it is also highly valued as an essential desk reference for anyone pursuing a career as a senior-level routing engineer. The author, Jeff Doyle, having written the two most recognized tomes on IP Routing, is a respected authority on the topic. His writing style is very clear and not at all difficult to read, which sets him apart from a lot of the authors in the "high-end routing book" category. The book is part of a set of two books. TCP/IP Volume 1 contains coverage of the major interior routing protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF & ISIS) and follows it with coverage of route redistribution, filtering and mapping. TCP/IP Volume 2 covers the BGP exterior gateway protocol and follows it with coverage of advanced IP routing issues. As someone who's come up through the CCNA-to-CCNP-to-CCIE-candidate path, I recognized all of the topics from the BSCI curriculum. All this book really does is takes them to another level of depth. I highly recommend this path of coming at the CCIE, because unless you've done it all and seen it all, there's way too much information to take in during a single reading. Reading the BSCI book first gets you familiar with all of the topics, so that you're not overwhelmed when reading the Doyle books. While many pan this book as being outdated since it was written in 1998, my contention is that all of the covered topics are still fair game for the CCIE qualifying written exam and the book still retains all of its original value. There are a lot of topics which are on the test which are not in Doyle's books, but if you look at the CCIE blueprint, the topics covered in the books map exactly to the topics in the IP Routing & IP Multicast sections of the blueprint. You can't treat any book as being a one stop shop for CCIE preparation. That's impossible. The book would be the size of my desk. I would actually contend that, on the next rewrite, they should break the 2 volume set into 3 volumes, one for the interior protocols, one for BGP by itself, and one for all of the advanced routing issues and multicast. This would make the volumes a bit less daunting and also somewhat easier to carry. But, carry-ability issues aside, this is a very good book. It takes all of the topics to the degree of depth which you would expect for a CCIE-level book and explains things in a way that doesn't lose the reader. I had to work to keep the examples straight in my head, but no one said becoming a CCIE was easy. On the downside, the book contains no disc. This is unfortunate, because I always like to have the book on PDF. Also, it would be nice to have the review questions and answers put into a question bank. The book is also missing the "Do I Know This Already" section for each chapter, which is present in all of Cisco Press' certification guides. I realize that this is probably due to the fact that this is more of a desk reference / learning book than an official certification guide. However, as someone who's studying for an exam, I always like as many free practice questions as I can get. I give Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 a 5 on my 5 ping rating scale and look forward to reading Volume 2.
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Summary: Efficient Writing & Superb Knowledge - A Must-Have
Review: I bought this book as part of my professional studies and work towards the CCIE certification. Doyle does an outstanding job eludicating each concept and illustrating them by examples. No detail was too minor to escape his attention, and his writing style is efficient, clear, and straight-to-the-point. The details involved in each routing protocol (particularly EIGRP and OSPF) are challenging and can be overwhelming, but Doyle presents them in a masterful way. I have benefitted greatly from Cisco Press books in the past, and this offering is no different - bravo to Doyle for a job well done.
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Summary: The "definitive" tool for CCIE,CCNP,CCNA,CCIP
Review: I constantly keep this book at my side Wheteher I am teaching ccna students or doing my own CCNP/CCIP stuff and always when I am working on any cisco product. Jeff Doyle presents complex concepts in a straight forward and understandable manner. I am only sorry I waited so long to purchase this and TCP/IP II.
Great illustrations,configs,and examples Good Stuff!!
Damian Alcaraz CCNA,CCAI
Cabrillo College Computer Science & Cisco Networking Academy Instructor.
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Summary: The "definitive" tool for CCIE,CCNP,CCNA,CCIP
Review: I constantly keep this book at my side Wheteher I am teaching ccna students or doing my own CCNP/CCIP stuff and always when I am working on any cisco product. Jeff Doyle presents complex concepts in a straight forward and understandable manner. I am only sorry I waited so long to purchase this and TCP/IP II.
Great illustrations,configs,and examples Good Stuff!!
Damian Alcaraz CCNA,CCAI
Cabrillo College Computer Science & Cisco Networking Academy Instructor.
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