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Summary: Execellent Read
Review: I found this book a good and enjoyable read, it explains routing so well and technical details are so easy to understand. Would recommend it any day, particularly if you are a CCIE candidate! Nice one Doyle.
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Summary: Jeff Doyle - You are a genius !
Review: I just started preparing for CCIE after covering ACRC topics, and the more I read this book the more I started loving this book. And now when I have completed reading this book I am a totally changed person altogether and the gruelling task of attaining CCIE certification is seeming to be achievable ! This book explains IGP's so well that I never stucked anywhere while reading this book, and sometimes even after reading 100 pages my mind was still fresh and asking me to read more of this book... this is the beauty of this book... it never haunts you but compels you to read it, even with minimum of efforts. Jeff Doyle, where ever you are and if you reading this comment, ... please accept my salute ! I recommend this book for everyone who is seriously thinking to enter the ROUTING world.. believe me this book will make your life very pleasant !
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Summary: One of my favorites but it wasn't in the beginning
Review: I picked up this book on several recommendations before I was a CCNA and never got far with it. Since then, I have become a CCNA and maintain a network using Cisco equipment. Recently, I blew the dust off the book and could not put it down. It's written like a novel and is fun to read. There's a small troubleshooting example in the static routing section that is written like a murder mystery. Why can't the client connect? If you're an absolute beginner you probably won't like this book. But if you're a CCNA or have equivalent knowledge you will be hard-pressed to find a better written book.
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Summary: One of the best reference for Interior routing protocols!
Review: I primarily used this books as a reference for passing the BSCN exam but after reading through the entire book, I have learned much more than what was required to pass the exam. I still use this book for reference on my job. If you want to learn RIP, RIP II, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, IS-IS, policy-based routing,... there is no better reference than this book to get design and implementation information. Worth so much more than the price.
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Summary: The perfect balance - Routing NIRVANA!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book--more like a novel than a "computer book." Here's an example of Doyle's entertaining style: "Once upon a time, computing power and data storage were centralized. Mainframes were locked away in climate-controlled, highly secure rooms, watched over by a priesthood of IS administrators. Contact with a computer was typically accomplished by bringing a stack of Hollerith cards to the priests, who interceded on our behalf with the Big Kahuna." CCIE Prefessional Development: Routing TCP/IP; Vol. 1; p. 5; Macmillan, 1998 The TCP/IP review is very good, and the sections on OSPF and IS-IS have exactly what I had hoped they would.
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Summary: A great routing reference book.
Review: I recently received Routing TCP/IP Volume I by Jeff Doyle in the mail after hearing some fairly impressive remarks about it. My first impression after opening the box was "Wow this thing is huge" followed by "I can see why there's a volume 2". Looking at the table contents will tell you that this is quite the reference book that every network engineer should have sitting on a shelf somewhere near his desk.
Volume 1 of Routing TCP/IP is fairly logically organized. The book starts out with a brief review of TCP/IP (although if you read a CCIE level book, you should be very well versed in TCP/IP) for a base off which to build. From there, Jeff Doyle jumps straight into routing (as the name of the book would suggest) and explains the differences between static routing and dynamic routing protocols.
Part 2 of Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 is in my opinion, where the real meat of the book is contained. This section covers all the major routing protocols in detail (those are RIP, RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS). If you're like me, you tend to occasionally forget some of the specific details of a particular routing protocol and have to look it up. For that reason alone, Routing TCP/IP will remain a fixture on my bookshelf at work for years to come. While I could look much of this information up in an RFC, it is far simpler and far faster to look it up in Routing TCP/IP than it is to search RFC's for what I need.
Part 3 of Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 introduces route redistribution, route filtering, default routes and on-demand routing, and route maps. This section takes the information presented in part 2 and puts it to use through example by using some very informative case-studies. This tends to break up what would normally be a very dull subject with at least a little real world example so that you can get your head around a subject.
Also included with Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 is an appendix of two tutorials on working with access lists and binary math. While this should be very familiar to a CCIE candidate or your average Network Engineer, it is nice to have as a review.
Overall, I'd give Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 5 out of 5. The sheer size of this book alone should give anyone a clear indication of exactly how much information is covered. While I'm not a CCIE candidate (which this book is clearly intended for), I am a Network Engineer that needs a good reference book and this book definitely fits the bill. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of volume 2 for a comprehensive routing reference set (call it the routing encyclopedia).
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Summary: excellent book
Review: I think this book is one of the best if not the best book on tcp/ip routing. Jeff can explain very well some complex subjects. I have used this book if other Cisco books were not clear to me. Maybe these authors should also read this book :)
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Summary: One of the best books on IGPs I've ever read.
Review: I work for Cisco and am currently preparing for the CCIE. This book is extremely clear, and contains tons of very detailed information on all of the popular IGPs (and even the not-so-popular ones like ISIS). The summary of IOS commands covered in each chapter at the end of the chapter makes review a breeze, and the chapters on route maps, redistribution and filtering made these complex topics easy to grasp. At around 1000 pages, carrying it around will also serve to impress your co-workers. :)
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Summary: Routing TCP/IP Volume I
Review: I've just finished reading Jeff Doyle's "Routing TCP/IP Volume I" book and feel confident that I can now pass the CCIE lab in the near future. His presentation of TCP/IP IGP routing protocols is very clear and concise, with a perspective and insight into internetworking which is rarely encountered. This edition combines introductory, historical, conceptual and practical materials, and RFC's, with a first rate writing ability into one scintillating package. The chapter on OSPF was particularly satisfying going into the depth where the next step would be research into the protocol. Having said that there is a very pragmatic side to this book including configuration examples within the text as well as configuration and troubleshooting exercises and review questions at the end of the relevant chapters. By leaving nothing on IGP's out and all the while remaining emminently readable, this book marks a very welcome and refreshing addition to the internetworking literature and will no doubt become known as a seminal work. I truly appreciate what I have learnt from this book, and am very much looking forward to the publication of Jeff's next work on EGP's, in Volume II, in July.
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Summary: Routing TCP/IP Volume I
Review: I've just finished reading Jeff Doyle's "Routing TCP/IP Volume I" book and feel confident that I can now pass the CCIE lab in the near future. His presentation of TCP/IP IGP routing protocols is very clear and concise, with a perspective and insight into internetworking which is rarely encountered. This edition combines introductory, historical, conceptual and practical materials, and RFC's, with a first rate writing ability into one scintillating package. The chapter on OSPF was particularly satisfying going into the depth where the next step would be research into the protocol. Having said that there is a very pragmatic side to this book including configuration examples within the text as well as configuration and troubleshooting exercises and review questions at the end of the relevant chapters. By leaving nothing on IGP's out and all the while remaining emminently readable, this book marks a very welcome and refreshing addition to the internetworking literature and will no doubt become known as a seminal work. I truly appreciate what I have learnt from this book, and am very much looking forward to the publication of Jeff's next work on EGP's, in Volume II, in July.
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