Switch equivelant to TCP/IP Vol I and II books

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Been googling a bit, and see multiple resources thrown out there, much of it is just materials in general like blogs / videos / training courses, wondering if there is one or two particular books that really hit the nail on the head for switching concepts. I see BCMSN mentioned a few times, but was hoping there may be one well respected tome for foundational switching concepts from the ground up to CCIE level.

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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Cisco LAN Switching by Clark and Hamilton is probably the closest thing. I've only spot read through it though and it has't been updated in quite some time.
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  • Dieg0MDieg0M Member Posts: 861
    There is not a huge difference between the CCIE and CCNP level knowledge in terms of switching concepts. I would just get the CCNP SWITCH book.
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  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Agree with networker. Cisco LAN Switching is a pretty good book, just ignore the CatOS stuff. :) It has some stuff in there that I've never seen mentioned in any other book. The SWITCH FLG would probably be pretty good too.
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  • ninjaturtleninjaturtle Member Posts: 245 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Zartanasaurus wrote: »
    Agree with networker. Cisco LAN Switching is a pretty good book, just ignore the CatOS stuff. :) It has some stuff in there that I've never seen mentioned in any other book. The SWITCH FLG would probably be pretty good too.
    I totally agree! Brian McGahan from INE actually makes the recommendation to read LAN Switching in his CCNP SWITCH training videos. Most of the information is still relevant.
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  • fredrikjjfredrikjj Member Posts: 879
    Zartanasaurus wrote: »
    Agree with networker. Cisco LAN Switching is a pretty good book, just ignore the CatOS stuff. :) It has some stuff in there that I've never seen mentioned in any other book. The SWITCH FLG would probably be pretty good too.

    Do you remember enough to give a very brief overview of the topics only mentioned in that book?
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  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    fredrikjj wrote: »
    Do you remember enough to give a very brief overview of the topics only mentioned in that book?
    I thought his coverage of vanilla spanning tree was very thorough and complete, and even used a term (exception BPDU processing) that I had never seen mentioned elsewhere. He also had nice coverage of L2 forwarding and the IGMP/CGMP process which I liked. It's been a couple of years since I read it, so that's all I remember exactly.
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