Routing TCP/IP, Volume II

cisco_trooper

Is Routing TCP/IP, Volume II by Doyle still a good book? It looks like it was published about 5 years ago. Just curious because I want to use it to fill in some blanks with BGP, Multicasting, and IPv6.

Paul Boz

Yes, even Vol I is a good book. The foundation topics of TCP/IP have not really changed since it was created. Some of the stuff on legacy routing protocols can be skipped but most of the info is good.

jamesp1983

I just read Volume I and it was very informational. You will learn a lot!

Netwurk

Vol. I came out in '98, but was updated in 2005. Vol. II is from '01 and hasn't been updated yet.

Wonder if he'll update it soon?

cisco_trooper

Netwurk wrote:

Vol. I came out in '98, but was updated in 2005. Vol. II is from '01 and hasn't been updated yet.

Wonder if he'll update it soon?

I'm wondering if there is even anything that needs updating.. I guess that is my concern with this book. I just finished Volume I. It is the shizzle. Probably overkill for the BSCI...oh well. CCIE will be that much easier when the time comes.

dtlokee

cisco_trooper wrote:

CCIE will be that much easier when the time comes.

heh, doubtful

Most of what's in Vol II is still relevant, some of the IPv6 has been updated by newer RFC's (such as no more site local addressing FEC0) and the bit on DVMRP and CBT shouldn't consume too much of your time (other than the fact he compares everyting else to it).

It's a good book and worth the time it takes to read it several times

jamesp1983

I kind of felt like it was overkill compared to the BSCI books. Does anyone agree?

cisco_trooper

Thanks DT. If you say it's still good then I'm just going to have to read it - twice.

networker050184

Well the book does go above and beyond the BSCI exam topics. It isn't written for the BSCI exam though so it does go a little deeper and off topic a bit if you are using it for BSCI study. I didn't start reading until after I took the BSCI exam and it is a good natural progression.

cisco_trooper

networker050184 wrote:

Well the book does go above and beyond the BSCI exam topics. It isn't written for the BSCI exam though so it does go a little deeper and off topic a bit if you are using it for BSCI study.

I don't mind if it goes beyond what is required for the exam. I generally don't feel comfortable until I can solve scenarios I come up with, which are generally outside the scope of the exam. For me it's more about becoming competent with the subject matter. The certification is just a pleasant side effect.

Paul Boz

I own the original Vol 1 and it's just as informative as the newer release. If you can save a few bucks buying the first version of Vol 1 on the used rack definitely do so.

cisco_trooper

Paul Boz wrote:

I own the original Vol 1 and it's just as informative as the newer release. If you can save a few bucks buying the first version of Vol 1 on the used rack definitely do so.

Yeah, I've already read volume I, second edition. I'm talking about Volume II, which only has the first edition so far. Volume II focuses more on BGP, IPv6, Multicasting, and some other stuff, whereas Volume I was definitely geared toward interior routing protocols.

Paul Boz

I own vol 2 and it's still just as valid as anything else.

If you want further reading on BGP I suggest you check out "BGP Design and Implementation" by Zhang and Bartell, Cisco press.

dtlokee

Also for BGP if you want insight into the how ISP networks operate look at www.nanog.org.

Paul Boz

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