MPLS Intro

Ryuksapple84

Hey Guys,

I am looking for a book that will break down MPLS for a noob like me. I got my hands on the book by Cisco press- MPLS Fundamentals. But Wanted to know if you guys have any suggestions.

Thanks!

vinbuck

This is a pretty decent primer...i'm still pretty new to MPLS and working on understanding it myself. This helped me with the overall concept.

Introduction to MPLS

This compares MPLS to tootsie pops and is a little more fun

How MPLS works

ColbyG

This will give you an intro and also goes very deep:

Amazon.com: MPLS Fundamentals

This will show you real world examples:

Amazon.com: Definitive MPLS Network Designs

Forsaken_GA

I'm actually not a fan of MPLS Fundamentals as an intro book, I don't think he provides a good basic path and jumps around way too much. While I'll stipulate that MPLS VPN's aren't simple concepts, they are pretty simple configurations. The MPLS VPN chapter in particular, I felt could have been better organized, way too much sidebar going on during that chapter.

That being said, it is a pretty damn good reference book. As far as a good primer, I'd recommend the CCIP edition of Ivan Pepelnjak's MPLS and VPN Architectures

Ryuksapple84

hmmm... I will look through the articles. Let me know if anything else pops up!