From: Edwin Lacaden (rslab2002@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 13:36:53 GMT-3
Frank,
I picked up that book too after I found out that the
3550 switch will be part of the lab exam.
I think it's definitely worth having and will keep
handy with the rest of my CCIE lab prep library.
Edwin
--- Frank <frank@buff-net.com> wrote:
> I recently scored a good book for getting acquainted
> with the 3550 and
> many of its features. It covers the Cat-OS and
> other IOS-Based switches
> too, but it gives a good going over of multilayer
> switching. It's
> actually a Cisco Networking Academy
> coursebook...here are the details:
>
> Multilayer Switching Companion Guide
> By Wayne Lewis
> ISBN: 1587130335
>
> I think fellow CCIE wanna-be's would be mostly
> interested in the
> IOS-Based switch subsections in each of the
> chapters--where it has
> examples using commands from the 3550. I think the
> following chapters
> have sections with GREAT info that hopefully will be
> useful for me with
> the upcoming changes just around the corner:
>
> Chapter 3 - Switch Administration
> Chapter 4 - Introduction to VLANs
> Chapter 5 - Spanning-Tree Protocol
> Chapter 6 - Inter-VLAN Routing
> Chapter 8 - Hot Standby Router Protocol
> Chapter 9 - Multicasting
> Chapter 10 - Security
>
> I saw it on Amazon (used) for 50$ after I paid over
> $60. If you have a
> great deal of experience with the 3550 it may not be
> extremely helpful
> (read: worth the money)...but I don't have much
> multilayer switching
> experience so it's helping me out a great deal.
> Later, Frank
>
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