From: Brian Dennis (bdennis@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Nov 23 2004 - 17:41:54 GMT-3
Tim,
Don't take the path that is to "know with as little pain (time
and effort) as possible" to learning anything. Remember that you are
not getting out of networking once you pass your CCIE lab. You will
need to know IPv6 at sometime in the future and learning it correctly
from the beginning is the way to go. You want to feel comfortable that
you are solid with anything they throw at you in the lab and not hope
that you can just slip by with a minimal amount of knowledge.
Here are my recommended steps to learning IPv6:
1) Read general (non-Cisco) material about IPv6. Stay away from
anything that references actual Cisco or any OS configuration. Your
goal here is to get a solid understanding of IPv6 and not how to
configure it on a router or PC. Once you feel you have a solid
understanding of IPv6 you can move on to step 2.
2) Print and read the Cisco configuration documentation for IPv6. In
this step you already have a solid understanding of IPv6 and are
learning how Cisco has implemented it. As you read through the
documentation play around with the features on a couple routers. Focus
on the fundamental core configurations (IPv6 addressing, RIPng, etc) and
stay away from the more complex/non-core features for now like IPv4 to
IPv6 NAT (NAT-PT).
3) Add in a PC or Linux box to your rack that is IPv6 enabled so that
you can get a better understanding of IPv6 from the client's
perspective. There are a ton of Linux and Windows tutorial available on
the Internet. If you are renting rack time, just use a couple of the
routers as clients.
4) Now that you are solid with the IPv6 core topics, go back and learn
the more complicated/non-core features like NAT-PT, ACL's, or IPv6 QoS.
5) Review the IOS command reference for IPv6 and familiarize yourself
with any commands that you where not exposed to from the configuration
guides.
As a side note, for the hands on practice, you can focus on the features
we have listed on our IPv6 resources page:
http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/ipv6.htm
Good Luck,
Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
Toll Free: 877-224-8987
Direct: 775-745-6404 (Outside the US and Canada)
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
ccie2be
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:39 AM
To: Hoang Duc Phuong; 'mani poopal'; 'Radu Pavaloiu'; 'Group Study'
Subject: Re: IPv6 books
I agree with you. And, that's all I'm looking for - basic knowledge.
Just
enough so I won't lose 4 or 6 or 8 points on the lab.
I want to learn what I need to know with as little pain (time and
effort) as
possible.
That said, would the book metioned below be "overkill"?
TIA, Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoang Duc Phuong" <phuong@ipmac.com.vn>
To: "'mani poopal'" <mani_ccie@yahoo.com>; "'Radu Pavaloiu'"
<Radu.Pavaloiu@connex.ro>; "'ccie2be'" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>; "'Group
Study'"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: IPv6 books
I don't think IPv6 will become a core topic in 2005. As many people
expect,
they might be the replacement of Voice, which requires only basic
knowledge.
-----Original Message-----
From: mani poopal [mailto:mani_ccie@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:09 AM
To: Radu Pavaloiu; ccie2be; Group Study
Subject: RE: IPv6 books
Guys,
How about this cisco press book, I thought of buying and reading this
book.
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by Regis Desmeules (Author)
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Radu Pavaloiu <Radu.Pavaloiu@connex.ro> wrote:
You can try Syngress Cisco IPv6 book.
I die. I fracture into thousands of fragments of flushed embarrassment.
My body parts fly, connectionless, over a badly constructed spanning
tree that isn't quite loop free.
I fall screaming into 127.0.0.1.
Radu
CCNP, CCDP, MCSE
#2658
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
ccie2be
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:30 PM
To: Group Study
Subject: IPv6 books
Hi guys,
Has anyone read any basic books on IPv6 that they can recommend?
I'd like to gain a basic understanding but I'd also like to avoid
reading and studying 1000's of pages of material to do so.
TIA, Tim
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