From: Kian Wah Lai (kian_wah@qala.com.sg)
Date: Wed Nov 24 2004 - 00:52:07 GMT-3
you can read
Cisco Self-Study: Implementing Cisco IPv6 Networks (IPV6)
by Regis Desmeules (Author)
I just finished reading yesterday and it's a good book :) much easier to understand as compared to Doc CD and routing tcp/ip volume 2.
Regards,
Kian Wah
3 routers and one PIX rental at SGD2/hr
http://rack.sgcug.org/
Singapore Cisco User Group
Brian Dennis wrote:
>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.
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>-----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.
>===============================
>Cisco Self-Study: Implementing Cisco IPv6 Networks (IPV6)
>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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