From: darbyweaver@yahoo.com
Date: Sat Jun 03 2006 - 01:57:53 ART
Hi again Feras,
For this question, I went through quite a bit of reading and research, but in the end the guy who put it to bed for me was Dr. Parkhurst.
Check out his OSPF Command Reference Book by Cisco Press.
I heard some folks (quite reputable) refer to it as a re-hash of the DOC CD.
Well, that's not quite true and then it is, and both at the same time. :)
However, for me, Dr. Parkhurst took topics like the stub areas and broke them down into a very incremental step-by-step approach.
By the time you finish reading it (read it carefully), his router output is EXACTLY what you would see at the prompt, the time spent might as well be good as actual lab time.
I think he does a wonderful job.
He also cleared those cobwebs with IP OSPF Network Types and Metrics.
Did I mention he also performed a similar treatment on BGP...
Hey, with the right books and a little concentrated effort, I think I might owe this guy some points I had been consistently missing up to even my last round of Mock Labs.
I think I owe Dr. Parkhurst at least 10-15 points in the IGP/BGP arena.
I also recommend looking at the Cisco Press Book from Troubleshooting IP routing Protocols.
Between the three of these book and Doyle v1, one can pretty much start looking at diagrams and working out where things need to be filtered and various metrics or AD modifications applied to achieve desired routing manipulations.
No kidding, after my last round of Mock Labs and still missing some 23 points on average per exam just on these "CORE" topics alone, I decided I needed to spend some cuddle time with these books.
I think I now have a more complete grasp of these critical topics.
I recommend you have a look yourself and shorten the learning curve significantly.
Ciao
Darby
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