From: Scott M Vermillion (scott@it-ag.com)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2007 - 14:49:43 ART
Howdy all,
Thanks to those of you who sent me unicast suggestions. A quick update for
anyone who cares:
I finished the Odom QoS book yesterday. I would have to say it's one of the
best Cisco Press books I've read in a long time. Concepts are explained
clearly and the graphics are very helpful. Very few errors and those that
exist are mostly addressed in the errata sheet on the website. Overall, I
feel as though I know QoS much better than I did a week ago, so it was a
very worthwhile read.
Based on some suggestions and recent threads, I'll shortly be reading the
old Williamson book on mcast again and also leaning heavily on CCO and the
DocCD. As for security, I bought two Cisco Press books:
Cisco Router Firewall Security
LAN Switch Security
The latter of those two was just released within the past week or so I
think. I'll post back with my thoughts when I get to it.
Regards,
Scott
From: Scott M Vermillion [mailto:scott@it-ag.com]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 5:56 PM
To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: QoS, Mcast, & Security Reading
Hi all,
I've spent better than a month now crawling through IEWB#1. At this point,
I've likely forgotten much of what I learned in the earlier sections, LOL!
No doubt I'll be doing all of the Catalyst stuff over again before moving on
to IEWB#2. I bought a mess of brand-spanking-new switches; aint leaving any
switching points behind in that lab!!
I'm currently in the final few major sections of #1. I am taking a break
here at the outset of QoS to read Odom's QoS Cert Guide. Frankly, I hope I
like it more than the CCIE Written Cert Guide. Wasn't as crazy about that
as many others seem to be. Not bad, not great. Any other good
recommendations? Or is this sufficient if read and played with in the lab
from cover to cover?
I guess I'll also be doing a complete re-read of Williamson's Developing IP
Multicast Networks when I get to the Mcast section. This is a bit dated,
but seems to still be what folks are recommending. Again, open to
suggestions.
This volume wraps up with security. Not a strong suit of mine and I really
don't have any good books sitting on any of my shelves. Definitely am
soliciting input on this topic!! And for once, I'm planning to order
something more than a day or two before I need it, LOL. So tired of paying
for expedited shipping for books!
Thanks all,
Scott
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