From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2007 - 18:32:00 ART
Yup. The Odom QoS book is a good read. His written guide has three decent
sections on QoS as well.
For multicast there is Beau, Doyle Volume II and Solie Volume II Chapter 3.
HTH
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott M Vermillion" <scott@it-ag.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: QoS, Mcast, & Security Reading
> 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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