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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent introduction to IP routing with Cisco routers, December 30, 1999
This review is from: IP Routing Primer (Paperback)
Robert Wright provides in his book a clear introduction in IP routing. He describes RIP, RIP-2 and IGRP and provides a lot of practical examples to demonstrate the various routing and addressing concepts. He also provides an overview about routing metrics & distances, IP addressing, VLSM, default routing and gives some detailed explanation about summarization and the problems with discontigous networks. As I'm working as a technical instructor I used a lot of his examples to eplain my students some of the inside concepts of IP routing. I strongly recommend this book to everybody who intends to dive into the world of IP internetworking. This book is not only for beginners it also provides some valuable information for intermediate users or even experts. Very well done, thank you, Robert:-)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book: Covers Basics That Are Glossed Over by Others, January 7, 1999
This review is from: IP Routing Primer (Paperback)
This is a an excellent book. Contrary to its title, I do not think this book is for raw beginners. Nor does this book help for the CCNA. But its loaded with supposedly "basic" topics that you must know and that other books just gloss over, like: route summarization, default routes(in detail), VLSM, IP Unnumbered, Discontiguous Networks, etc. All of the above subjects are covered in the context of how routing is affected.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for people who need to understand the fundamental principles of IP routing, February 20, 2008
This review is from: IP Routing Primer (Paperback)
I found this book to be very helpful. As a network support engineer, I needed to understand the basic principles of how routing protocols work. This book is the best example that I have found for helping me to understand these concepts. I learn by doing better than I learn by just reading which is why I like the workbook style of this book. that lends itself to going into a lab and experimenting with these concepts. Some readers might be put off by this book if they were expecting a book that is best read over a cup (or pot) of coffee. I believe that the real benefit of this book is in the doing of what it covers; not the reading. My other review comments are in response to some of the critical reviews from other readers of this book. It really bothers when somebody trashes a networking book in a review when the person doing the review isn't somebody the book was intended to help. The problem is exacerbated when the reader hasn't taken the time to really understand the purpose of a book. In the case of Mr. Papen's review, he missed the point that the only reason any routing protocols were mentioned in this book was because the topics that the core of the book - convergence, split horizon, default gateways, discontinuous networks, & VLSM - require that a routing protocol is used in order to demonstrate them. These topics apply as much to OSPF, EIGRP and BGP as they do to RIP & IGRP. Adding material about OSPF, EIGRP and BGP would only have added unnecessary complexity to the points being made. To say that "...I have *never* heard the nomenclature used in this book anywhere to describe networks..." doesn't mean that this nomenclature doesn't exist - it means that until this book was written, this nomenclature was not commonly included in books on IP routing; which by-the-way was probably a key reason why the author wrote the book in the first place. I suggest that Mr. Papen read rfc1812.txt and rfc1058.txt. I would also like to point out that based on the table of contents; this was book was not written "...to explain networking..." as such. When a reader purchases a book that is inappropriate for his or her requirements; he or she need only return it and look for another book. You shouldn't trash a book in a review because it wasn't what you were expecting anymore than you should trash a hardware store because you purchased the wrong size of nails or the wrong type of screw driver. In the case of Mr. Macfarlanes's review, Mr. Macfarlane also missed the point that the only reason any routing protocols were mentioned in this book was because the topics that the core of the book - convergence, split horizon, default gateways, discontinuous networks, & VLSM - require that a routing protocol is used in order to demonstrate them. The organizational issue that Mr. Macfarlane mentions isn't really a problem if you use this book as a workbook (as it appears the author intended) instead of a book that is to be read in the order of the chapters.
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