On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:39:30 -0400 Mark Owen <mr.markowen@gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/29/05, Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> wrote:
I have met "Senior Network Engineers" who don't understand longest match rule ("The traffic will take 10/8 instead of 10.0.0.0/24 because it has a better admin distance", "I can override these 300 OSPF routes with a single static supernet", etc), who believe that routers will not route between directly connected interfaces without putting them into a routing protocol, that transit networks don't need a full mesh of iBGP[1] because "you can just redistribute BGP into [OSPF/IS-IS/IGP of choice], that ICMP uses TCP as a transport, etc.
In a similar note, I Do care about networks and the like but fail to fully understand the extensive details of how it all works. I do not proclaim myself to be an engineer and try to stick with what I do well. I read rfc, wikipedia, etc but just don't know what /to/ read. I had never heard of iBGP, OSPF, IS-IS untill today. What I need, and I'm sure quite a few others who listen to this list for insight, is a good reference to pick up and read that will cover said topics and beyond. I finally got the basic concept to CIDRs and how they work thanks to this list and Google.
I know this message is slightly off topic from NANOG, but kinda fits in response to parent and am hoping not to get flamed.
FWIW, I would suggest ISP Survival Guide: Strategies for Running a Competitive ISP (Paperback) by Geoff Huston - ISBN: 0471314994, which does a good job with the basics, and is pretty easy to read. Regards Marshall Eubanks
Any suggestions?
A Padawan, Mark Owen