I read the first edition and it was very detailed and thorough in explaining BGP. It's definitely a valuable book to have. -- James Smith, CCNA Chief Network/System Administrator DXSTORM.COM http://www.dxstorm.com/ DXSTORM Inc. 2395 Speakman Drive, Suite 2200 Mississauga, ON, L5K 1B3 CANADA Tel: 905-822-1957 (email preferred) Fax: 905-822-0680 1-877-DXSTORM (1-877-397-8676) "Feeling 'connected' with carbon-based dolts holds all the joy of being handcuffed to a dead zebra - it sounds special, but it can get old fast." - The Dilbert Principle - Engineers, Scientists, Programmers and Other Odd People On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, tiernan ray wrote:

I hear this is indeed The Book on routing. Is it true that Halabi is one of the foremost BGP experts?

Tiernan Ray

Vaul Pixie wrote:

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For those interested in learning more about basic routing, I would like to direct your attention to the follow book, "Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition, Volume I", this fine text can be ordered from many bookstores.

Below is a purchase order for it from Amazon, filled out to one, Hansen Chan. I'm sure you will be just as pleased with it as he was.

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not being a CCNA.... I think that every person in any noc should understand everything in the book. It isnt a hard read and has some basic information about routing and BGP.

Also, I hear that Routing in the Internet is updated and a good book (only read the first version.) it goes into more details on routing and good for a followup book.

For a harder read (but also with significantly more information about routing in larger scales), grab Large-Scale IP Network Solutions by Raza and Turner, ISBN 1578700841. This book talks about more advanced BGP topics and has very good sections on other protocols (IS-IS, OSPF). We actually tend to have most engineers read this book rather than Internet Routing Architectures, but most of our people know at least the basics of BGP (or we can teach them in a day or two). It has enough case studies to put you to sleep for weeks. ...TCB -- Timothy Brown tcb@ga.prestige.net