[134102] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Good MPLS/VPLS book?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Kim)
Thu Dec 23 20:15:46 2010
From: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
To: <sfouant@shortestpathfirst.net>, <mhelmest@uvic.ca>, nanog group
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:15:40 -0500
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Looks like a good book to add to my bookshelf. Cisco's MPLS fundamentals is=
also a good book although I'm only halfway through it....
> From: sfouant@shortestpathfirst.net
> To: mhelmest@uvic.ca=3B nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RE: Good MPLS/VPLS book?
> Date: Thu=2C 23 Dec 2010 18:06:03 -0500
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> IMO the best book on the market is 'MPLS-Enabled Applications' by Ina Min=
ei=2C
> Julian Lucek. It has the best coverage all the things you mentioned plus
> VPLS=2C P2MP LSP=2C draft-rosen and NG-VPN multicast architectures and th=
e
> explanations are clear and concise.
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> I wrote a review of this book a while back:
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> http://www.shortestpathfirst.net/2009/11/30/book-review-mpls-aplications/
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> This book is awesome. You won't regret buying it.
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> Stefan Fouant
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Helmeste [mailto:mhelmest@uvic.ca]
> > Sent: Thursday=2C December 23=2C 2010 5:49 PM
> > To: nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: Good MPLS/VPLS book?
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> > Does anyone have a favorite book or resource discussing MPLS and all
> > associated Lego blocks (e.g. LDP=2C TE=2C VPLS=2C martini=2C mBGP et. a=
l.)?
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> > I understand the basics of what MPLS is and how you create a circuit
> > from
> > A to B but I'm afraid it still escapes me when trying to figure out how
> > someone would=2C say=2C create a multicast capable VPN with 5 edge poin=
ts.
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> > Any pointers to a good way to reduce my level of ignorance on this
> > subject would be appreciated. Vendor literature doesn't bother me as
> > long
> > as the concepts are there.
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> > Regards=2C
> > Michael H.
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