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		Interconnections: Bridges and Routers (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) by Radia Perlman ISBN-10: 9780201563320 ISBN-10: 0-201-56332-0 ISBN-13: 9780201563320 ISBN-13: 978-0-201-56332-0 Hardcover 1992-05 Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd) Find Lowest Price
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A definite "must have" in any Network Specialist's library This review applies to the Second Edition published in September 1999: Following the tradition of Radia Perlman's first edition, this update covers just about all of the current and most pertinent aspects of data communications protocols. I view it as an indispensable resource, and is highly authoritative within the discipline and topics covered.
Best intro to internetworking protocols. Radia Perlman is a well known authority in the fields of networking and internetworking protocols. This book published in 1992 is the one-stop introduction to the field. It explains (in quite some details) the transparent and source routing bridges, the spanning tree protocol, and the various IP/OSI routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS. It also has little introductory sections on multicast routing, on lookup algorithm, and finally a chapter that deals with "whether to bridge or route?" I am sure this topic might be of interest to network adiministrators. But, as a protocols engineer, I find myself going back to this book for a quick intro to a topic before I actually delve into the code and the standards/RFCs. This is a must read for anyone interested in gaining a good grounding in internetworking protocols.
When you really need to understand how traffic is moved! This book is clearly written and well illustrated. It is an essential building block for achieving the kind of understanding of network infrastructure that is necessary to architect and troubleshoot well.
The authority on routing protocol theory and practice. This is not a book about how to configure and run OSPF networks or set up BGP4 peering with ISPs. People who complain about a lack of "practical" information in the book miss the point. This is one of the best sources of information on the design of network routing protocols that exists. This book is indispensable if you are involved in a software development project that benefits from routing, at any level. The book describes a tool (network routing) and gives modern best-practice advice for how to implement that tool. Even the OSI content is useful in this context; you're never going to "use" OSI, but many people could definitely "use" an understanding of the design process that went into IS-IS.
A good resource for layer 2 and 3 This book is very rich in information on layer 2 and 3 in respects to bridging and routing. It provides a solid foundation on which to build. Perlman includes a lot of information on OSI, which was important at the time it was written, however it is semi useless unless you are working in this type of environment. She also makes personal comments throughout the text which in almost all cases are completely unnecessary. However, aside from the extra information and comments, there is still a good set of useful information.

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