[c-nsp] BGP primer recco

[Eric Gauthier]

"Internet Routing Architectures" by Halabi.  

Eric :)

> I enjoyed the O'Reilly BGP book - has always served me well.
> 
> Jeff Bacon wrote:
> 
> >Hi folks - 
> >
> >Need to learn BGP. Cisco-focused ok. Looking for the right book to buy.
> >Willing to buy 2-3 to get the right one.
> >
> >I know the very fundamentals of BGP, and conversant in most other IOS
> >topics (route-maps and route redist, weights, IGPs). I can set up a
> >basic neighbor and get IBGP vs EBGP, but need to understand community
> >strings and weighting in BGP-world - used to an EIGRP/OSPF world
> >primarily.
> >
> >Goal is to know how to effectively multi-home our enterprise (3 offices,
> >4 ISPs, we have an assigned ASN and /24), including redirecting inet
> >traffic between the sites over our private WAN links. Not looking to run
> >a tier-1 ISP or anything like that. (Yes, I know it can be a rats-nest
> >to multi-home. My needs are limited; also, it isn't just for the public
> >internet, I also need to present multi-home over BGP to trading partners
> >from our multiple sites over multiple links. I intend to keep the two
> >routing domains separate tho.) 
> >
> >So essentially I need "BGP for non-dummies that is also a good reference
> >book". 
> >
> >(Yes, I also have the mandatory on-call
> >friend-who-does-this-for-a-living to pester, but he does it for a living
> >for someone else, and I want him to remain a friend. :)  )
> >
> >Thanks,
> >-bacon
> >
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