[c-nsp] BGP primer recco

[Aaron]

[image: cover]<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201379511/ref=nosim/muada-20>
BGP4
Inter-Domain Routing in the
Internet<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201379511/ref=nosim/muada-20>
by John W. Stewart
Is a short read.

Aaron

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 08:49, Eric Gauthier <eric at roxanne.org> wrote:

>
> "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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