MPLS Fundamentals: Ccie No. 1897

by Luc De Ghein

A comprehensive introduction to all facets of MPLS theory and practice MPLS has emerged as the new networking layer for service providers throughout the world. For many service providers and enterprises MPLS is a way of delivering new applications on their IP networks, while consolidating data and voice networks. MPLS has grown to be the new default network layer for service providers and is finding its way into enterprise networks as well. This book focuses on the building blocks of MPLS (architecture, forwarding packets, LDP, MPLS and QoS, CEF, etc.). This book also reviews the different MPLS applications (MPLS VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, Carrying IPv6 over MPLS, AToM, VPLS, MPLS OAM
etc.).
You will get a comprehensive overview of all the aspects of MPLS, including the building blocks, its applications, troubleshooting and a perspective on the future of MPLS.

Genres: Technical, Technology

626 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Davina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Are these things ever page turners? Probably not if they're also a good reference. This book was a relatively easy read. The eBook formatting was excellent, where I used O'Reilly. The book was very understandable, I feel a lot more comfortable with MPLS and things like AToM, now that I've finished this. I do recommend. I let you know if it helped with my CCIE.

[Hiếu Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Book

[Giuliano Barros · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book covers the basic scenarios of mpls very well. It does not have very complex scenarios but the theory is good to start the studying. I recommend as first step.

[Carl · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book for learning MPLS.

[Calvin Christopher · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title "Fundamentals" is slightly misleading; spending over 75 pages on MPLS Traffic Engineering should validate my point.

Semantics aside, this has been my least favorite Cisco Press publication, dethroning the equally atrocious CCNP Secure Exam Guide. Simple, proper sentence structure seems to be a little too much to ask of Luc De Ghein and the editorial staff at Cisco Press. There are too many fragmented sentences and the use of commas has been more abused than Tina Turner.

Also missing is a congruent network topology throughout the book, each section has a new example that takes time for my simple brain to process.

In short, grammatical errors and general poor composition riddle this thorough book, making it impossible to fall in love with. While the depth of discussions is appreciated, it may as well been presented by Hodor in Dothraki.

I'd recommend the following books instead:
Day One Library: MPLS for Enterprise Engineers - Darren O’Connor
MPLS and VPN Architectures by Pepelnjak and Guichard
Layer 2 VPN Architectures by Dmitry Bokotey
Traffic Engineering with MPLS by Osborne and Simha

[Venkat · Rating 4 out of 5]

First few chapters are really good and explain about MPLS basics in clear manner.

[fizzoula · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book on the subject. read this in preparation for ccie service provider exam. this is a must-read for anyone in the business of mpls and network engineering.