It will cost $23.97 at half.com!
"John Deatherage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Group...
>
> I was asking a lot of BGP questions on here until I bought this book
> Internet Routing Architectures (Cisco Press: ISBN1-57870-233-X, by Sam
> Halabi) - the second edition just came out, and it is one of the best
Cisco
> press books I have read, if not the best. It really tackles the
complexties
> and nuances of BGP and wraps them into one concise book... Our company is
> multihomed to different providers, and the book answers my questions like
it
> knew what I was looking for. I would recommend this to *anyone* thinking
of
> using BGP.
>
> The only thing I think the book is missing is a few case studies, but
those
> can be found elsewhere. The book is only $55, but I gladly would have
paid
> $110 ;)
>
> As for the minimum reqs. for BGP, I would say a 3660 if you are going to
be
> receiving full routes from your upsteam provider. (256mb max). Yes, it
> will work on a 3640 with 128mb, but you aren't leaving yourself much room
> for expansion on the box, traffic, or size of the routing table. One of
our
> downstream customers couldn't even run BGP on their 3660 with 256mb
because
> it had several active E1 links and voice ports. Your mileage may vary.
If
> you can't afford better than a 3640, you seriously need to evaluate why
you
> want to do full BGP anyway.
>
> John
>
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