Books on LAN Switching, Virtual LANs, and LAN Traffic Classes
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See also
Books on MPLS and IP Switching,
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/refs/ips_book.htm
Books on Quality of Service in IP,
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/refs/ipq_book.htm
Books on Gigabit Ethernet,
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/refs/gbe_book.htm
One to five asterisks in front of the some of the books represent our subjective view of their goodness. The titles without asterisks have not been rated. The books are arranged in the reverse order of year of publication.
Recommended:
- [*****] Stephen A. Thomas, "
IP Switching and Routing Essentials: Understanding RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, CR-LDP, and RSVP-TE," Wiley, December 2001, 352 pages.
- [*****] Rita Puzmanova, "
Routing and Switching: Time of Convergence?," Addison-Wesley, December 2001, 1008 pages.
- [*****] Sean Odom, Hanson Nottingham, "
Cisco Switching Black Book: A Practical In-Depth Guide to Configuring, Operating and Managing Cisco LAN Switches," The Coriolis Group, November 2000, 656 pages.
- [*****] Sean Riley, Robert A. Breyer, "
Switched, Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet (3rd Edition)," New Riders Publishing, January 1999, 618 pages.
- [****] Karen Webb, "
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks," Cisco Press, May 2000, 500 pages.
- [****] Louis R. Rossi, et al, "
Cisco Catalyst LAN Switching," McGraw-Hill, August 1999, 352 pages.
2001:
- Vasilis Theoharakis, Dimitrios Serpanos, "
Enterprise Networking: Multilayer Switching and Applications," Idea Group Publishing, December 2001, 282 pages.
- H. Jonathan Chao, Cheuk H. Lam, Eiji Oki, "
Broadband Packet Switching Technologies: A Practical Guide to ATM Switches and IP Routers," Wiley, September 2001, 464 pages.
- Ding-Zhu-Du, Hung Q. Ngo, "
Switching Networks : Recent Advances," Kluwer, June 2001, 368 pages.
Industry Reports:
2000:
- Systems, Inc. Cisco, "
CIM LAN Switching," Cisco Press, October 2000, 20 pages.
- Mathias Hein, David Griffiths, "
Switching Technology in the Local Network," The Coriolis Group, June 2000, 486 pages.
- Thomas M. Thomas II, John C. Bass, James E. Robinson III, "
BCMSN: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks," McGraw-Hill, May 2000, 560 pages.
1999 and Earlier:
- John J. Roese, "
Switched Lans : Implementation, Operation, Maintenance," McGraw-Hill, April 1998.
- Cisco Systems Inc., "
Cisco IOS Switching Services," Cisco Press, March 1998, 350 pages.
- Marina Smith, "
Virtual LANs: A Guide to Construction, Operation and Utilization," McGraw-Hill, December 1997, 400 pages.
- Gilbert Held, "
Virtual Lans : Construction, Implementation, and Management," Wiley, May 1997, 320 pages.
- Gilbert Held, "
High-Speed Networking With Lan Switches," Wiley, January 1997, 272 pages.
- Stephen Saunders, "
The McGraw-Hill High-Speed Lans Handbook," McGraw-Hill, April 1996.
- Nathan J. Muller, "
Intelligent Hubs," Artech House, December 1993, 336 pages.
Certification Books:
- [*****] Richard Deal, "
CCNP Switching Exam Cram," The Coriolis Group, June 2000, 512 pages.
- [*****] Mark A. Poplar, et al, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Prep," The Coriolis Group, May 2000, 760 pages.
- [*****] Kennedy Clark, Kevin Hamilton, "
Ccie Professional Development : Cisco Lan Switching," Cisco Press, August 1999, 926 pages.
- [****] Joseph W. Habraken, Joe Habraken, "
CCNA 2.0 640-507 Routing and Switching Cheat Sheet," Que, October 2000, 304 pages.
- [****] Todd Lammle, et al, "
CCNP: Switching Study Guide," Sybex, October 2000, 688 pages.
- [****] Sean Odom, Doug Hammond, Doug, "
CCNP Switching Exam Prep," The Coriolis Group, July 2000, 696 pages.
- [****] Inc Syngress Media, "
CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional," McGraw-Hill, September 1999, 612 pages.
- [****] Richard A. Deal, "
CCNP Cisco LAN Switch Configuration Exam Cram: Exam: 640-404," The Coriolis Group, July 1999, 600 pages.
- Richard Deal, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram Personal Test Center," The Coriolis Group, February 2001.
- Osborne McGraw-Hill,, "
CCNP Switching Study Guide (Exam 640-504) (Book/CD)," , December 2000, 625 pages.
- Certification Insider Press, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Value Pack," The Coriolis Group, September 2000, 1250 pages.
- Henry Benjamin, Thomas M. Thomas, "
CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Cram," The Coriolis Group, August 2000, 528 pages.
- Jason Waters, Kurt Hudson, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram Audio Review," The Coriolis Group, August 2000.
- Certification Insider Press, Cip Author Team, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram Personal Trainer," The Coriolis Group, August 2000, 400 pages.
- Robert Gradante, Bob Gradante, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Practice Tests Exam Cram," The Coriolis Group, July 2000, 368 pages.
- Que,, "
CCIE Prep Kit 350-001 Routing and Switching," , June 2000, 522 pages.
- Robert Gradante, "
CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Cram Flashcards," The Coriolis Group, June 2000, 250 pages.
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