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Before you can tackle the CCIE R&S lab there is a lot of information you have to absorb and one way or another you’ll have quite some reading to do. You could go for the self-study and for that below-mentioned workbook will be very helpful, but nothing can beat the study dumps, but only if acquired through a good and reliable source like the SPOTO Club.
· Routing TCP/IP Volume 1
It is one of the classics on many CCIE R&S reading lists. I enjoy Jeff Doyle’s writing style because he has a lot of configuration examples and explanations for show commands. This book covers routing in general but also RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS.
You don’t have to know about RIP / IS-IS anymore for CCIE R&S but the sections on OSPF and EIGRP are still great to read. There is also a chapter about IPv6 but I think this might be a bit outdated by now (the book was written in 2005).
· Routing TCP/IP Volume 2
The second version of this book by Jeff Doyle which is called Routing TCP/IP Volume 2 is also great to read. This book covers BGP, NAT, and Multicast. If you just did CCNP then multicast is probably new to you. This book will help you get started to learn multicast. There is also a chapter about IPv6 but I would recommend reading another book for that (don’t worry it’s in this reading list).
· Cisco OSPF Command and Configuration Handbook
Simply said, it is probably the best book on CCIE level that explains everything you need to know about OSPF. It’s a big book (845 pages) so it teaches you a lot more about OSPF than the two routing TCP/IP books from Jeff Doyle or the Cisco Press Certification Guide. OSPF is an important topic on the lab so it’s worth your time to read this beast.
· Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols
This book is somewhat varied to compare to the other CCIE R&S books. It explains what can go wrong with protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, PIM (Multicast) and BGP and then explains how to solve it. For example, for EIGRP it will first show all the reasons why EIGRP doesn’t establish a neighbor adjacency and once that is fixed, it will show different reasons why some prefixes are not showing up in the topology or routing table. Great to read to become better at troubleshooting!
· Developing IP Multicast Networks
If you read the CCIE Routing & Switching Certification guide and the Routing TCP/IP volume 2 book you already learned a thing or two about multicast. Developing IP Multicast Networks takes your multicast knowledge up to CCIE R&S level.
It explains PIM sparse, dense and sparse-dense mode in-depth but also inter-domain multicast routing. It’s not a very thick book (562 pages) and some of the chapters that cover DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) you can skip because it’s not on the CCIE R&S blueprint.
· IPv6 Fundamentals
A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6 is a good book because it covers things like IPv6 addressing and the routing protocols you need to know for the lab…RIPng, EIGRP, OSPFv3 and some of the tunneling techniques like ISATAP and 6to4. Cisco has added a lot of IPv6 in the routing & switching track since the latest revision of CCNA. If you haven’t caught up with IPv6, make sure you read this book.
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