Title CCIE Fundamentals: Network Design and Case Studies, Second Edition Author Cisco Systems Publisher Cisco Press Publication Date October 1999 ISBN 1578701678 Price $50 (U.S) Verdict Recommended.

The next section is called "Internetworking Case Studies" and this is where you get to see how everything fits together. The book covers multicasting, routing protocols, IPX SAPs, HSRP, and other topics. The chapters here are chock full of sample network designs with configurations for each of the routers or switches shown. This is Good Stuff, Maynard!The last section is the Appendix. Like most books, I generally say "Yeah, that's useful. I'll look at it some day," and this one isn't much different. The appendix has five sections. Two sections are good for beginners, dealing with broadcasts on a switched network and IP subnetting. The other three deal with SNA topics.

Overall, I'd recommend this volume. It's a little SNA heavy, though, with four of the 24 real chapters being devoted to SNA topics. Dial-up topics get a bit more weight with five of the 24 chapters, while the other 15 chapters cover a lot of other territory. This is a book that you can sit down and read. It's not quite an instruction book but seems to have been designed halfway between being a teaching tool and a reference source. I give this book 4.5 routers out of 5.

This review originally appeared on TCPmag.com.

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