"Patterns in Network Architecture" You might not agree with it, but it does stimulate some thinking.
Matthew Kaufman (Sent from my iPhone) > On Sep 16, 2014, at 10:48 AM, James Bensley <jwbens...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > What is the single best book you have read on networking? That's a > wide topic so to clarify I'm talking about service provider networking > but I do enjoy all aspects really and don't want to limit my self to > one area of networking. > > I'm often reading technical books about technology X or protocol Y but > they are generally explaining a new technology to me, how it works and > how to use it (and how to configure it if its a book by a vendor like > Juniper or Cisco). That is usually a learning exercise though required > for an upcoming project or deliverable. > > I haven't read many vendor neutral books recently that explained > concepts, or technologies, or paradigms that I found profound, radical > and extremely useful. > > I feel like I'm just reading networking books these days to learn a > new technology for a period of time (until a project completes) then > moving on to the next technology (book). Longevity of the information > doesn't seem as profound as it used to; BGP design principals will > stay with me for decades until we reach the need for BGP v5 or > similar, learning about 8b/10b encoding was interesting but not really > required for my line of work more out of hobbyist interest and serves > no practical purpose as a network engineer. > > > Cheers, > James.
