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This is a perfect start for your CCIE Lab studies. Even if you are not going for the CCIE, this is a must have book for your office (cube). Excellent covereage of IGP's comparable to none. This is THE book for IGP's.
Hindsight being what it is, I would have spent 2 months trying to memorize this book before purchasing others in my quest for CCIE. I always ended up going back to it even after my first attempt at the lab. Save yourself time and money and try your hardest to commit this book to memory.
Why not 5 stars? If BGP would have been included, I would have given it 5. You can pick up BGP in Routing TCP/IP Volume II, but really, the CiscoPress Halabi book is the king of that hill.

This book, as well as Vol.1, is definitely one of the best books on networking ever written, both in general Cisco-specific. it is not only the best resource on BGP4 but on other "esoteric" and less known protocols like PIM, MSDP and IPv6.

The content is very well-structured, all concepts are supported by numerous examples so even if one doesn't understand the subject in it's depth he or she can find an answer to a specific real-world question.

Although Routing TCP/IP Vol.2 isn't meant to be a CCIE cram book, I believe it will provide the reader with great insight and deep understanding of networking which will help one pass the CCIE lab with shining colors and become a better engineer.

In my opinion Vol 1 and 2 are the best books ever published on TCP/IP routing, both from a theoretical and practical point of view (with all due respect to Radia Perlman). Both are definitely the #1 resource for every network engineer and CCIE candidate. What the book doesn't provide is a quick answer to every question or an easy way to superficial knowledge - it requires a certain degree of discipline, concentration and time.

Exceptional work, Mr. Doyle!

Perfect for Lab and real example on Bgp and Multicast!