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How to master your routing knowledge?

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by karmeshboy

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Please let me know wasy to master routing skills. Currently, I am doing my BSCI and I nreally need some advice on how to polisg my skills in routing (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS, etc). I would like any suggestion, any website URLs/any ebooks or books? currently, I am using the Cisco press. probably, u guys out there would have more knowledge or experience and I need your guidance. Thank you in advance.

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by cg it

Cisco is the best place for Cisco stuff [routing].

by jdclyde

because there isn't much about routing in Cisco 1 thru 4.

And if you are not using it in the real world, most of it is in one ear and out the other because they throw so much at you, so fast.

by cg it

but wanted to know about OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS, etc and those concepts are covered in CCNA. Need a brush up? I would say go over the stuff in the CCNA and Cisco Academy is the place for that. They even have Video shows on it.

JD is right, if you don't use it, you'll lose it.....

by jellimonsta

If you really want to polish your routing skills, you should invest in some gear. You can generally find used Cisco gear on EBay. I would recommend putting a small together for yourself. If you got 3 or so routers, and a switch or two, it will help immensely.
You will need to make sure you look for IOS versions that are capable of the routing protocols you wish to investigate.

by jdclyde

find an esim lab. the better ones, you can't tell that you aren't in a real router.

having fun changing our network over to MPLS. Would help if the vendor would set the lines up properly..... :0

by jellimonsta

I agree about the ELabs. Some of them are pretty good. Good luck with the MPLS implementation. Does your provider support multicast inherent? Or do you have to do a full GRE mesh? I hope it's not the latter, that would be a major PITA to administer.

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