Good MPLS/VPLS book?

Thu Dec 23 23:06:03 UTC 2010

IMO the best book on the market is 'MPLS-Enabled Applications' by Ina Minei,
Julian Lucek.  It has the best coverage all the things you mentioned plus
VPLS, P2MP LSP, draft-rosen and NG-VPN multicast architectures and the
explanations are clear and concise.

I wrote a review of this book a while back:

http://www.shortestpathfirst.net/2009/11/30/book-review-mpls-aplications/

This book is awesome.  You won't regret buying it.

Stefan Fouant

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Helmeste [mailto:mhelmest at uvic.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 5:49 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Good MPLS/VPLS book?
> 
>    Does anyone have a favorite book or resource discussing MPLS and all
> associated Lego blocks (e.g. LDP, TE, VPLS, martini, mBGP et. al.)?
> 
>    I understand the basics of what MPLS is and how you create a circuit
> from
> A to B but I'm afraid it still escapes me when trying to figure out how
> someone would, say, create a multicast capable VPN with 5 edge points.
> 
>    Any pointers to a good way to reduce my level of ignorance on this
> subject would be appreciated. Vendor literature doesn't bother me as
> long
> as the concepts are there.
> 
>    Regards,
>      Michael H.
> 