OSPF Network Design Solutions (2nd Edition) (Networking ... (ISBN 1587050323)

Amazon.com Review:
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) guru Thomas M. Thomas II strikes again with his OSPF Network Design Solutions. This book's three sections--"Contemporary Intranets," "OSPF Routing & Network Design," and "OSPF Implementation, Troubleshooting, & Management"--amply cover any OSPF base you can imagine. In addition, each chapter ends with at least one case study and a list of FAQs--a particularly nice touch. Always careful to lay the proper groundwork, Thomas first covers networking foundations, including relatively recent developments such as intranets. From there he launches into an explanation of not only routing protocol fundamentals but also methods that will enable you to determine which protocols are appropriate for your particular environment. If at that point you have discerned that OSPF is indeed what you need, you can march on to the second and third sections, which hone in on implementation specifics. The second section opens with a chapter dedicated to OSPF, complete with the protocol's history and Request for Comments (RFC). The remaining pages are taken up by configuration commands and tips. The last part of the book is reserved for highly advanced topics, including network design, security, and management. Though definitely aimed at those well versed in basic networking, OSPF Network Design Solution has the flexibility to grow with you as your level of OSPF knowledge and familiarity increase.--Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

This is Hog Wash:
My attention was first brough to this title becasue I had once taken a class with the author. Surprised that he had written a book I checked out the book in the local book store and found the book discombobulated and full of mistakes. I proceeded to read some of the reviews on the book and a number of the reviews confirmed my initial suspicions. However, I noticed a very peculiar situation recently when I happened across the reviews again on Amazon.com. This book has 12 of 19 ratings of 5 stars (and 2 ratings of 4 stars) and three people who have rated the book 1 star. I have never run across reviews in such contradiction to each other. Although I have only spent an hour or two looking over the book it is clear this title is at best average. It confounds me how anyone in their right mind could rate this book greater than 3 stars, unless however they were a cohort of the author! The only reason I rated this book three stars was not to intentionally bias the rating of the book with out having made a thorough examination.

Decent coverage of OSPF design issues, but poor quality:
I have to agree with another reviewer - I don't see how anyone can rate this book so highly. True, I haven't yet made it all the way through the book, but already I have many, many errors. Most of the errors that I have seen so far are relatively easy to decipher, but then perhaps there are many more errors that I'm not catching because I'm not knowledgeable enough with OSPF yet. I'm giving the book an avg rating because it does seem to give a good treatment of design issues, but there are just too many mistakes. This book would probably be MUCH better in a second edition.

Awesome highly recommended - 10 stars:
Best book on the market for OSPF no doubt about it. This book is real quality 10 stars for me, is starts from the basics of OSPF to really advanced topics. The topics are really well organised and is a great guide for the novice and even the expert will find material here of great value, its a book that should be on anyone's shelf and for those implementing and designing OSPF, the book has quality examples and is written by someone who really has a sound grasp of OSPF and how it should be designed and implemented into any IP network. Highly recommneded guide for anyone routing IP

It's a good 10,000 foot view book but lacks meat at times:
I revisited this book the other day. It's not bad, but it doesn't have any concrete examples that can help set the concepts in concrete. Originally, I had a scathing review, but after reviewing the book again, I might have over reacted.

A Must have book:
Good the first part with concept and how work ospf. The second part on device with useful example. If You want to know OSPF on cisco device this book is for You.