2 HN users recommended this tutorial2 months2017–2018score 2.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Commenters call it an invaluable, approachable way to learn how optical networking actually works.
A two-hour NANOG tutorial by Richard Steenbergen aimed at network engineers, covering optical networking technologies. This is the updated 2017 edition of a recurring talk.
“proved invaluable to me in learning optical networking” (HN, 2018)
For Networking in the ISP space, for me the most helpful have been: - Interdomain Multicast Routing: Practical Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems Solutions - Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture - MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies This one's not a textbook but proved invaluable to me in learning optical networking: - New and Updated - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking - [this video]
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