I think that it is very important to understand what you are
implementing. The RFC's are not bad reading in fact I would recommend
reading all the RFC's about all of the protocols you are using....
I will tell you that knowing the RFC will allow you to quickly jump from
one hardware vendors equipment to another...Also when trying to get
things to play nice with each other in multi-vendor networks "knowing"
the protocol can be very important...
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Network Engineer Voice 319-557-8463
Network Operations Center Fax 319-557-9771
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