IGMP & other protocols to start with....

Now from Monday on, will be working on the IGMP protocol testing. Wish I could have the required knowledge already, but no, I need lots of reading, little or more mind boggling sessions with myself and books and then will have to start off with my work. Really i shouldn't ever had stopped reading.

To start with here are some good sites to refer to about IGMP :

Internet Protocol Multicast
Explains IP multicast addressing, Internet Group Management Protocol, how multicast in Layer 2 switching works, defines multicast distribution trees, how multicast forwarding works, protocol-independent multicast, and more.

IP multicast control (IGMP)
Explains that IGMP is used for multicast traffic, the IGMP message structure including query, report, and leave group.

Multicasting
Explains what multicasting is used for, what is needed to use it, and the IGMP protocol used to provide multicasting.

And with above all a cool novice user link for newbies : Protocols

How long ..........

" Woods are lovely dark and deep
I have many promisesto keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep "

These few lines are never forgotten in my life. And again, I came across another such article, which talks " A CS profession should not stop reading". I sometimes think how much have I studied per day, after leaving my college. Yes, i do agree, i have learnt lots of things, and i know much more better than i do some years back, just after my college. But how much my effort went for the self-study.. May be NILL.....

I want again to resume to study, study of books, reading of novels (which was my favourite passtime), doing something (may be lots of things) to please myself. If these things die of my life, i would also certainly be dead soon, as i felt sometime back, before being among one of the bloggers till date. Now i have some direction to give to my dreams, my aspiration and my life.