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Summary: Does not instill confidence . . .
Review: Although the text has many good points I am not confident that I can pass the test due to the many contradictions and errors encountered in the text and on the included CD-ROM. I have to ask myself if what I know is correct! I would not buy another Lammle book at this point . . .
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Summary: Can't Belive you would give this a 5 star rating
Review: Although this is a very good book, I still can't give it more that a 4 star rating. Could you pass the CCNA test with this book? ... I am sure you could, but be careful of the large number of errors or missing information. I would reccomend "Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices" by Cisco Press to help keep you on track with the right answers. The CD-ROM with Sample Tests and Flash-Cards also contain a lot of errors.
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Summary: Awesome book! Get this for CCNA - period.
Review: Awesome book. I have moderate experience and a lot of this was childs play, but he goes further than what you need to know, which is good because it will help you with the trick questions which are probing you to see if you just memorized answers. I'm going for the gusto CCNP and CCIE for the next 6 months so I bought the simulator. it's cool, and is a[n inexpensive] way to get a lot of hands on experience without your boss screaming at you for bringing the network down (I had that problem, jobless now though). If you just want the CCNA and are on a budget then you MUST get the simulator so you can see how to use the commands, especially if you're going further than CCNA.
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Summary: excellent! you can tell it's written by a CCIE...
Review: Awesome book. I have moderate experience and a lot of this was childs play, but he goes further than what you need to know, which is good because it will help you with the trick questions which are probing you to see if you just memorized answers. I'm going for the gusto CCNP and CCIE for the next 6 months so i bought the simulator. it's cool, and is a cheap way to get a lot of hands on experience without your boss screaming at you for bringing the network down (I had that problem, jobless now though). If you just want the CCNA and are on a budget then you don't need the simulator if you can visualize doing the commands. but get it if you're going further than CCNA. my only beef with the book is that a CCIE obviously didn't proof read it, the author shouldn't proofread his own work because things slip and about 4-5 times i found myself stumped and going through the book to find some correlation only to found that it was a typo, not a misspelling but a false double negative statement (he must have changed his mind on how he was going to say it and didn't complete it), i found a couple of them, and a couple review questions with the answer being contrictory to his explanation. so if you're find a contradiction, look it up and write/scratch the sentence.
Good luck!
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Summary: buy this book for a +90% grade on your CCNA-test
Review: Everything is covered, a pleasure to read. All you need to pass the CCNA is this book and basic networking knowledge (even without any cisco-experience). Oh yes; don't spend extra money on the sim-route software they try to sell together with the book: you don't need it, the book itself will do just fine !
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Summary: 989 on the CCNA - Thanks to Todd Lammle
Review: Great book. It takes all of the topics of the CCNA and tells you just what you need to know for the exam. Explanations are easy to understand and right on the money. I couldn't have done it without this book.
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Summary: All You Need to Pass the CCNA!
Review: I absolutely agree with the other reviewers in that, given this book and basic networking knowledge, you do not need anything else to pass the CCNA. And for those of you who are worrying that this book is outdated because it covers the 640-507 test (not the 640-607, which Cisco released in March 2002), there is nothing to fear; I just passed the 640-607 using nothing more than this book to guide me!
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Summary: Routing Protocols
Review: I agree, if you want to learn IP routing, this book will not take you anywhere close. For that you would need "Cisco IOS for IP Routing" by Andrew Colton or Doyle's books. However, Lammle's book would probably be all you need to pass the CCNA test. Unless you're a complete beginner, then you may want to add one or two other fine CCNA books.
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Summary: Difficult for a beginner
Review: I am a beginner in Cisco router and a non-English speaker. The first few chapters are good. However in the rest, especially the WAN part, I face a lot of problems in reading this book. The editors can use simple English and more diagrams to explain the difficult topics like Cisco Flash Card. Moreove the exercise sequence is not too match with the simulation program. If the editors can improve the above, this book is the great.
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Summary: The ULTIMATE CCNA Prep book! Just passed with a 913!
Review: I am a Cisco Networking Academy student and I just passed the CCNA 640-607 Exam yesterday. This wasn't the only book that I used to prep for the exam, but this book was instrumental in providing me with the answers for the exam that the other books didn't. Along with this book, I used the Cisco Networking Academy online curriculum, ICND, Ciscopress Router and Switch eSim, Transcender, and Preplogic. Hands-on experience with routers and switches was the key to my success, but I could have easily passed this test by using only the this book. The test was a lot harder than the Transcender CCNA practice test. It's usually the other way around. Anyway, if you get only ONE book for exam prep, get this one. You will not regret it.
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