BCRAN: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (Book/CD-ROM package)

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Summary: bcran
Review: An excellent book that is well written and comprehensive. My only critcism is that if you are using it as your only exam prep, it may be too detailed. Obtain a good exam cram book to compliment this otherwise great resource.

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Summary: These books are terrible!
Review: Before you buy the Remote Access book from Tom Thomas read my comments on Tom Thomas's BCSN book.

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Summary: Very good book for bcran
Review: I bought this book and surprised by how well it explains complex technologies. the step by step instructions for each technology are very good for learning the topics in this book, because it gives you step by step examples of how to do each technology. this was definitely money well spent. I took exam last week and passed. Now I will start studying for CIT.

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Summary: Very good book for bcran
Review: I bought this book and surprised by how well it explains complex technologies. the step by step instructions for each technology are very good for learning the topics in this book, because it gives you step by step examples of how to do each technology. this was definitely money well spent. I took exam last week and passed. Now I will start studying for CIT.

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Summary: Just waste my money
Review: I bought this book since I read comment from Mark J. Newcomb.Jump straight to Frame Relay topic and hope to gain some interesting information. But the explaining is very poor and diagrams just make me confuse.It's easier for me to follow the same topic on " CCIE Lab Study Guide " written by Stephen Hutnik and Michael Satterlee. Consider when you decide to buy this book.

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Summary: I passed!!!!! Now A CCNP
Review: I had read Tom Thomas' posts on the GroupStudy mailing list so I bought this book hoping that I would be able to finish off my CCNP. I have no experience in remote access so this was the fear I had to get over. I am happy to report that with this books assistance I was able to pass the test and complete my CCNP... Oh Yeah!!!!

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Summary: Not so Sure About This Book
Review: I ordered this book as I was trying to avoid taking the class. After taking the CCNP course and checking the book versus the course as well as the exam which I took, I realized that much of what is on the exam is not covered in the book or the detail you need to know, such as that of the 700 series router commands are not covered. There are two other Remote Access books which seem to match much closer. The Cisco Press book and the Sybex book. If you need a quick study guide the Coriolis Remote Access book seemed pretty good as well.

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Summary: Buying Online Cover
Review: I saw the 5 stars and thought that this meant that it was a good book. I learned that when you buy online you never get the same quality as you get with the bigger names. I learned that trying to save money isn't always better.

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Summary: A Great Book to Own: Both for Test and for Work
Review: I use this book as a main reference book for Remote Access network setup/maintenance in my daily work. And this was the only book I read throughly during preparing my BCRAN test ( I took test the first time last week and passed with a score of 853). I did NOT read Graig Dennis' Cream book but I did all practice questions. I spent one day read briefly on Catherine Paquet's BCRAN book and did all questions on each chapter(Very good questions). I believe ANY single one of those books contains ALL the information you will need to pass the test. The question is how much you can understand the technology only based on the reading. I have to say, I work on the remote access on the daily basis, but still there were a couple of questions on the test I was clueless (the solutions are on Catherine's book but I doubt if I would pay attention on them even I read). So the best bet is get your hands on. At least do all the Case Study on each chapter of this book. Good Luck!

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Summary: Great Material for BCRAN
Review: I wasn't quite sure what to make of this book after reading some of the reviews but after I read it I have found that it contains lots of good material for BCRAN. This book definitely has some errors, but the errata clears up most of the confusion. I definitely liked the CD with over 300 test questions. Some of the material is too detailed for BCRAN which is why I'm giving it only four stars.