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Rating: Summary: excellent methodology - must read Review: ms oppenheimer has written a book that every networker should read. she describes a concise method for analyzing and designing internetworks. admittedly she follows many of the tenets that comprise version 1 of the ccda (i haven't taken/looked at the newer version of the test) - but there is a reason that cisco has helped to design and support some of the largest and most complex networks in the world...they follow a consistent, easily replicated, and scalable model for networking. network design is similar to putting a puzzle together - this book simplifies that puzzle. if you are designing a network, please read this. if you are managing someone who is designing a network, please read this.
Rating: Summary: Always from the Top-Down! Review: Top-Down Network Design is a valuable book for preparing for the Designing Cisco Networks exam (640-441). I agree with the other reviewers in that it is well written, has excellent quality of content and contains details that are covered subtlety. Therefore in order to pass exam 640-441, I would recommend reading it more than once. It is no doubt a book that can be used as a reference during all phases of a network design. This one should be on every network designer's short list!
Rating: Summary: Especially for advanced computer programmers Review: Top-Down Network Design: A Systems Analysis Approach To Enterprise Network Design is an advanced resource written by information science expert and technical instructor Priscilla Oppenheimer especially for advanced computer programmers needing learn about or engage in top-down network design. The methods for network design are particularly applicable to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internet works. Filled with illustrations, real-world examples, and explicit step by step instructions for analyzing technical requirements, as well as selecting protocols based on performance goals, improving network throughput, and much, much more fill this detailed, 560-page text which is especially ideal as a classroom text, or for self-teaching instruction and reference.
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