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Summary: Not Recommended
Review: There are are couple of major issues with this book:
- It is riddled with errors. It needs a thorough technical review. As one example, many of the acronyms are expanded wrong (e.g. VTP is expanded to virtual terminal protocol instead of VLAN trunking protocol). Another example is the discussion of IGMP, where the descriptions for the query and report packets are reversed. This book was obviously rushed out the door without careful editing (sadly this is the case for far too many technical books these days).
- It does not address the topics in nearly enough depth for the CCIE written exam. Nor do the sample questions require the kind of in-depth reasoning and understanding that the CCIE exam requires.Preparing for the CCIE written definitely does require multiple books. Unfortunately this book adds little value. You will be better off by going to Cisco's web site, printing out the exam blueprint, and finding the "best in breed" books for each of the subjects listed.
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Summary: Save your money for something useful
Review: This book covers the most of the CCIE Written topics but does not cover detail enough to prepare for the real exam. If you are planning to take the CCIE exam by preparing with this book, you are most likely running for the failure. It is very shameful that they use the term ¡°Official preparation guide for CCIE Written exam¡± on the cover page.
Save your money for something useful¡¦.
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Summary: Second Edition addresses many of the below issues
Review: This book does nothing more than a quick overview of a few protocols. It reads more like it should be a last second review that you read 2 or 3 days before the written exam. The first 100 pages are more or less a ccna review for OSI and tcp/ip. If that's what you want, then this is your book I guess... Besides that, it's about 580 pages of material, maybe 400 of it actual information if you don't count the question and answer and "do I know this already" pages. I read it all the way through just because I bought it and figured I might as well since it was already too late. I had no idea CiscoPress put out books this bad. All the others I've read have been great.
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Summary: A CCNP will learn nothing from this book
Review: This book does nothing more than a quick overview of a few protocols. It reads more like it should be a last second review that you read 2 or 3 days before the written exam. The first 100 pages are more or less a ccna review for OSI and tcp/ip. If that's what you want, then this is your book I guess... Besides that, it's about 580 pages of material, maybe 400 of it actual information if you don't count the question and answer and "do I know this already" pages. I read it all the way through just because I bought it and figured I might as well since it was already too late. I had no idea CiscoPress put out books this bad. All the others I've read have been great.
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Summary: Not even close
Review: This book doesn't even scratch the surface of the CCIE written, I was very disappointed in this book. It is more or less 700+ pages of a table of contents. I think that it could have been better written and covered the material better than it did, even if it had to be split into two or three volumes to cover the topics in more detail. Sorry, but after going through the CCNP and CCDP using the certification guides for study (and of course on hands experience), this book is by far the worst that I have read through. This book would be good for a review of the CCNP.
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Summary: SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
Review: This book is awful. It in no way is an Exam Certification Guide. This book should not be used to study for the CCIE written exam. Instead I would HIGHLY recommend you buy Sybex CCIE Study Guide by Rob Payne. It explains things in much more detail and is alot easier to follow. I would in no way recommend anyone buy this book. Way too pricey for what little, and I emphasis, little content there is..
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Summary: Exam List of Topics........NOT Exam Guide
Review: This book listed the exam topics and provide a 30,000 ft look at each. However, this book is worthless for an Exam Guide. Use the Cisco Blueprint at their their web site.
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Summary: Good introduction
Review: This book should not be relied upon soley as a study guide for the CCIE written test...I wish I had heeded the warning the author makes in his initial chapter which highlights this fact. Having said that, this book would be more suited to those taking the routing component of the CCNA/CCNP. Make sure you follow the references the author highlights at the end of each chapter as well as studying the guides at CCO. The main study for the CCIE written should be CCO, RFC's, Doyle's two volumes on routing TCP/IP and Kennedy-Clarke's volume on LAN Switching. My advice is that after you've digested these volumes/sources - read them until the subject matter of the CCIE Written blueprint becomes second nature.
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Summary: Doesn't cut the mustard
Review: This book simply doesn't go into enough depth to pass the exam. I currently hold certifications from Microsoft, Sun, and Cisco. This is the first time I've ever failed a certification test. Didn't even come close to passing. This book gives you a good general overview of the topics covered on the exam. But it's just not enough.
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Summary: A day late and a dollar short...
Review: This book would have been great for the old test. Doesn't even come close for the new one. Buy it, don't buy it. Read it, don't read it. Whatever you do, don't rely on it.
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