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Summary: Latest in a line of excellent titles.
Review: CCNA is not easy but with this book, Chiarella's self study guide and the Cisco Press CCNAB you'll have it taped, Just ensure that you undersatnd each topic and not just spout the answers. THe newer Cisco Exams ask for knowledge AND reasoning!
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Summary: Good book, needs to be backed up with other sources
Review: This book provides a solid foundation for the CCNA exam. Do not however base only on this book to get you through the exam. I would also recommend going on Cisco's site and browsing through their support documents when studying areas such as WAN networking.
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Summary: CCNA
Review: The book was worth the money. It covers most of the areas you will need to know for the CCNA exam, and is written in a way even a beginner can grasp the concepts. Definetely would recommend this book to others. I passed with 987 first try, with the use of this book.
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Summary: Do not use as your only souce of study
Review: I read the reviews about this book before buying as I always do with technical manuals. Most people seemed to think it was a good book, so I chose this one to help me pass the CCNA exam. At the last minute, (the day before the test) I took some practice tests from measureup.com. I am so glad I did. The first 10 questions on their CCNA tests were not covered by this book at all. They had about 480 questions total on their site for CCNA. So I went over every question until I knew them all. Quite a few weren't covered by this book, and I spent 6 - 7 hours studying at that site and went in to take the test. Even with reading this book TWICE, getting all the review questions correct at the end of each chapter, and being able to eventually answer all 480 questions on measureup, that still didn't fully prepare me for the exam. There were probably 5 - 7 questions out of 60 on the CCNA exam that I had to simply guess at because neither this book nor the website covered that material. However, I passed with an 888/1000. Besides the fact that this book covered maybe 80% of the material, there are more than a few grammatical errors. The ones that I find most unacceptable are that some of the answers to the review questions are incorrect. How are you supposed to study, take the review tests, and then not be able to trust any of the answers? It is ridiculous. And not even all of the errors are listed on the errata section of the website for this book. This book has been out for a long time, and they still haven't fully edited it. For example, page 139, they list the Class A range of IP Addresses as 0 - 127. It should actually say 1 - 126 because 0 and 127 are reserved addresses. On the actual test, if you choose 0 - 127 as the Class A range, it will be wrong. There are many, many mistakes in this book, and the publishers STILL can't be bothered to at least list them on their website. So, if you still want this book, make sure you get at least 1 other manual, like the Colton book.
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Summary: A Very Good Study Guide
Review: This is a great text for preparing for the CCNA exam. It covers most of the material that you need to know (probably about 90%). It is geared towards the exam only, though, meaning if you want to become very proficient in Cisco configuration, you will want additional material. I used this book in addition to hands-on experience and some other study material and had no problem passing the test. Todd does a great job of explaining his point in a way that is easy to understand, and he covers the basics necessary to pass the test.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I am graduating from a university with an IS degree in a month, and I've learned more from this book ..., then the $20,000 degree. It is a lot of information to swallow, but well worth it if you are going to be an internetworking professional...plus the Sybex book are THE BEST period when you are studying for a certification exam. You'll love this book, and good luck.
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Summary: Excellent book for both exam prep and job resource
Review: I used this book along with the exam notes and the CBT's from CBT Nuggets. The exam notes are the same exact thing except not nearly as much FYI. If you are new to Cisco and need to become familiar with their technologies first, I would *strongly* recommend the CCNA Certification Series from CBT Nuggets. It consists of 4 cd-roms filled with over 20 hours of videos to prepare you for the CCNA following Cisco's objectives.
Use CCNA exam notes, CBT Nugget's CBT's and self tesfsoftware and you can't loose! I passed today 3/17/03 with a 888/1000
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Summary: Routing Protocols
Review: 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: Excellent book for knowledge and passing the test !
Review: This book does help me pass the test with a good score.I am Senior Programmer Analyst with a basic knowledge of networking.For me this is the best book.For CCNA, 2 months hardcore hardwork and sybex virtual lab is sufficient.You need to understand every word of the book.As usual, take as many tests as possible.There are lots of free tutorials/books on the net. I passed with 936/1000...but tell you the truth you can easily get closer to 100%.Practice lots of subnetting stuff.... All the best to you guys.
Samir Sardar.
Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Cisco Certified Network Associate.
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Summary: Good enough reference...
Review: This book is almost all you need to pass the CCNA test. Also, it is basically tailored to a complete beginner. You get your basic CCNA stuff here: ISO model, intro to IOS, introduction to LAN/WAN, etc. If you are looking for a deeper coverage of routing protocols however, check out "Cisco IOS for IP Routing" by Andrew Colton (ISBN 0972286209). That book explains the mechanics of modern routing protocols, such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP in great detail.
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