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Summary: Great Intro for Beginners; Great Review for the Experienced
Review: Todd Lammle has written a winner here. I used this book and my experience with Cisco equipment (about 1 year or so) to prepare for CCNA 1.0. I scored 953/1000. Thanks Todd! Anyone who comes across this review, get Todd's CCNA 2.0 book. I'm sure it will be worth it. CCNA 1.0 will be retired by 6/30/2000. One warning: don't become too comfortable with the review questions. I found the test to be more difficult.
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Summary: Excellent Study Guide
Review: This is a great study guide for the CCNA exam, as all Sybex's books seem to be. The one bad thing about this book is that it does not come with routing simulation software. As exams go, the CCNA is pretty tough, and what makes it so hard is the router commands that you have to learn; and this is doubly hard if you don't have access to a router, or aren't inclined to spend 500 bucks or so to get one. So, an additional expenditure for some router simulators may be in order. And as always, it pays never to rely on just one book, no matter how good it is. For those seriosuly considering the CCNA but woth no knowledge of networking technologies, I would recommend taking the Network+ exam first, as it provides an excellent introduction to networking and will definitely help with the CCNA, as this book is not really for beginners.
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Summary: Want to get your CCNA? This book is all you need!
Review: This book was AWESOME! I was one of the beta testers of the new CCNA 2.0 exam, and I passed... COMFORTABLY! And I used nothing but this book and CD to study for it! Todd Lammle has done an outstanding job of presenting the material in an understandable format and kept it interesting all the way though. If you are working toward your CCNA, you OWE it to yourself to get this book!
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Summary: Could Be Much Better
Review: While I passed the CCNA exam with a 925 I think that this book had little to do with that. It contains many errors and the questions are often silly and overly specific. Furthermore it was not clear to me before purchasing that the questions on the CD were the same ones as in the book. Also the question software on the CD is rather buggy, and calls into question the accuracy of its answers. I intend to pursue further Cisco certifications, but not with the help of books by this turkey.
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Summary: Great for experienced candidates
Review: This book was great if you already have a background in the networking field and are not starting from scratch. I saw reviews from people stating that this book was a waste. They obviously had zero experience and thought they could just read a book and pass. I bought this book and two weeks later took the test. I only got an 850 but it was enough. Funny, my worst area was WAN protocols and I work with WAN's. I should have studied the chapters regarding WAN's a little bit harder because what Cisco says goes, and apparently Lammle knows what is on the test.
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Summary: Dan the Man - Cisco Network Academy Graduate
Review: Well, I'm back again. I wrote a review on this book April 3rd when I was in 4th semester of Cisco Networking Academy. I have taken the exam since then. I made an 869 and passed. This was a hard test even with the Academy, Todd Lammle's book and the Cisco Press stuff. Don't let all of these rave reviews and phenomenal scores bowl you over. A word to the wise, study everthing you can get your hands on. This book was very readable unlike the Cisco Press material. The CD questions gave me a false sense of security. They were nothing like the exam. ISDN was stressed heavily on the test and it was pretty light in the book. I recount my rating to 4 stars because, with this book alone you will not pass the exam if you are completely new to this field. You will get some good basic concepts down and it is a good read. On to CCDA, I'll pack a lunch for this one.
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Summary: Basically a Brain Dump
Review: As with all of Lammle's book, this is basically a braindump of the exams that he got, if your exam is different from his, this book is useless. I find the book full of basic technical errors . It cliams that Lammle "world-renown" for his Cisco experiences. But before 1998, I've not even heard of Lammle as far as Cisco certification is concern.
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Summary: VERY HELPFUL
Review: This book is very helpful in preparing for the exam. I just passed the exam yesterday and it was my first time. I used this book in combination with the e-trainer. If you don't have router experience, I would recommend using both of them. Some concepts may be a little difficult to grasp and another study guide might come in handy to get someone else's point of view
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Summary: A King-size Exam Cram
Review: This book is a concise introduction to the Cisco world and an excellent study guide to use for Exam 640-407. It helps to keep me focus on what are most important for the exam. Use it with the CCNA Virtual Lab e-Trainer and you can get a working knowledge of Command Line Interface.However, that's all it does - a king-size Exam Cram, but that a well-written Exam Cram. To really learn something in addition to passing the exam, you need the ICRC book and Wendell Odom's CCNA Certification Guide (get the 507 version so that you have a stone for two birds). Read two chapters and I could tell Odom, CCIE #1624, is an outstanding technical writer. Don't get a false sense of security about your comprehension of WAN by reading Chapter 11 of this book. You need ICRC and Odom to get sufficient coverage of WAN for the exam. Wherever you get confused about frame-relay and ISDN when you read ICRC, Odom clarifies it. MCSE, MCP+I, CNA, CCNA
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Summary: CCNA by Todd Lammle helped me excel.
Review: I read this book twice and it helped me pass the CCNA exam on May 2, 2000. Examples, easy to read style, humour, end of chapter tests etc all reinforced reading material. It wasn't too helpful with ISDN; however, overall it's quite deservant of 4stars(equivalent to two thumbs up) Cheers!
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