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Summary: Great book- Thanks Tod
Review: I passed my CCNA 91%. I read this book form cover to cover then spent the week before my exam running though the tests on the CD. The only thing I would recomend is theat you log on to the sybex web site and check the error. Some of the answer to the questions are incorrect. Yes this book does have a lot of errors, but it the most relevant and to the point of them all. TA!
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Summary: Good for certification purposes only
Review: If you need a kind of recipe to pass the exam and you don't mind in not knowing how to explain why some things are the way they are, this book is fine; all the necessary information is inside. However, if you are interested in getting a more conceptual knowledge, forget about it. This book is very very exam oriented.
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Summary: Good for certification purposes only
Review: If you need a kind of recipe to pass the exam, this book is fine; all the necessary information is inside. However, if you are interested in getting a more conceptual knowledge or learn why some things are the way they are, forget about it. This book is very very exam oriented.
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Summary: Pretty good
Review: I took and passed my exam today with a score of 903/1000 (849 is now needed). My only complaint about this book is that its more in depth than the CCNA exam was! I would recommend anyone looking to get their CCNA exam to not rely solely on this book. For me to get the score I got today I read this book cover to cover, did the projects at the end of each chapter using the virtual e-trainer, then used sybex's EXAM NOTES (read that cover to cover). I then made a cheat sheet that was 4 pages and memorized the stuff on there. It took me only 19 days of preparation, and to tell you the truth, I have never so much as even seen a router, nevermind configured one! If you want to pass, I really recommend you take the route I took. Thanks Todd!
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Summary: Fastest Way to CCNA: self study, review, practice tests,PASS
Review: I am now CCNA thanks to this book. Did it in 3 weeks with no previous Cisco hardware experience. Todd Lammle covers all the exam objectives well. For the test you'll need to understand which commands are used in which modes (Complete all the hands-on-labs) and remember...understanding the concepts is more important than getting the review questions correct. There is no guessing!! The real test might surprise you. Knowing how Cisco writes a subnet mask is also vital to understanding the advance chapters. ie: /24 = 255.255.255.0 Good Luck
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Summary: This Book Needs Serious Re-editing...
Review: First of all I want to iterate that this book is great for getting the info you need to pass the CCNA exam. However, it is a flawed book and neither deep enough, or accurate enough to be you only source of information. I have gone through this book, and the CD, twice and found many glaring errors. Some of the errors are minor, example: Page 601, Configuring ISL Routing, there are IP address/mask typos (192.168.10.2/24 represented as 192.168.10.2.24). Some errors are major, example: Page 599, Configuring Trunk Ports, "Off The interface is disabled from running trunking and tries to convert any attached device to be on-trunk as well." - that should state off-trunk. The book is riddled with errors like the above, as well as mistyped commands that would not work on a real IOS. Additionally the CD contains tests that incorrectly mark answers as wrong, example: Practice Test, question 48, "How do you copy a router IOS to a tftp host?" It gives "copy running tftp" as the correct answer and if you answer "copy flash tftp" it marks you as wrong. I don't know if the tests mark answers correct by mistake. There is enough redundency in the book to get you past these errors, but I think the inexperienced will end up confused, or second guessing themselves. It's a useful book for passing the exam (though you may get a few questions wrong because of the book). Additionally, it has some details that the Cisco Press books don't have (and vice versa). I think that after passing the exam the the Cisco CCNA book is required reading if you want to actually know this stuff. Good luck
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Summary: AWSOME BOOK
Review: This book is the best book that I have used, it helped me successfully finish my course with a high A average. I bought the book by Wendell Odom (the one with the green binding.) I would recommend you to NOT buy that book, it has NOT helped me through out the whole course cracked it only once or twice for that reason and is for the same price. Buy your book from AMAZON.COM, because it is the cheapest way not to mention they have customers who resell them after they use them, go the cheapest route...Also the book includes LABS, which is very important in the course to learn, and last time I checked the other book did not have any. BUY TODD LAMMLE's BOOK!
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Summary: Well worth the money
Review: I have never been a fan of Sybex as I had bad experiences in the past with some of their texts. I have read many certification texts over the past couple years, and this one is one of the better ones I've read. It gives you all the theory and all the technical syntax you will need to pass the CCNA exam. I had no significant hands on experience with Cisco routers and used this book and the Virtual lab e-trainer as my only tools to prepare. I passed with a 946/1000. There are a few minor errors, but the Sybex site has caught those already. My only gripe is that the last 2 chapters on Access lists and WAN protocols are a little thin on details/explanations of terms. Probably could have elaborated more and written 3 or 4 chapters out of the 2. In any case, the text more than covered everything the CCNA test threw at me. I would highly recommend this text for anyone pursuing their CCNA. It is definitely well worth the money. If your goal is to pass the CCNA exam, then buy this book.
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Summary: Go with Cisco Press
Review: Although this book had better coverage of subnetting than Odom's Cisco Press book, I found that Odom's book went into better depth on the exam topics. I also found a couple of spots in Lammle's book where I was forced to reread because I simply didn't understand the concepts after reading it the first time, I didn't have this problem with Odom's study guide. The biggest savior of this book are the flash cards on the CD-ROM, which helped me a lot when it came to some quick review. I passed the test on my first try using this book, Odom's, and some hands on experience through a Cisco Networking Academy Program.
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Summary: This is a great book -- also take the boson tests
Review: I read this entire book in a week, took a few practice tests and scored a 935 on the CCNA 2.0 (first shot). I recommend this book as the basis for your studying, in combination with the boson practice tests. www.boson.com. Some of the questions were on the test!
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