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Summary: Perfect pre-exam study guide
Review: While not able to replace the full text versions of the CCNA study guides, this book is a perfect companion to all of the other references for this exam. It served as a great confidence builder, and a great way to brush up on the major points covered on the exam. The author of this book has taken painstaking care to ensure the accuracy of the material covered, and presents it in a very easy to read format. The author admits and cautions the reader that there is no replacement for hands on experience with Cisco Routers and Switches to be able to acquire the understanding necessary to do well on the CCNA exam. This book is absolutely essential. Five Stars ++ !
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Summary: Excellent Study Guide, But Not a Replacement for Experience
Review: Lammle's Study Guide is well written and well organized. I took Cisco's ICND class, which I was told would prepare you for the CCNA, but Lammle's text cuts to the chase and tells you what topics are really important for the test. (ie, only ethernet, only IP & IPX, etc.)A word of caution: using Lammle's text to become a "paper CCNA" probably won't work. You need to know something already about networking. He tells you that you need to understand the OSI model and gives some details, but you really need to understand it beyond the book. (he suggests another text by his publisher for more details on most topics) All in all, tho, I would highly recommend this book. There are a few errors, and access to a Cisco router to practice on is helpful, but the bottomline is that this book is what I primarily used to prepare for the exam, and scored a 906 out of 1000 on the exam. (755 is passing) 'Nuff said.
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Summary: Good but...
Review: If you have purchased Sybex Study Guide, don't spend too much money for CCNA exam. This book is good but you don't need this one beside Sbex Study Guide. Use Test King and also Boson Router Simulator with Lammle's Study Guide, this set will be enough to pass the exam.
Good luck all of you...
Burak Sezer
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Summary: Meets its objectives exceedingly well.
Review: This is an excellent prepatory source for the Cisco CCNA exam, and easily covers the vast majority of topics that are addressed on the exam. Like the other Sybex offering, as you might the book falls very short of being a useful guide to configuring Cisco routers in the real world, so don't study this book, pass the test, and assume you're a Cisco master! However, For those already reasonably knowledgeable abotu the fundamentals of networking, this book alone should be plenty sufficient to pass the exam.
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Summary: It is Definitely a good book
Review: It is a good revision book. I would treat it as revision book. I spend about two hours on re-reading this book before going to take the exam. It can refresh me all the key point, all the important notes in CCNA exam. If you just use this book for your exam, I think it is not 100% to ensure you can pass, so I use it with another study guide also by Todd Lammle. I would also like the part of "Exam Essentials" that can let you know what are the CCNA exam emphasize on, so that you can pay more attention on them. All parts of the content are good enough to let you pass, eg. IOS, LAN switch etc. But the materials about WAN is not good enough actually, even I have read the study guide(not this exam notes), I still cannot 100% handle all the questions about WAN, eg. sth about ISDN, Frame Relay etc. You may need other materials for supplement(I get 75% on WAN protocols). Anyway, it is a good book
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Summary: An Incredibly Pogniant Book
Review: The Sybex CCNA 2.0 Study Guide written by Lammle is a gem to be sure, but it contains entirely too much content in relation to what is on the test. I highly recommend reading the whole study guide, BUT, whatever you choose to do, buy the Sybex CCNA Exam Notes and drink in every word. This 300 pp. paperback book contains the nuggets of knowledge that the Cisco exam will question you upon. So, to summarize, buy the Sybex CCNA 2.0 Study Guide and compliment it with the Sybex CCNA Exam Notes! Don't forget to get some good router time in there too. I spent maybe 30 hours on a router. Doing these things, I scored a 913/1000 without breaking a sweat!
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Summary: Great prep book for CCNA exam!
Review: I just passed CCNA on 11/5. This book provides a great guide to study from. If you know your basic OSI stuff and basic router configuration already this book will help you review material that you must know to pass the exam. I would also recommend the practice exam CD from Test Out!. The Test Out! exams are much more difficult than the real exam, so you can test with confidence if you have scored at least 85% on Test Out!. Good luck!
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Summary: A Really Great Supplement to the CCNA Study Guide by Lammle
Review: I used the CCNA Exam Notes, by Lammle and Sean Odom, I found the explainations the exam notes book filled in the gaps left by the Study Guide. Thanks SEAN! I found the wording of the explainations worked better for me in this book than the highly acclaimed study guide by Lammle. I also used the CCNA Virtual Lab by Lammle. I would definetly recommend supplementing your preparation by using this book in addition to the Study guide and the Virtual trainer also by Sybex. I passed today with a good score. Hope this helps. Aslam Mohammed, CCNA, MCP, A+, CIW-Associate, I-Net+, Network+
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Summary: Excellent Review
Review: Passed with 978/1000. BUT this is not enough to pass alone. I recommend Todd's study guide in addition. A router sim is a necessity also. Good luck all!!
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Summary: An excellent guide for CCNA
Review: I definetly recommend this book for anybody going for CCNA. Do not forget to complement this with Boson test questions!
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