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Summary: Simply just good enough
Review: A good reference for study but it is far to be a good guide for pass CCNA Exam. Book and CD Exams have several errors.If you have a lot of experience on the field you will find this book as a good reference, Only that I enjoy reading it
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Summary: Very nice
Review: A very nice study guide with the full text available on its CD-ROM. Should be enough for experienced users to tackle the CCNA exam. Being the 3rd edition it is very well polished, with hardly any typos.
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Summary: 640-607 Exam not the old 640-507 Exam
Review: All the reviews for this book are irrelevant. This book is focused on 640-607 and the readers' reviews and comments are based on the 640-507.
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Summary: I'd expected more from this book. Too Much Pages!!
Review: As i said in the title, I purchased this book with the hope of find, at least, the same good material of the CCDA Certification Guide (I'm CCDA, of course because of this book among others), but, sadly, what i'd find with this book, was a very big amount of pages that makes the most confusing explanation that was possible, with a very big amount of open questions that the real answer to those was the Odom's thinking finally, instead of making questions more precise, like the questions of the exam. I apologize to purchase this book.
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Summary: Not for starter in Cisco, wrong answers on CD test questions
Review: As mentioned by some other readers that this book is not for beginners. The author take the start from directly the cisco operating system instead of first building the ground for a new commer to understand the networks, its topologies and some other terms. Some of the chapters are explained very well like 'OSI Data Link Layer Functions', 'LANs Bridges and Switches', 'Spanning Trees, VLANs and Trunking'. Most of the time author goes in so much details that at least at a CCNA level you don't need it. Another big issue is the test questions on the CD. There are many questions with wrong answers. For example correct answers shows for one of the questions is "line-vty 0 4". Infact there is no command in Cisco IOS with the dash in between 'Line' and 'vty'. The correct answer 'line vty 0 4' also listed in the options for the same questions but when you click on the button to show the right answers it will select the wrong one and score you on the same. There are issues with the drag and drop items. You drop the items correctly, you saw them that they are correct by clicking the button to see the result, yet when you complete the test the result shows that you never selected the answer rather you skipped the question. The test engine has certain issues that will not give the student the right score. There are spelling mistakes on the question. Another question that asks that how many bits in node section of the IPX has all the options listed for Apple Talk protocol. Non of the options for this questions can bs seleceted for IPX. These are only the few I mentioned and I am sure that there are many more. The reader who said that he teahces the classes for Cisco and the CD is excellent has to review it before writing any comments and misleading the new reader. If you need to pass the exam you need to get two books. This book and Sybex book written by Todd lammle for CCNA. Read the material that you think you can digest from it and read the rest from another book.
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Summary: Second try on the cd gives better results.
Review: CCNA 640-607 is Cisco's newest exam and with that you are sure to find the amount of information plentiful. This book is another shining example of how Wendell Odom is taking the forefront and giving you the best possible chance to pass the exam on the first try. In the 1,000 pages you'll cover the exam objectives and then some and the material does exceed the exam. This book is more than a study guide it is a great reference manual to have. With over 25 scenarios, 35 tasks, 8 labs and an appendix with 25 subnetting questions. The subnetting questions are difficult but if you use the manual to learn the techniques you should have no problem. This book is natural progression for the classroom instruction but can be used in a self study mode as well. The cd-rom included has over 300 questions in the new exam format so you have a chance to see the exam before going live. The cd I tested is an updated to the original that comes with the book. The questions seemed to be better tested and the results should be more accurate. Installing the cd, I found that I needed to disable the virus program. Other than that it worked with Windows 98, NT Workstation, 2000 Professional and XP Professional. I found the questions to be tougher than the actual exam, coupled with the book you should a very good chance the first time around.
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Summary: Obsolete
Review: Don't buy this book for the CCNA exam as the test has changed. Buy the Cisco CCNA Exam #640-801 Certification Guide instead.
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Summary: Odom Does it again.
Review: Having taught the CCNA course with Cisco Press providing the books I found that the Wendell Odom certainly goes far beyond the exam. With the new 640-607 exam out it is important to make sure that the material you study from is up to date and this book takes care of that. What you have is over 1,000 pages that cover the exam objectives and then some. Odom has taken a great deal of time to ensure that the material does exceed the exam. This book is more than a study guide it is a great reference manual to have. The book includes over 25 scenarios, 35 tasks, 8 labs and an appendix with 25 subnetting questions. The subnetting questions are difficult but if you use the manual to learn the techniques you should have no problem. Also each chapter has review questions and answers included. This book is natural progression for the classroom instruction but can be used in a self study mode as well. The cd-rom included has over 300 questions in the new exam format so you have a chance to see the exam before going live. Overall Odom has once again proven that he knows what you need to pass.
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Summary: Very Poor
Review: I am a beginner to Cisco IOS and their products but have an extensive background in networking. I guess I have been spoiled by well written training guides from Microsoft press. This book is extremely hard to use as a training guide. There seems to be no method or structure as peices and topics of information jump at you. I find myself wasting too much time having to read paragraphs over again because they are unclear. Wish I has purchased a different book!
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Summary: This is your Cisco Bible!
Review: I am a Cisco Networking Academy Program student, but between semesters, and in my free time, I'm reading this book. The concepts covered in this book are SO important to know, in order to work with Cisco routers (and networking in general) I call this book next to my Cisco Bible. I think that more, in-depth coverage should be given to the OSI Reference Model, as was done in the CNAP courses... (most of the first semester covers the OSI model!) Knowing the OSI model in and out is your KEY to understanding networking concepts, and if they gave more pages to that, that would make this book better than it already is. :)
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