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Summary: InDepth coverage of CCNA exam
Review: This book covers every aspect of the CCNA exam thoroughly. If you are one of these people who like to have every little detail explained to you right down to the most miniscule concept then Wendell Odom's book is for you. Great buy to prepare for the exam. If I have one negative thing to say about this book is that it weighs a ton.
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Summary: Good preparation guide for the CCNA exam.
Review: This book does a good job in explaining the basics of Cisco routing. Just about enough to get you to the CCNA level as far as theory. The language is a little drier than in the Lammle's book. Therefore, a complete beginner may find it more difficult to comprehend the material. I would also check out "Cisco IOS for IP Routing" by Andrew Colton for more information on Cisco routing and dynamic routing protocols. Once you digest that, Perlman's and Doyle's books would take you further.
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Summary: Verbose but complete
Review: This book does an adequate, but verbose, job of covering the material used to create the CCNA 640-607 exam.The section on subnetting needs the most work if a new addition is released. The author is redundant in his explanations. If you are new to subnetting, look to supplement this section with other materials, and take notes to break down the author's ideas. It isn't as difficult as the number of pages suggest. The demarcation of Extra Credit versus exam bait is good, but the author digresses too many times in the regular body of the text, making it sometimes difficult to determine if some bit of minutia is fair game for the test or not. Granted, the information is helpful in your understanding of Cisco's products, but can cause you to miss a few more important details that are exam covered material. Also, the companion CD is buggy and its sample questions are not nearly representative of the level of difficulty on the actual exam. Just because you pass the book exam, do not assume you are ready for the real thing. I don't hold this against the author though, since he probably didn't create it, and the in-text questions are helpful in ensuring you understand the information. Overall the book is an easy, if longwinded, explanation of the material, and I recommend it to any taking the CCNA exam.
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Summary: great book, cd is trash
Review: This book is pretty complete, but its a bit overwrought. It makes things seem more complicated than they really are and at times goes beyond the scope of the CCNA exam. As a few other reviewers already stated, its a good reference book, but not the best study guide. The Todd Lammel study guide from Sybex is better suited to preparing you for the CCNA exam in my opinion.
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Summary: just ok
Review: This book is pretty complete, but its a bit overwrought. It makes things seem more complicated than they really are and at times goes beyond the scope of the CCNA exam. As a few other reviewers already stated, its a good reference book, but not the best study guide. The Todd Lammel study guide from Sybex is better suited to preparing you for the CCNA exam in my opinion.
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Summary: The CCNA bible
Review: This book is without a doubt the best way to get prepared for taking the ccna. It was well written and concise in its delivery of the information. A book for laymen and beginners alike. The author (Wendell Odom) brings the information with a zeal and passion not found in many of the other books covering the exam. He truly prepares you for all of the ends and outs of the exam. Buy it and buy it quickly if you plan on taking the exam. Believe me, I've taken the exam and attended the Cisco Networking Academy. The academy didn't give me half of what this book brings to the table.
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Summary: Good Reference Guide ,but Bad Study Guide
Review: This book makes the CCNA test seem harder than it is.
While it has all the information in it you need, it is not layed out very well to present it. Suggestions for future additions would be to use a bigger font for the text.
The Sybex study guide for the CCNA test is the best. Easy to ready and if you have expereince with routers and switches you will not have a problem passing the test with this guide
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Summary: Good Practice
Review: This book was very helpful for test preparation. I recommend you start reading it about a month before the test, and do about two chapters a week. There are examples and questions that are very helpful if you don't have access to actual routers and switches. The book covers MORE THAN YOU NEED to know to pass the test, and several sections are marked "extra credit" to denote where you do and don't have to read. All in all very helpful
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Summary: Great book!!!!
Review: This book was wonderful. It helped me to pass my CCNA certification exam with flying colors. It was very well written and explained things in the detail that I was looking for. The rewiew question at the end of the book helped to to rember what I needed to know. If you are thinking about taking the CCN this is the book to buy to get ready for the test.
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Summary: This book needs serious editorial attention!
Review: This has to be the worst book released since the first edition of the McGraw Hill CCIE Study Guide. It's jam packed with technical errors, questions without proper answers, and explainations without context. I made the terrible mistake of waiting to offer a CCNA course until this book became available so my students would have the benefit of the latest material. Bad idea folks. Don't even bother with the practice exam, even if you pass... the test won't know it! This book needs to be recalled and a corrected version made available ASAP. I can only assume they were in a rush. I feel sorry for the author, who otherwise has an extremely good track record. I'm sure the next release will be much better and I seriously recommend waiting for it. - Dan Stachowiak
dan@its-inc.biz
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