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Summary: Another victory for David Groth
Review: A+ for the pc technician, Network+ for the Network technician and I-Net+ for the Internet Technician. I-Net+? CompTIA has a new certification out and with the help of this book; you should have very little trouble mastering the concepts.Groth establishes has a highly knowledgeable person with a great deal of experience on the subject matter. Groth is able to present a clear, concise and highly detailed accounting of every objective for the I-Net+ certification exam. In over 650 pages you have diagrams, pictures, examples, tip and notes that will make the studying easier and the worries few. This is the second book I have read on the subject and this is the book I will use to study and pass the exam from. Included is a cd-rom with practice tests, broken down by chapter. Also you can take assessment test and there are even bonus tests included. The cd-rom does come with flash cards for quick study reference. Don't pass up the opportunity to move ahead, grab a copy of this book.
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Summary: good study guide for i-Net+ exam
Review: another great book from David Groth. the book is easy to read yet full of content. it would have been a better book if the author had discussed the Security, Business and Copyright section in further details. The first 75% of the book is very nicely written, however the rest seems to be written in a hurry! never the less, it's a good book for those preparing to take CompTIA iNet+ exam. Last note: i dont think this book alone will pass you the exam, i strongly think that you need to have a firm grasp of Internet and its concepts. If you are an experience Internet user, you'll be just FINE! cheers,
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Summary: Not very well organized.
Review: Despite some of the "good" reviews, this book drove me crazy! It does not sound like it was written specifically for the inet+ exam which is what I was expecting. This is more of a general internet book that missed the mark on the inet test. I took and passed the test though, but after having read further material specific to the exam. I really wonder if the authors even took the exam, because that should explain why some things where covered that were out in left field and why some things werent covered out all or skimmed over that were an important part of my exam.
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Summary: Dr. NeeDLE is absolutely right
Review: For the record I teach HTML/Javascript, Dreamweaver, Flash, and i-Net+ at New Century. The publishing company sent no email when I forwarded the mistakes that Dr. NeeDLE found to them, other than the generic auto-response. I definately do not recommend this book at all. A free study guide is available at http://www.mcmcse.com/comptia/inet/ik0002guide.shtml, and I strongly recommend students use this site as: #1 its free #2 its accurate #3 covers more topics than this Sybex fiasco.
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Summary: good book for the exam
Review: good book for the exam. the first 75% seems to be very nicely written, the rest seems to be written in a rush! this book alone will not let you pass the exam, you need to have a firm grasp of Internet and its concepts. if you are an experienced internet user, you'll definitely pass the exam! PS: good book for a beginner to intermediate level
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Summary: A treat to starters
Review: Hi,i successfully passed out i-NET+ last week.Many many thanks to Sybex Study Guide.Its an excellent book for those who are from non-IT background.The best thing which i liked in this book is that the basics have been very well explained in simple understandable language and the definitions of crucial terminlogies are described up to the point which will not confuse the readers.Make sure that you read all the abbrevations and glossary quoted at the end of the book. But please note that its good for only those who aim to just pass the exam with around 80% score.There are many mistakes in the book,but can be corrected looking at errata.If you are looking for 90% and above, then maybe you will have to refer some more books. Before taking the test I went through the book around 4-5 times (word by word) which took me more than 1 month since i am working.I finished the exam in 1/2 hour(total of 72 questions). You can make intelligent guesses as there is no negative marking for wrong answers.You are allowed to go back and forth and review your answers at any point of time. All The Best to all of you who are planning to take this exam.
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Summary: This book is highly NOT recommended!
Review: I bought this book to self study for the test. There is a LOT of material on the test that is NOT covered in this book. I scored 95% and above on the tests included with the exam, and was very confident going to the testing center. However, when I took the test, a LOT of the material came from nowhere, and certainly not from Groth's study guide. I had originally planned to send Mr. Groth an email to thank him for the book. Now my only plan is to email him to advise him to find another means of income other than authoring mis-informing study guides. If you take no other recommendations from Amazon today, please take this one....
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Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: I passed my certification exam about an hour ago with a score of 768/900 (655 required to pass). I'm not an IT professional; I was mostly interested in learning more about the Internet and showing it on a resume. Passing this test for me was more attributable to the study guide available at the link mentioned in glitteringolga's review (thank you very much for that by the way) and to looking up topics on my own. This book is just not worth your time. The organization is poor, the writing is disjointed and confusing (check out the horrible descriptions of X.25 and Frame Relay for concrete examples), the errors are numerous and most definitely NOT adequately addressed in the errata on Sybex's website, and priorities of what to give the most space to are totally askew. You will be given multiple graphics and very long, step by step processes about how to click on the "File" button on Netscape Navigator, while more esoteric topics are given express treatment, and in most cases do not contain concrete examples or detailed explanations. The review questions both in the book and on the CD are not helpful. They also are poorly worded (one question referred to adding a cache to my network as if it were a singular piece of hardware) and do not approximate much of what I saw on the exam today. If you want to take a practice exam, try the one on MCMCSE's website (same site that has the study guide). It's for the older exam version, but after taking it I would have to say it was more useful than the questions from this book and CD. Throughout the book I noticed oodles of basic punctuation and spelling errors that a high school freshman would have been able to pick out. I guess it's not so surprising that nobody proofread the text when even the content wasn't checked for errors. If you want to prepare for the i-Net+ exam, I would recommend using the study guide at MCMCSE, taking their practice test, and searching the web for anything listed in Comptia's exam objectives that needs clarification. I really can't recommend this book to anyone, even people who really prefer to have a textbook for reference. I am one of those people, and I was really disappointed.
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Summary: Pay more to get less
Review: I passed my certification exam about an hour ago with a score of 768/900 (655 required to pass). I'm not an IT professional; I was mostly interested in learning more about the Internet and showing it on a resume. Passing this test for me was more attributable to the study guide available at the link mentioned in glitteringolga's review (thank you very much for that by the way) and to looking up topics on my own. This book is just not worth your time. The organization is poor, the writing is disjointed and confusing (check out the horrible descriptions of X.25 and Frame Relay for concrete examples), the errors are numerous and most definitely NOT adequately addressed in the errata on Sybex's website, and priorities of what to give the most space to are totally askew. You will be given multiple graphics and very long, step by step processes about how to click on the "File" button on Netscape Navigator, while more esoteric topics are given express treatment, and in most cases do not contain concrete examples or detailed explanations. The review questions both in the book and on the CD are not helpful. They also are poorly worded (one question referred to adding a cache to my network as if it were a singular piece of hardware) and do not approximate much of what I saw on the exam today. If you want to take a practice exam, try the one on MCMCSE's website (same site that has the study guide). It's for the older exam version, but after taking it I would have to say it was more useful than the questions from this book and CD. Throughout the book I noticed oodles of basic punctuation and spelling errors that a high school freshman would have been able to pick out. I guess it's not so surprising that nobody proofread the text when even the content wasn't checked for errors. If you want to prepare for the i-Net+ exam, I would recommend using the study guide at MCMCSE, taking their practice test, and searching the web for anything listed in Comptia's exam objectives that needs clarification. I really can't recommend this book to anyone, even people who really prefer to have a textbook for reference. I am one of those people, and I was really disappointed.
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Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: I read several reviews about this book prior to purchasing it and some gave it mediocre scores. My perception is that it excelled in preparing me for the exam which I passed with ease. Another excellent resource is www.mcmcse.com
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