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Summary: Mike Meyers is simply the best.
Review: Over the past 13 years there are a few names that have become standouts in the certification arena, Mike Meyers is one of those people, first in A+ and now with the second edition of the Network+ certification. Updating and already highly useful book, Meyers has once again covered each exam objective completely and once again he has gone far beyond the exam to give the reader more than enough information. This 700 plus page manual, broken down into three parts begins with part 1 covering networking fundamentals, client/server concepts, resource sharing and the always difficult OSI Model. Meyers' expertise has never been more apparent than it is throughout this first section. In part 2 the Basic LAN section, you'll handle topics like hardware, topologies, Ethernet and 802 standards, 5-4-3 rule, token ring, FDDI, ATM, cabling. Protocols like NETBeui, NetBios, IPX, SPX, TCP/IP and AppleTalk are the next areas that have been given coverage. The section winds up with TCP/IP utilities like DHCP, DNS, WINS, YCP and UDP. From there you move onto NOSes like NT, Novell, UNIX, Linux and the MAC. Then you go to part 3 which is the beyond the LAN section, most of this section goes beyond the exam objectives but as you have come to expect from Meyers, this is information that will carry beyond the test right into the job. In part 3 permissions, rights, resource sharing, web concept of HTTP, FTP and HTTPS, remote connectivity like SLIP, PPP, PPTP, VPNs and authentication and encryption. Finally Raid, backup solutions and troubleshooting round out what is already a masterful layout of technical expertise. Each chapter has practice questions, there is a cd with hundreds of questions and you can go directly to Total Seminars to get even more practice questions. Overall is you are looking to make short work of the Network+ exam start here for the best chance possible.
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Summary: A well written, effective study guide.
Review: Thank you, Mike! I just passed my Network+ exam with 860 out of 900, using this guide as my primary study source. I also bought his 600 practice questions bundled with a Prometric exam voucher for $157 from his website, www.totalsem.com. The practice tests were quite close to the actual exam. I recommend following up with the Network+ certification soon after completing the A+ certification because there is a large overlap in material. Together these certifications can be used to cover the elective exam requirement for Microsoft's MCSA certification.
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Summary: Crazy guy, good book
Review: The author's sarcasm and jokes can be quite annoying at times and refreshing at others, but the content is pretty good. The book is filled with personal opinions on certain topics. For a certification book, he could have stuck to the facts a little better instead of going on about industry debates. This is a great book for insight into networking with lots of detailed pictures. Maybe not the best book for someone with a lot of experience who just wants to study. Either way, if you read it front to back, you should have little trouble getting certified. Also, this is the only book I could find that covers the 2002 objectives.
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Summary: Network+ certification
Review: The author's writing style is similar in the books that he writes for the various certifications that are available. The questions at the end of the chapters don't follow the network+ standards and the tests in the CD-ROM don't follow the current adaptive standards that CompTia uses for certification. Most topics are explained well, but the book lacks information about ComtTia required objectives. The reader is not made aware as to what chapter corresponds to the required objectives. Tamara Dean's book aims more closely at the CompTia required standards. Still this book is one of the best readable books when it comes for network+ certification.
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Summary: Great book with a helpful author!!! :-)
Review: The best thing about this book is that I wasn't sure about something in it and e-mailed Mike Meyers and in only a couple of hours he responded to me with a very detailed explanation of why he wrote what he did. The book is filled with highly discripted items and covers the material very well and becaues of that and the fact that he answerd my question right away, I give him FIVE STARS! Thank You Mike!
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Summary: 2 L's "LONG and LACKING"
Review: The outside of the book really sells you until you get into it and realize that everything covered just skims the surface. I found this out in time becuase I got another set of questions to study from and compared to this books questions I knew nothing. The questions in this book will give you a false sense of security because all other study guides are much more advanced and the questions are much more indepth. I now, have to purchase another book and push back my exam date because of the overload of useless information and corny jokes that the book is filled with. In my opinion if you want a book that gets to the point and sticks to the facts this is NOT the book for you. Save yourself 21 chapters and [the purchase price]
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Summary: Good study guide, but lacking in certain areas...
Review: This book follows the format of the revised Network+ exam very closely. One would probably be able to pass the exam using just this book in combination with some previous knowledge and/or experiance. However, I would recommend picking up Tamara Dean's Network+ book to fill in some of the areas not covered closely enough by Meyers, such as Remote Access, WAN technologies and Network Troubleshooting. Also, the end of chapter questions in this book are weak at times, and do not accurately represent the difficulty of the exam itself. The tests on the CD-ROM are a good practice tool.
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Summary: Unprofessional tone mars an otherwise great book.
Review: This book is informationally sound, but written with an inappropriately informal tone. At one point he addresses his readers in a rush of enthusiasm as "my little chocolate drops". In a summary review of TCP/IP terms (which begins "Holy acronyms, Batman!"), the definition of DHCP is given as "a protocol that automatically configures all of this crap for you!" I found this approach very distracting, and instead recommend the Exam Cram 2 Network+ book.
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Summary: Good book, but test prep...maybe not
Review: This was a very enjoyable book to read and as far as giving a good knowledge of networking it succeeds. Anyone interested in good overall information on networking should get this book. Unfortunately the title of this book is "Network+ Exam Guide" and not a general book on networking. So as a test prep guide I think it misses the mark. The test is very hard, and in the books credit I don't think any one book can really prepare you for the scope of the network+ exam. My test asked some unusual and obscure questions. Some of these were not covered in this book at all, or maybe a passing side note so small I didn't even see it (AFP, nslookup). Some questions on the exam were on subjects that I think would be rare to encounter in any relatively normal or modern network. The exam also questions common topics in a very roundabout and tricky way. Now I'm not discrediting this book, I still think it is useful, but not as an "all-in-one" guide. I would still consider this book, BUT NEVER as your only guide. Get SEVERAL resources to cover your tracks. Memorize SPECIFIC DETAILS not just general information, be "strict" in your studying habits. If you read something and think it is too obscure, you'll likely be surprised. Know all your commands, your protocols, your connection types, and file services. Be a trivia master when it comes to networking!
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Summary: Get started by reading this book
Review: Use this book to get off of your behind to begin your studies. This is an extremely easy read. It's so easy to read it will make you feel as if you are ready to take the exam after the last page. SUPPLEMENT this book with other sources. Net+ test is very expensive to take; be prepared. Gig 'Em Fightin' Texas Aggies.
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