Managing IP Networks with Cisco Routers

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Summary: ok for beginners, not great
Review: Although Scott, and the editors, exhibit a syle that is excellent for the novice readers, sometimes the technical side is a bit needy. Figures 1-2 and 1-3 blew our entire class away. The point should have been made with /20 as the subnet mask for third octet host id's in the range of 8+4+2+1(i.e., one through fifteen in third octet).Proof through positive example is better than negative non-working examples on the first time through. Additionally, any reader of "Managing IP Networks" who takes the time to read the appendix probably would not be confused in to thinking "twisted pair" is maybe not "copper". All in all, excellent reading for the networking student.

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Summary: Enjoyable casual reading style is excellent
Review: Although Scott, and the editors, exhibit a syle that is excellent for the novice readers, sometimes the technical side is a bit needy. Figures 1-2 and 1-3 blew our entire class away. The point should have been made with /20 as the subnet mask for third octet host id's in the range of 8+4+2+1(i.e., one through fifteen in third octet).Proof through positive example is better than negative non-working examples on the first time through. Additionally, any reader of "Managing IP Networks" who takes the time to read the appendix probably would not be confused in to thinking "twisted pair" is maybe not "copper". All in all, excellent reading for the networking student.

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Summary: ok for beginners, not great
Review: although this is a pretty good book for beginners, it is not the best. But, then again , I am yet to find a execellent book for beginners on cisco routers.

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Summary: Good intro to what it the cover states
Review: I enjoyed the content of this book. I must stress that it is an intro to networking with Tcp/IP. It is rather vague in details on quite a few subjects in the CISCO arena. I was a little dissapointed with it's delivery of IP subnetting. I was looking for more of a detailed description relating down to the binary or hexadecimal values. Overall, I think it is a good book to start off with and to gather the terminologies from. It does give brief descriptions of many of these but doesn't exert details with many. If you are the person looking for an intro into CISCO routers dealing with an IP point of view, this book is for you.

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Summary: Good intro to what it the cover states
Review: I enjoyed the content of this book. I must stress that it is an intro to networking with Tcp/IP. It is rather vague in details on quite a few subjects in the CISCO arena. I was a little dissapointed with it's delivery of IP subnetting. I was looking for more of a detailed description relating down to the binary or hexadecimal values. Overall, I think it is a good book to start off with and to gather the terminologies from. It does give brief descriptions of many of these but doesn't exert details with many. If you are the person looking for an intro into CISCO routers dealing with an IP point of view, this book is for you.

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Summary: Great book but out of date.
Review: This book is for those who wish to design networks at the router level. If you aren't designing networks, you may find this book not quite as useful. The Cisco Internetwork Operating System is out of date but most of the commands in the book still work but newers IOS will have a terminal wizard now that will setup up most things in the book much easier.

By the way, I am a network administrator.

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Summary: A good introductory book but not technical enough
Review: This book is not technical enough to manage a TCP/IP network consisting of Cisco routers, as you might have expected from the book's title. Thus I was quite disappointed when I read the book. The interface configuration, for example, was presented in the Appendix. For someone not familiar with TCP/IP and routers, this book may be a helpful start. But if you are looking for a book on managing the routed network, ckeck out the book by Chris Lewis.

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Summary: An Excellent Refresher Book
Review: This is a great book for people just starting out with TCP/IP and CISCO routers. It points out the major concepts when dealing with CISCO routers without reading the thousand page manual which accompanies the CISCO router. However, for those who regularly work CISCOs and TCP/IP this book can provide a quick brush on some basic concepts but it does not contain anywhere near the detail required to properly configure, troubleshoot and maintain a WAN comprise of CISCOs especially with all the various fallacies in the various CISCO IOS revisions.This is one of the most comprehensive book I have seen written on CISCO routers and Internetworking.

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Summary: Good (pocket sized) Introduction to Cisco Routers
Review: Very much an introductory book to both Cisco Routers and networking. If you want a toe in the water this is the book for you; also ideal for those in IT Management who are not in the technological front line. Priced OK, too.

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Summary: Good fundamental reference reading
Review: While it doesn't provide a cut and paste how-to, I find this book worth going back to to refresh fundamentals. I work with Bay gear, and this is still a great book. I read very few books from cover-to-cover, but I've already read this one twice. As someone who's WAN is still relatively small, this book targets many of the issues I'm facing as our network grows.