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Summary: Truly Excellent
Review: Has everything you need to acquire the solid foundations needed to embark on the Cisco certification track. I was looking at training materials to teach the CCNA class and this is so far one of the best around (The other is Todd Lammle's Study Guide). It prepares students not only for the CCNA, but lays a firm foundation on the core concepts.It does take a long time to master the materials--at least 6 months of both studying and labs--but it is all worth it. There are other materials out there where you can use and get the CCNA in 3 weeks or less, but you'll find it tough to move along the CCDP, CCIP, CCNP path, not to mention the CCIE exam. Like their Routers, this set is also worldclass!
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Summary: Good Stuff, but the Test is unfair!
Review: I looked at both this book and the Sybex/Todd Lammle book, and decided to order this one. I feel it was a good decision, due to the more rigorous coverage this book provides of the subject matter. I don't think this book's style is "overkill". If you have some networking experience, you can go through this book in two evenings with a highlighter to get a good review before taking a certification exam. And once you've completed the test, this book, unlike the Sybex book, will have some value as a quick reference in your tech library. If you don't have any network experience, I really think this book gives a good tutorial in networking fundamentals although it would take considerable time and effort to soak up all the information in here for the first time. Regardless of your experience level, this book gives you the "Cisco spin" on various topics that you'll need to answer the test questions, even if you're intimately familiar with the works of Richard Stevens, Radia Perlman, etc.
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Summary: Good for self-study
Review: I recommend this set. I used it to prepare the exam and I got just 2 incorrect answers of 65. The "ICND" book is quite good to introduce you on the basics of the cisco platform. The "CCNA Exam Certification Guide" is good to fill gaps in your knowlwdge, it's full of examples and practice questions (but it has errors too). It's CD-ROM has 200+ questions for exam simulation (several errors in the questions/answers) The third book (Internetworking Technologies Handbook) is one of the most complete references I've ever seen. It covers almost all the topics on networking. Worth to buy if you wan to prepare yourself for the exam.
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Summary: Great source for self-study!
Review: I recommend this set. I used it to prepare the exam and I got just 2 incorrect answers of 65. The "ICND" book is quite good to introduce you on the basics of the cisco platform. The "CCNA Exam Certification Guide" is good to fill gaps in your knowlwdge, it's full of examples and practice questions (but it has errors too). It's CD-ROM has 200+ questions for exam simulation (several errors in the questions/answers) The third book (Internetworking Technologies Handbook) is one of the most complete references I've ever seen. It covers almost all the topics on networking. Worth to buy if you wan to prepare yourself for the exam.
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Summary: Look No Further
Review: If you want to learn Cisco routers and switches, get this book. Starts on the level of "what is a switch? what is a router?". By the end of the book, you're doing VLANS, access lists, and all the routing protocols. It is also my suspicion that the CCNA test is cut and pasted from this material, tho I haven't taken the test yet. It helps greatly to have access to a Cisco router when working through the book. But if you don't, the screen shots provide enough detail to get the point across. Each chapter ends with about 10 study questions, and answers are provided at the end of the book to all questions. Great book, well worth the money.
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Summary: Look No Further
Review: If you want to learn Cisco routers and switches, get this book. Starts on the level of "what is a switch? what is a router?". By the end of the book, you're doing VLANS, access lists, and all the routing protocols. It is also my suspicion that the CCNA test is cut and pasted from this material, tho I haven't taken the test yet. It helps greatly to have access to a Cisco router when working through the book. But if you don't, the screen shots provide enough detail to get the point across. Each chapter ends with about 10 study questions, and answers are provided at the end of the book to all questions. Great book, well worth the money.
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Summary: Good choice for passing the CCNA 2.0
Review: It's a very complete library, even if you have not much experience in Internetworking technologies, It just could be a little repetitive in some basic issues, like the OSI reference model or other, but generally it's good.
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Summary: Excellent Exam Prep and Skill Set Teaching Books
Review: Just wanted to say that these books were instrumental in my preparations for passing the CCNA exam ( score 924/1000 ). Read the books, all of them. If you have real world experience, read them anyway as you will pick up the theory and practice of how to configure the routers and switches and pick up some of the more esoteric performance enhancing tips. 5 stars all the way on these books and the software. As far as order of reading I would suggest the ICND book first, The Handbook second followed by the CCNA exam preparation. Definately read somewhere without distractions as these books will require your full attention to details. The only error I found (1 question of 3000, not bad) was in the software on one question that asked for examples of a routed protocol, 2 good answers but it would only let you select 1 and automatically tagged it as a wrong answer.
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Summary: This will get you on your way
Review: This set is excellent. I suggest starting off with ICND to get a grasp of Cisco technology and read over ITH. ITH has alot of great information some of which isnt necessary for the CCNA and may be overkill. Its a great reference tool. Finally the CCNA exam guide with CD fine tune your skills and bring you on your way to CCNA.
The CD, I found, had a few wrong answers, and the errata I downloaded was already corrected in the book.
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