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Summary: 640-507 is a retired test.
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This book covers a retired exam (640-507).Passport does not produce the CCNA 640-607 book. This book will not prepare you for the CCNA any more.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Great overview of the CCNA objectives. Use this and a router sim and you are all set for either the 507 or 607 exams. The book is concise and easy to follow rather than Cisco press books that overwhelm you with really obscure details and words. Flipside, if you want a career in Cisco routers than look more into the CCNP exam. CCNA is for people such as admins of Windows boxes or Unix boxes looking to get some working knowledge of Cisco routers and switches. IE: This BOOK WILL NOT MAKE YOU A CISCO GURU but IT IS ENOUGH TO WORK AS A WINDOWS/UNIX NETWORK ENGINEER
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Great overview of the CCNA objectives. Use this and a router sim and you are all set for either the 507 or 607 exams. The book is concise and easy to follow rather than Cisco press books that overwhelm you with really obscure details and words. Flipside, if you want a career in Cisco routers than look more into the CCNP exam. CCNA is for people such as admins of Windows boxes or Unix boxes looking to get some working knowledge of Cisco routers and switches. IE: This BOOK WILL NOT MAKE YOU A CISCO GURU but IT IS ENOUGH TO WORK AS A WINDOWS/UNIX NETWORK ENGINEER
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Summary: Excellent, concise study guide.
Review: Having browsed for hours at the various CCNA training books on offer, I finally chose this one. Having been in IT for a few years with networking experience I found that this book was the best one to consolidate the knowledge required for the exam into a readable, concise format. A lot of the full-sized texts are padded with extra words that don't seem to contribute to the overall depth or understanding of topics. While these might be OK for the beginner or inexperienced networking people they are just boring and can be patronising for experienced people just wanting to get certified. (eg: the coverage of IP addressing in the Sybex one, not to mention the amount of unused space on the pages) With this book I got the information that I needed, in a well written and compact format. I fully recommend this book for anyone that already has a bit of knowledge and doesn't want to bother reading through a lot of extraneous text.
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Summary: Some areas need a little more information - 4 1/2 stars!
Review: Having passed the CCNA exam last year and having taught the ICND class over the past several months I am always looking for new material to better the class. Finding this book has given me new ideas and labs to create for the class. In over 400 pages, this book has a narrow focus on only the exam objectives. While the book does a good job of covering the exam for those with limited knowledge or exposure you'll need alternative resources for studying. Covering the OSI model, media, cabling, the IOS and boot process, CDP, config register, bridging, switching, spanning tree, the 1900 switch, VLANs, TCP/IP and subnetting gets you about two thirds through the book. From there static and dynamic routing, RIP and IGRP, access lists, WANS, including HDLC, PPP, ISDN, DDR and Frame Relay finish out the coverage. Each chapter has questions and answers. There is also a cd with practice questions included and I think to make this the perfect study tool a router simulator should be included. Overall very good.
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Summary: Book needs some work
Review: If only this book had authors that were as good with networking as I am with world economic planning, it would be valuable. --Alan Greenspan
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Summary: Short (what is good) but having tens of errors.
Review: Lots of errors and all kinds of typos.
Some topics are missed.
Only good if you already know the material so
you will enjoy finding errors and misleading facts.
I am wondering if author ever read his own book.
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Summary: Clear and Interesting Read
Review: This book is great. I passed the 640-607 exam yesterday with 911/1000. I used the Sybex study guide, the Exam Cram and a course in addition to this. Apart from the hands on experience guaranteed by the course this was the single most important factor in my passing the exam. Unlike some of the other books the concepts are explained clearly and in a way that does not put you to sleep allowing you to read it quickly and feel that you have learnt a lot.
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Summary: Excellent Overall Review/Summary for the CCNA
Review: This is by far the *best* overall concise explanation of the Cisco Objectives for the CCNA I've found. The chapters are very well written, with enough examples for you to clearly understand the objectives. The book aims at covering the objectives for the CCNA in a straightforward, easy to understand format. At this it succeeds brilliantly. Out of all the books I've read self-studying for my CCNA (I come from an MCSE background), this is one of the two best. This book is not meant to be a "test" book with many exam questions, but the accompanying CD has a fair amount of questions to test your understanding. I could not give the book five stars because I felt the coverage on subnetting was inadequate. Overall, however this book has covered everything else exceptionally well.
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Summary: Excellent Overall Review/Summary for the CCNA
Review: This is by far the *best* overall concise explanation of the Cisco Objectives for the CCNA I've found. The chapters are very well written, with enough examples for you to clearly understand the objectives. The book aims at covering the objectives for the CCNA in a straightforward, easy to understand format. At this it succeeds brilliantly. Out of all the books I've read self-studying for my CCNA (I come from an MCSE background), this is one of the two best. This book is not meant to be a "test" book with many exam questions, but the accompanying CD has a fair amount of questions to test your understanding. I could not give the book five stars because I felt the coverage on subnetting was inadequate. Overall, however this book has covered everything else exceptionally well.
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