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CCNP: Routing Study Guide Exam 640-503 (With CD-ROM)
โ Scribed by Todd Lammle, Sean Odom, Kevin Wallace
- Publisher
- Sybex Inc
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 549
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
I really wanted to like this book. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent book but after using the Lammle/Sybex book to pass my CCNA this book is a let down. This book, though not intentionally, is two books. The first half is well-written and explains IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF in an in-depth, easy-to-read fashion. The second half covers BGP and leaves you scratching your head. I don't know if the topic of BGP is so complicated it's hard to put into words, but considering how much of the book covers BGP (3/10)I will have to look elsewhere for more information.
Addendum - I took the routing test for the CCNP and I can honestly tell you this book is useless unless you like a birds-eye view of information. I knew this book cover to cover, and still there were topics and commands on the test I had never seen before. I also used the corresponding cram session (again I knew it cover to cover)...and the Sybex virtual trainer...and guess what...I failed! (In case you're wondering if it's just my intelligence, I have a master's degree in aqueous geochemistry).
Stick with the Cisco books...a bit more dry to read, but far more informative.
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Try reading pages 313 to 321 and you will find coverage of HSRP. Good god and these people want to be CCNP's? I give up!
This book is so incredibly boring and that is coming from a person who eats up technical books, i found the chapters on appletalk extremly hard to follow! i would not use this book as your only source to study from, if you are depending on this book to pass the test, be prepared to take it again, ca
This is a good book, accurate and up to date, but won't fully prepare you for the CCNA exam. Cisco's ICND book is still considered the official text for the exam.
This is a good book, accurate and up to date, but won't fully prepare you for the CCNA exam. Cisco's ICND book is still considered the official text for the exam.