CCENT Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Study Guide (Exam 640-822) (Study Guide Book & CD) [Paperback]

Matt Walker (Author), Angela Walker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071591141 | ISBN-13: 978-0071591140 | Edition: 1

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available for CCENT Exam 640-822

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, CCENT Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Study Guide covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

100% complete coverage of all official objectives for exam 640-822:

• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front and back of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam

Covers all CCENT exam topics, including:

OSI Reference Model · TCP/IP · Network Media and Devices · Ethernet Standards · Switching · Routing · IP Addressing · IP Address Subnetting · IOS and Configuration Files · CLI · Cisco Switch and Router Configuration · WANs and WLANs · Applications, Security, and Troubleshooting

CD-ROM includes:

• Practice test engine, powered by Boson, featuring: 100 practice exam questions; Detailed answers with explanations; Chapter quizzes and real exam environment simulations
• Score Report performance assessment tool
• Interactive network simulation software, powered by Boson with simulated lab exercises
• 15+ instructional video clips
• Electronic book for studying on the go

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About the Author

Matt Walker, CCNA, CCNP, MCSE, CEH, CNDA, CPTS, is the IA training instructor supervisor and a senior IA analyst at Dynetics, Inc. He served as the director of network training, curriculum lead, and senior instructor for the local Cisco Networking Academy on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Angela Walker, CISSP, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, is a senior security analyst for Dynetics, Inc. She has developed and taught courseware worldwide for the U.S. Air Force.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (July 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071591141
• ISBN-13: 978-0071591140
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An IT Security and Education professional for over 20 years, Matt served as the Director of the Network Training Center and the Curriculum Lead/Senior Instructor for the local Cisco Networking Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany. After leaving the US Air Force, Matt served as a Network Engineer for NASA's Secure Network Systems (NSS), designing and maintaining secured data, voice and video networking for the Agency. Soon thereafter, Matt took a position as Instructor Supervisor and Sr. Instructor at Dynetics, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama, providing on-site certification awarding classes for ISC2, Cisco, and CompTIA, and after two years came right back to NASA as the IT Security Manager for UNITeS, SAIC, at Marshal Space Flight Center. He has written and contributed to numerous technical training books for NASA, Air Education and Training Command, US Air Force, and commercially, and continues to train and write certification and college-level IT and IA Security courses. Matt holds numerous commercial certifications, including CEHv7, CPTS, CNDA, CCNA, and MCSE. After two years as the IT Security Manager for Lockheed Martin at Kennedy Space Center, Matt is currently a Security Engineer for Hewlett Packard.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, June 1, 2009

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This review is from: CCENT Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Study Guide (Exam 640-822) (Study Guide Book & CD) (Paperback)

I did end up enjoying this book. I have not read others regarding the CCENT exam, so its hard for me to say how it compares. I did find it entertaining enough to keep reading without my mind wandering as my eyes continued to scan the words.

There were some areas that the authors seemed a little too brief about. I was glad that I had utilized other means of training to fully understand what they were talking about.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, many errors, May 19, 2010

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Omar Chavez "Hardcore Dune fan" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CCENT Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician Study Guide (Exam 640-822) (Study Guide Book & CD) (Paperback)

The book is very easy to read and takes good effort to explain in a simple way the concepts and exam materials. They take a good emphasis on what you must know for the test and what you should know even if is not test covered.

The CD has a lot gadgets that eventually may come in hand during you CCENT preparation. Even a "light" version of Boson NetSim, which I haven't tried.

I, overall, find this book enjoyable, well explained and complete.

So, why the 3/5 stars? It has some unforgivable errors.

There are some examples that state one thing but then the illustration or the example say otherwise. The most notorious cases is when they talk about IP addressing, in some examples they show and IP address on its decimal form and then convert it into binary, but in a completely different number!!! The same thing happens in some network diagrams where the IPs do not match of they even repeat IPs for different routers or/and subnets.

Even when they explain how to configure the hyper-terminal, the explanation has one configuration (erroneous) but the illustration has another different (the correct one).

I already have read other CCNA/CCENT books so I am familiar with the material, and I could spot the errors, and understand what they tried to explain. I do not know if someone that reads the CCENT material for the first time could overcome this or get utterly confused. Hence the 3 stars.

Hopefully they will correct all that I mentioned in future editions, the book itself is actually pretty good, but I could not find any contact info for the autors for feedback.

Omar