The Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification is the top-tier certification in Cisco's Network Support program. This text provides information on Cisco routers and switches, WAN, and switching concepts and technologies. The CD includes a bonus exam and electronic flash cards.
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In a world where most CCIE books are as dense and understandable as a phone book in a language you just started learning last week, the CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Study Guide is a breath of fresh air--readable, clear, and admirably concise. Unfortunately, that readability comes at a price, and that price is a lack of depth.
You can't fault the authors, though--the CCIE is a daunting exam, covering a wide range of topics in a sometimes-terrifying depth. And given that books tend to fall apart under their own weight if they get over twelve hundred pages, any book publisher has to choose between packing friendliness or information into those compressed slices o' wood pulp. For the CCIE Study Guide, they chose readability, making it perhaps the only beginners' guide to the most advanced certification available.
But since you're going to be buying more than one book for this exam anyway, why not get one you'll enjoy reading? And the CIEE Study Guide functions as a stellar overview, explaining the CCIE topics with deft aplomb and some of the best writing you're likely to see in this advanced arena, where technical wizardry is often valued more highly than clarity.
The amazing thing about the CCIE Study Guide is the cleanness of the writing: it gets the essentials of large unwieldy concepts across in a few sentences. Which is not to say that you won't have to reread it a couple of times to understand some of the rough spots, but the amount of rereading is drastically minimized from what it could be. Carefully thought-out diagrams spotlight various routing issues, and definitely help with visualization.
But even considering the clear writing, the detail is fairly sparse. The responses you'll get to various command lines are sometimes truncated for space, which may cause problems for those who aren't used to sorting through pages of output to find the critical data. The sections on Ethernet frames contain information, but they're not comprehensive. In short, there's a heck of a lot here, but the CCIE will require a bit more in almost every case.
There are 20 questions at the end of every chapter, and they're all right--but they're definitely a step down from what you can expect to see on the actual CCIE, and they're all simple multiple-choice questions. No scenario-style questions to be found here, buddy. The answers, sadly, are terse and don't always explain why the other options are wrong.
In short, backed with some Web research and a couple of other books, this could be the foundation for a real passing grade--but it's not quite enough. However, if you've lost your way during all of the individual exams and need an overview--or want a refresher course that is technically accurate as far as it goes and is comparatively fun to read--then you won't regret it. This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. --William Steinmetz
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I passed the CCIE Written because of this book.,
By Jeff Pullcheck (Pheonix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Study Guide (Hardcover)
The CCIE written and CCIE lab are completely different and require different skills. This book prepares you for the CCIE written, which, to be honest, is not that hard. There is no depth and no complex scenarios. Basic technology question. I thank the authors for not putting in unecessary material.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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At last a Book of Choice,
By SUDIPTA KUMAR PAL (CALCUTTA, WEST BENGAL India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Study Guide (Hardcover)
There are many books available leading to the CCIE certification but since quality of study is more important than the quantity, this book appears to be a cool breeze. I was rather being overwhelmed by the span of the syllabus and promiscously bought 9 books on CCIE, among which only this book seems to have a very focussed target and covered almost everything.But I have found a very concise discussion on Routing protocols (RIP/IGRP/EIGRP/OSPF/IS-IS) in this book which I think is not sufficient for a CCIE aspirant. But there are many a topics those are not seen in the other books.
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This review is from: CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Study Guide (Hardcover)
This book is current compared to the other CCIE titles available - Cisco seem to change the blueprint regularly. So i was pleasantly surprised to find VoIP and ATM in this title - Great!!John Swartz - a CCIE, who owes it all to the Commodore 64! - lends a great deal of technical expertise to this title. It was good to see that Todd enlisted the skills of a CCIE. Overall, Great book.
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