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CCNA Certification: Routing Basics for Cisco Certified Network Associates

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I bought Robert Myhre's CCNA Certification book and a Cisco 2501 Router on February 1, 2000. Prior to that date I had no working knowledge of Cisco routers and very little knowledge of networking in gereral. Today, February 5, 2000 I passed the Cisco CCNA test with an 804. The only study guide I used was this book and a router. This book covers every CCNA exam objective. It has excellent labs with practice questions at the end of each chapter. The author has done an exceptional job.

CCNA is one of the fastest growing certifications in the computer industry and there are so many books on the subject that it's hard to make a choice sometimes. If there was a book that would give you what you need and make it easy to understand you would buy it, right?

Maybe you check out CCNA Certification by Prentice Hall. Starting with the OSI model then moving to Hardware devices, followed up with TCP/IP, you have a great starting point. Also there is great overview of other CISCO switches and routers and for the test this is very handy.

There is one of the best breakdowns of TCP/IP addressing and subnetting I have ever read. The author simplifies static and dynamic routing, IPX/SPX, access lists and managing the router. There is also a chapter on router commands and extra features, another useful tool in passing the exam.

Appendix A is the answers to the practice questions, Appendix B is practice exercises and C is command structure and a cd with helpful utilities is also included. The only drawback to the whole book is there is no page numbers making it difficult to find things. Overall this book will give you everything you need to pass and for the money a good purchase.

I'm new to the IT world, and I've still never laid hands on a router, so I had to do a great deal of reading to pass the CCNA exam. Mr. Myhre's book did more than any of the others I read to help me become familiar with and understand the exam topics. I had read some other Cisco books prior to reading this one; it's the one that really brought things together. The practice questions seemed easier than those in other books and may give a false sense of security if this is the only book you have read, but I think if you're seeking your CCNA and have limited or no experience you should read more than one book anyway (and find a good router simulator). After reading several books, I recommend this path to folks with limited experience who are pursuing the CCNA*: (1.) Myhre's book (this one!); (2a.) Lammle's study guide; (2b.) Lammle's e-trainer router simulator; (3.) Lammle's CCNA Exam Notes <* Note that this is in reference to CCNA1: 640-407. This test will be retired at the end of July 2000, so the new CCNA (640-507) may change this.>

I really like the way this book is put together - many thanks to Mr. Myhre. I didn't think the page numbers were hard to find, either. This is the best place to start your CCNA pursuit.

This book makes learning the concepts needed to become a CCNA easy on the reader. This is the most well written technical book I've ever seen. The class tested lessons are easy to understand and spell the difficult parts of the CCNA curriculum out in simple terms. I recommend this book for future CCNAs and as an everyday technical reference.

This is a good book, but not great, I am an IT professional and use Cisco all day ansd live in the IOS was looking for a book to help me get ready for the CCNA this isnt it.... Look into the sybex book by Lammle

This book is a good resource, however, I found that there were a number of problems with the practice questions. It would be helpful if the book included explanations on why particular answers weren't right and more importantly that PH would publish errata to the book. It would also be helpful if people who didn't know that CCNA 2.0 is out that they should be buying the newer material. The original CCNA test expired in the summer of 2000. My test comes up in less than 7 days and I'm scrambling to find out what the differences are. Shame on you PH.

This book does not cover the exam and sticks too close to the Cisco ICND course, which the exam does NOT! Get the Sybex book instead or in addition to this book. Oh, I bought the Sybex CCNA e-trainer and it worked great with both books.

The book has good content, but it's hard to locate the content, because there are NO PAGE NUMBERS. The book has a table of contents and an index. They both list all the topics and the page it should be on, but that doesn't do you any good without numbers on the pages. I like the scenarios. I like the content. This is the only book on Cisco and CCNA that I've bought so far so I don't have a lot to compare it with. I'm just basing my review on readability (vocabulary and grammar, whitespace), layout, detailed explanations, scenarios, practice questions, diagrams and so on. I can't even tell at this point how accurate it all is, but at least it's got all this stuff and it's laid out well.

This book is a good resource, however, I found that there were a number of problems with the practice questions. It would be helpful if the book included explanations on why particular answers weren't right and more importantly that PH would publish errata to the book. It would also be helpful if people who didn't know that CCNA 2.0 is out that they should be buying the newer material. The original CCNA test expired in the summer of 2000. My test comes up in less than 7 days and I'm scrambling to find out what the differences are. Shame on you PH.

I had taken ICRC and then took a class taught by Mr. Myhre based on this book. The 2 courses did not even compare. There were people that had been through ACRC that did not have a good grasp of subnetting until this course. I've seen some of the other reviews saying there are other outside materials needed to pass the CCNA exam. I think Mr. Myhre would agree. The point of this book is to enable you to understand the concepts and know the basics. It is up to the individual to apply them. And yes, I had a couple of questions on switching on my 640-507. The success rate for the 15 person class taking the test and passing the first time was over 75%!