CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide: Exam 640-802 [Paperback]

Todd Lammle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0470110082 | ISBN-13: 978-0470110089 | Edition: 6

Completely Revised for the New 2007 Version of the CCNA Exam (#640-802)

Cisco networking authority Todd Lammle has completely updated this new edition to cover all of the exam objectives for the latest version of the CCNA exam. Todd’s straightforward style provides lively examples, easy-to-understand analogies, and real-world scenarios that will not only help you prepare for the exam, but also give you a solid foundation as a Cisco networking professional.

Packed with updated topics that have been added to the 2007 version of the CCNA exam, this updated study guide features expanded coverage of key topic areas plus new material on switching, network address translation, and OSPF. Inside, find the complete instruction you need, including:

• Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you’re getting the instruction you need for the exam
• Practical hands-on exercises and labs to reinforce critical skills,
• Real-world scenarios that put what you’ve learned in the context of actual job roles
• Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for exam day
• Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam

• CD-ROM Includes:
• Chapter Review Questions
• Four Full-Length Practice Exams
• 200 Electronic Flashcards
• Audio and Video Instruction from Todd Lammle
• Full book in searchable PDF format

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Let this in-depth guide prepare you for the latest CCNA exam

Approach the CCNA exam (640-802) with confidence through the detailed preparation you'll receive in this bestselling study guide from leading Cisco networking authority Todd Lammle. This new edition—updated to reflect the very latest changes in the CCNA exam—features expanded coverage of key topic areas plus new material on the latest switching techniques, network address translation, IPv6, and advanced OSPF. Reinforce your study with the author's supplemental video and audio instruction on CD. Inside, find the complete instruction you need, including:

• Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need for the exam

• Practical hands-on exercises and labs to reinforce critical skills

• Real-world scenarios that put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles

• Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for

• exam day

• Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam

• A handy tear card that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective

Look inside for complete coverage of all exam objectives.

SYBEX TEST ENGINE:
Test your knowledge with advanced testing software. Includes all chapter review questions and bonus exams.

ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS:
Reinforce your understanding with flashcards that can run on your PC, Pocket PC, or Palm handheld.

VIDEO AND AUDIO INSTRUCTION:
Author and popular trainer Todd Lammle provides almost an hour of additional video instruction, as well as thirty minutes of audio.

Also on CD, you'll find the entire book in searchable and printable PDF. Study anywhere, any time, and approach the exam with confidence.

About the Author

Todd Lammle, CCSI, CCNA/CCNP/CCSP, MCSE, CEH/CHFI, FCC RF Licensed, is the authority on Cisco Certification internetworking. He is a world-renowned author, speaker, trainer, and consultant. Todd has over 25 years of experience working with LANs, WANs, and large Wireless networks. He is president of GlobalNet Training, Inc, a network integration and training firm based in Dallas. You can reach Todd through his forum at www.lammle.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 6 edition (August 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470110082
• ISBN-13: 978-0470110089
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 2.1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (121 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > Computers & Technology > Hardware > Bridges & Routers

More About the Author

Todd Lammle, CCNA/CCNP/CCNP Security/CCNP Voice,CEH/CEFI,FCC RF Licensed, popular Sybex author and trainer, has been involved in computers and networking with Fortune 500 companies for almost three decades. He has worked for large companies such as Hughes Aircraft, Xerox, Texaco, Toshiba, Cisco, AAA and IBM, among many others. Todd has shared his networking knowledge and experience in more than 45 Sybex study guides, including his best selling Cisco CCNA Study Guide. Todd Lammle is President & CEO of GlobalNet Training, found at www.lammle.com. Be sure and join his forum and blog!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars THE best CCNA book out there! September 4, 2007

By James J. Mundy

Format:Paperback

I own too many CCNA books. I only wish I had started with this one. As a recertification candidate I was floored by the amount of new material covered by the current CCNA exams. Todd Lammle has such a great way of presenting the material as it relates to the Cisco CCNA exam objectives, but also with respect to what we CCNA's do every day. Read this book, listen to Mr. Lammle's guidance, work the labs with real equipment or a great simulator like RouterSim's Network Visualizer, and pass the exam! This book is the best, and in my opinion the only, CCNA book you need.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent study material for the CCNA Certification Test August 30, 2007

By Rob Hamlin

Format:Paperback

I used this book to pass my CCNA test on August 24th.

This text is much easier to read than the Cisco Press books. The material is easy to understand and Todd had done an excellent job showing the reader his own processes for learning. Two words, Block Size. Who knew calculating subnets could be so easy.

The additional material on the CD (testing questions) are excellent for developing skills as well.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is pursuing a first CCNA or renewing an expired certification.

42 of 51 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly disappointed November 22, 2008

By James Schnack

Format:Paperback

I purchased this book since it would be used in an in-company CCNA mentoring program which I had joined. For that reason, I didn't even consider other books.

I read the whole book, and have to say was very disappointed with it. It has a boatload of typos, many of them in the CLI captures shown, which amazed me... I didn't think someone would actually type that stuff but rather just copy and paste it from router lab scenarios. If taken from live routers, how could so many typos be introduced? Beats me. These typos at times really hinder understanding of the concepts (costs for EIGRP topology table samples come to mind). I started making a list so as to provide it to the author, until I realized they were so many that I just didn't have the time to do someone else's job.

I have also found several mistakes, some of those discussed / reported at Lammle's website (load sharing over static routes, admin distance of a static route using exit interface, etc).

In my opinion, content was disorganized in many parts, and didn't follow a logical order.

I understand that many people may like his informal writing style. I wouldn't mind it myself, if it wasn't at the cost of accuracy and
thoroughness, which this book notably lacks in several parts.

For example, in a section describing default routing and the ip classless command, he waved the issue off by saying something like: "use this command, otherwise sometimes default routing will work, sometimes it won't". Come on, we're talking network engineering here, not cooking recipes...

A co-worker started studying for CCNA roughly at the same time I did, and had bought the Cisco Press books (Wendell Odom Official Exam Guides - 2 books).... I found myself going to those books time after time to seek clarification for things that were just skimmed over in Lammle's book, were confusing, or were not even mentioned. Particularly after starting my rounds of test questions and finding many questions that had no answers in Lammle's book. I found the Odom books did explain why things happened the way they did, and were real eye-openers. They usually required you to read more pages than the Lammle book, which is not surprising since thorough coverage of subjects does require content be layed out. By the end of my review period, I was sorry about my training book selection.

I was also surprised by the significant percentage of the Lammle book devoted to Cisco's SDM. While the Cisco Press books barely touch on it, and my CCNA exam presented me with no questions on it, Lammle spends dozens of pages on it (each chapter has a good chunk on how the chapter's subjects are done via SDM).

In short, if I were to make a recommendation to someone who was to start preparing for this exam, I wouldn't hesitate in pointing him the way of the Cisco Press books (W. Odom) instead of this one.

I did pass the exam, and with a good grade, too, but I felt the real meat I learned it from the CP books, not from this one.

I'm surprised with the many great reviews the book has here, I guess maybe this book would be considered a good tool by those just starting in the networking arena. But I don't see how it would meet the expectations of anybody with a few years into this and looking for in-depth review of how things work the way they do.

Just my views here... hope they can be useful to future CCNA exam takers out there. Read more ›

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for CCNA April 14, 2009

By E. Broda

Format:Paperback

I have been teaching CCNA classes in a Cisco Network Academy since 1999 and we use Cisco Press books, but that does not mean that I think that is enough. I always tell my students to get Todd Lammel's CCNA Study Guide and I have 3 different editions on my shelf right now, including the lastest 6th edition.

I feel those that are trying to understand the CCNA should have at least 2 different sources of material, one being Cisco Press and the other being Todd's book. Todd has been doing this book since the CCNA came out and he has been doing it RIGHT!!!! When you don't understand a subject in one book, having a different view of things tends to help. Like I said, the CCNA is not easy, if it was easy - EVERYONE would be a CCNA!!!

I also would like to single out 1 chapter, one of the hardest things people in networking have trouble with is subnetting!!! Todd's chapter on subnetting is the best chapter on the subject, I have had students so lost on subnetting, I tell them again to get Todd's book and USE IT, they get the book, read the chapter on subnetting and then use it for everything else as they work towards the certification.

Now, will 1 book get you the CCNA Cert? Depends on your background but realisticly I feel you need several sources of material as well as TONS of hands-on labs with sims, emulators or best yet - REAL CISCO routers and switches.

It is not that Todd's book is missing anything - it just takes a very good understanding of the material to pass what is a very hard certification exam. I think having a well rounded education from several books as well as lab work will do that for you!

But if I was only going to buy 1 book, it would be Todd's!!!

Hope this helps!

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great reference tool. October 23, 2007

By Lauren Gale

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I can't agree more with the other reviewers. Their reviews is exactly why I bought the book.

The greatest thing about this book is the casual style it's written in. You can read it without feeling like you're reading a text book. It may not be for the person who is masochistic enough to want to be lectured to in written form, but for someone like me who can fall asleep in a second in a text book, it's fantastic.

If only my other text books were written like this...I'd maybe learn a thing.