CCNA Exam Notes: Cisco Certified Network Associate [Paperback]

Todd Lammle (Author)

Book Description

Series: Exam Notes | Publication Date: March 1999

The CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert) certification denotes proficiency in supporting diverse Internetworks that use routing and bridging technologies. This text provides coverage of the CCNA exam including exactly what the candidate needs to know to pass the exam.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In CCNA Exam Notes: Cisco Certified Network Associate, respected expert Todd Lammle provides more than a mere exam preparation guide for those preparing for the CCNA test (exam 640-407). This book represents a valuable resource for those on the job with internetworking equipment long after they earn their certifications. Lammle sticks close to Cisco's published exam objectives and wastes no space in this compact volume.

Each chapter begins with a list of subjects and skills, with page references for each. The author treats each exam element with clear, easy-to-follow text and numerous conceptual diagrams, pausing every few pages to present some multiple-choice questions (though answers, with brief commentaries, appear right below the questions, so fair self-testing is somewhat hard). Lammle also makes frequent use of definition lists and sample output from routers running IOS. --David Wall

Topics covered: The seven-layer Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) network model; popular wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) protocols; Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) and the fundamentals of routing, switching, and network security; WAN protocols: frame relay, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), High-Level Data-Link Control (HDLC), and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP); LAN protocols: Internet Protocol (IP), IPX, and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP); routing algorithms include Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP).

From the Back Cover

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Exam Notes provides the fastest and most effective way to review essential exam material and make sure you're ready to pass the new CCNA exam (640-607).

The unique, innovative Exam Notes approach helps you gain and retain the knowledge you need, objective by objective:
Critical Information sections provide detailed analyses of the key issues for each exam objective.
Necessary Procedures sections cover the nuts and bolts of each topic with concise step-by-step instructions.
Exam Essentials sections highlight crucial subject areas you'll need to know for the exams.
Key Terms and Concepts sections define the words and concepts vital to passing the exams.

Review Key Information for the New CCNA Exam:
Bridging/Switching
OSI Reference Model & Layered Communications
Network Protocols
Routing
WAN Protocols
Network Management
LAN Design
Cisco Basics, IOS & Network Basics --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 1st edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782125352
• ISBN-13: 978-0782125351
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,383,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Guide, But Not a Replacement for Experience, August 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: CCNA Exam Notes: Cisco Certified Network Associate (Paperback)

Lammle's Study Guide is well written and well organized. I took Cisco's ICND class, which I was told would prepare you for the CCNA, but Lammle's text cuts to the chase and tells you what topics are really important for the test. (ie, only ethernet, only IP & IPX, etc.)

A word of caution: using Lammle's text to become a "paper CCNA" probably won't work. You need to know something already about networking. He tells you that you need to understand the OSI model and gives some details, but you really need to understand it beyond the book. (he suggests another text by his publisher for more details on most topics)

All in all, tho, I would highly recommend this book. There are a few errors, and access to a Cisco router to practice on is helpful, but the bottomline is that this book is what I primarily used to prepare for the exam, and scored a 906 out of 1000 on the exam. (755 is passing) 'Nuff said.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Another Study Source, December 2, 1999

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Will Davis (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CCNA Exam Notes: Cisco Certified Network Associate (Paperback)

I read through this study guide and actually found the questioning (and answers) to be helpful. This study guide should be considered just that - a study guide with Q&A. To pass the Cisco CCNA test you will HAVE to study in-depth access-lists, the OSI layers, ISDN, Frame-relay, Novell frame types, default admin distances, routing updates times, switches and types. In my test I was expecting and was prepared for a lot of sub-netting and but only had a few questions. The book I used as my primary study book was "Cisco Certified Network Associate" by Syngress Media. I also used the Boson Tests as recommended by Todd Lammle. These proved very, very helpful. One more thing, it is also very helpful to practice on a router (at least one). There are 78 questions in 90 minutes and no going back. I passed with a 822. Now I am studying for the ACRC test. Good luck everyone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book rocks!, December 31, 1999

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M. Bell "Reviewer Extraordinaire" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CCNA Exam Notes: Cisco Certified Network Associate (Paperback)

This book breaks each objective down to the stuff you really need to know. I also used the larger Cybex book, also by Lammle, just for more background info. However, this book is really all you need to pass the exam. I got a 906 out of 1000 using primarily this book!