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CCNP Routing Exam Cram (Exam: 640-503)

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This book is a good last minute review for the test, but not a good study guide. It does not cover commands in detail and is weak in the BGP and route optimization parts. The book talks about various topics from a high level view. I'd recommend using CCO or another study guide as your primary study tool and use this book as last minute review for the test. Also, the study questions are no where near the actual test questions. Boson provides better practice questions/problems.

Do youself a favor, wait for the Cisco Press offering. Based on my experience, exam crams for Cisco generally miss the mark. The book was informative, but not what was needed for the test.

The CD with this book has several errors and trying to registar it on line and get "free" updates just does not work. One would do much better to purchase BOSON practice tests from Geocerts.com. They are the way to go along with the Cisco Press book.

This book did a good job of explaining OSPF and EIGRP but was poor on BGP. When 10 out of the first 15 questions on the test were on BGP I knew my ship was sunk. Too many errors - especially in the examples where an error is the last thing you need. Better explanation of BGP is needed.

This book is pretty straight forward and concise. I used it to pass my Routing Exam (scored 886), used Exam Cram books to get my CCNA and MCSE. I am currently reading Exam Cram's Switching as well. Hopefully this gives you an idea of how much I trust these folks and depend on them to pass all my tests.

My core study material is as follows: Exam Cram Routing, Routing Certification guide from Cisco Press, and Transcender Practice Exams. Three more tests to go for my CCNP and Exam Cram will be on my desk for all of them.

Email me if I can help you with any questions regarding the CCNP and related books/tests.

This is book is broder line. Good enough to pass the test. The first few chapters are basic, but then it goes depth with OSPF, EIGRP and BGP protocols. That covers about 90% of the test. The rest is general IP and subnetting information. There are some typos (but then again I have not read a book without any typos) and some of the review questions have the wrong answers. But, overall it is a good study guide.

I used this book just prior to the exam -- it was a great refresher! Questions are good, well written. This is the book to have if you need a good, solid review of the material. It's an exam CRAM not a textbook.

This book is for the most part very well written, and provides some last extra assistance in passing the CCNP routing exam, which I did on the first try. It's one major draw back is that it is weak in it's explaination of BGP, which is a big part of the routing exam. This was not the first book I read to study for the exam, but was the last one.

As with all the Exam Cram books...this one is full of information that is not covered in the Sybex study guide (ex. passive interfaces).

The book does have typos in it, but they are very obvious to anyone who is serious about getting their CCNP.

I would recommend this book as a study aide.

Mannnn, this book is an excellent resource. Upon sitting for the test and being presented a few questions, I felt that I prepared well. I used this book and the Cisco site during my studies and scored very well. Buy this book, follow up on anything that you do not fully understand (Cisco site) and you will do fine.

The topics presented on the test were all covered in the book! Further, for an Exam Cram, the topics were covered in sufficient detail. Coverage of the XL access switches proved to be sufficient, as well. The test interrogated me on several topics related to those switches, more so than I expected. However, knowledge gained from this book pulled me through.

Note: I noticed a few errors in the book related to the all router and all hosts multicast addresses. Beware of that! All router = 224.0.0.2, All hosts = 224.0.0.1. However, a few errors are to be expected with any book. Hence, I bestow five stars upon this book, anyway.

Richard Deal for President!!! This book is off da chain! Thx.