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CCNP Switching Exam Prep (Exam: 640-504)

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It is truly incredible that a book with this many errors could be published. The chapter on multicasting is a disaster.

This book might be a good for others but not for me. I found some errors (I don't have any switch background) For examples. Answer for question number2 on chp 2 is B, not d. Answer for question number16 on chp 2 is d, not e. and on page 175, Global Configuration Mode should be look like this, Hostname(config)#. Not hostname#(config) I can not trust this book

Out of all the Cisco Exams this is the Cisco Switching Exam for the CCNP 2.0 course is the first exam I have passed with reading the book only. Doug Hammond and Sean Odom did a great job and created a book for those with no Cisco experience. I like the imaginary CCIE character that walks you through the labs. That was cool in fact to have step by step lab resolutions. I like chapter 4 which lists all the switches and their features in bar graphs as well. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone studying for their CCNP 2.0 Switching Exam. Looking at the comments from other I see I am not a minority either.

I have to say that this is one of the best study books I have read. I heard about the book through Groupstudy.com and their reveiws as being one of the best study guides available for switching. I have to give me official veiw as it is an A+ book since I passed my Remote Access test with 910 and passing was 755.

This is one of the best Switching books I have read. This book was instrumental in helping me pass my CCNP Cisco certification. Don't think twice about this purchase, It will be money well spent.

How do regular readers review a book before it is available. Are these review real? ...?

As an instructor I use this book in my class finding that it covers every subject and has the answers to every Sylvan Test question from the Switching Exam. I read the review from the previous person and am tending to beleive it is Richard Deal posting a reveiw. #1 Odoms books is about 300 pages thicker than the Exam Cram. #2 The Exam Cram gives the basic answers to the test. The Prep takes you from knowing nothing to expert level. The books have two different purposes and are really meant to compliment each other.

I have read two of the switching books out there and this is the one that I personally recommend and here is why. This book just doesn't stop at the study guide level for the CCNP Switching Exam but it also covers the the components of every LAN switch and their features. This has helped my purchasing decisions so much and everytime someone asks if a switch does something I just go to Chapter 4 and look at the bar graphs and tables for each switch. It has been a cool reference. I like the CCIE character that walks you through each step too. He makes it easy for a first timer on switches to figure out how to make the interfaces work and the configuration run correctly. This is a great book!

I must admit I am a former student of Sean Odom's and so maybe I am bias. He guarenteed me that everything I need to know to pass the Switching Exam was in his book. I passed it with a 940 after reading his book a couple of times. I now only have the Routing Exam left and I will be a CCNP!

I got this book after hearing everyone rave about it on GroupStudy.com. I like the new approach as everyone has been talking about. Using an imaginary character to walk you through step by step is not a bad idea. It's kind of like not having any experience at all and filling in all the question marks. I wish that networking books were written step-by-step like this before I had experience. This has definitely restored my faith in Coriolis books as a whole.