CISCO Certification: Bridges, Routers & Switches for Ccies [Hardcover]

Andrew Bruce Caslow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0130825379 | ISBN-13: 978-0130825377 | Edition: 1st

Today's hottest networking certification is Cisco's CCIE program -- but only 30% of testers pass this tough exam on the first try. This book focuses on the in-depth, hands-on internetwork configuration and troubleshooting that are the toughest part of the exam. Begin with the physical and data-link foundations of Cisco-based internetworks, including configuration and troubleshooting frame-relay, ISDN/DDR and the Catalyst 5000. Understand key IP address planning issues, including routing protocol configuration for RIP, IGRP, OSPF and EIGRF. Review configuring IP exterior gateway protocols, non-IP routing protocols (including IPX, AppleTalk and DecNet), and non-routable protocols, including SNA and NetBIOS. Finally, master the key aspects of controlling and filtering traffic with access lists, access expressions, queue lists, dialer lists and routemaps. This hands-on course covers both technologies and test-taking strategies, helping you pass the exam -- and get results long afterwards.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

As author Andrew Bruce Caslow so eloquently states, Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers, and Switches for CCIEs is focused solely on providing a structured roadmap to Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) certification. At the very least, it will help you master the portion of certification that pertains to configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting the Cisco equipment referenced in the title. A massive volume--the table of contents alone is 34 pages long--the coverage within ranges from general guidelines for port configuration to information on bridging nonroutable traffic to details on navigating the Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS).

As is common to this genre, the book is replete with configuration commands, diagrams, and tables. However, it maintains a more pragmatic tone than most as each chapter ends with some or all of the following elements: a summary, a professional development checklist, references for further study, and a "Can You Spot the Issues?" section containing networking word problems. The answers to these problems are found in one of the book's appendices. Also included is a section devoted to test preparation and test-taking techniques that details the skills assessed during the CCIE exam as well as commonly encountered testing landmines. An admirable effort, this granular but well-organized tome certainly appears to meet its stated goal. --Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

From the Inside Flap

"When we think about the future of the world, we always have in mind its being at the place where it would be if it continued to move as we see it moving now. We do not realize that it moves not in a straight line, but in a curve, and that its direction is changing constantly." -Ludwig Wittgenstein Writing this book was a tremendous challenge. The potential topics of CCIE certification are vast, ever expanding and ever changing. In order to cover the wide range of topics covered in this book, assistance from several associates in the Cisco community was required. In particular, I would like to thank Valeriy Pavlichenko (CCIE) for providing technical editing services. Valeriy is one of the most disiplined and systematic internetworking engineers in the business. Without his feedback, much of the work of this book would not have been done. Secondly, special thanks must be given to Brent Baccala, the editor of the Internet Encyclopedia at. Brent provided key contributions to Chapters Nine, Eleven and Fourteen. Brent Baccala is blessed with a tremendous combination of brilliant technical insight and strong writing skills. Brent's ability to explain highly technical topics clearly has been tremendous inspiration to me. Finally, special thanks must be given to fellow Cisco Certified Instructor and CCIE Rajah Chowbay. Rajah assisted in drafting Chapter Seven of this book as well as provided tremendous influence in the structure in each and every chapter of this book. Thanks must also be given to Mr. Albert Spaulding and his company ARS, Ltd. (Alexandria, Virginia) for providing the time and resources to write this book. Thank you Mr Spaulding and ARS! Specific contributions to the book came from the following associates: Paul Bourghese (CCIE and Certified Cisco Instructor) for developing Chapter Twenty-Four. James Park (CCIE and Certified Cisco Instructor) for editing Chapters Sixteen, Seventeen and Twenty-Five. Fred Ingham (CCIE and Certified Cisco Instructor) for editing Chapters Twenty-One as well as Chapters Twenty-Three through Twenty-Nine. Summantra Roy (CCIE) for reviewing Chapter Twenty-One. Guillermo The Marine!! Rastelli for providing graphics and logistics support. All ARS Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs students. ARS BRS students are the best and brightest students in the internetworking industry! Remember my students, "Can you spot the issue?" Writing this book also required extensive support of friends and family. Special thanks goes out to my mother, my brothers and sisters, my dear friends Spottie, the Constable of France and the Schwarz Graf. Finally, I must thank my wife Lania and two daughters Andreina and Gabriela for their love and support during the long lonely months of writing this book.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 840 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130825379
• ISBN-13: 978-0130825377
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,616,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe that Michael Wosnicki has ever read this book, April 15, 2001

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James Bryan (techworld) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CISCO Certification: Bridges, Routers & Switches for Ccies (Hardcover)

That guy gives every book a 5. He is a paid jerk to rate all books 5 stars. Please make him stop posting reviews! He wouldn't know a csu/dsu if it hit him in the head.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding For CCIE Lab Planning AND The Written Exam, September 6, 2000

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This review is from: CISCO Certification: Bridges, Routers & Switches for Ccies (Hardcover)

I have just finished the first of several readings I'm sure I'll be giving this book, and my hat is off to Mr. Caslow. A tremendous work and very helpful in planning the hard work ahead to becoming a CCIE. After all, doing the work is great, but you have to have a plan first!

I've noticed several reviews remarking that this isn't a good book for the IE written. Having just passed that exam, I respectfully disagree. While that is certainly not the focus of the book, I saw several topics addressed that cleared up some questions I had while taking the written.

I would highly recommend that if you're planning for the written IE, go ahead and purchase this book now. After all, if you're serious about IE lab prep, you'll be buying the book anyway. Put it to work for you sooner than later.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Quite Like It!, January 28, 2000

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Mark Searle - See all my reviews

This review is from: CISCO Certification: Bridges, Routers & Switches for Ccies (Hardcover)

As a qualified CCNP/CCDP gearing up to take the CCIE lab, I have found that this book is invaluable. Sitting next to a CCIE that used this book to help prepare for the lab I am confident that I can also benefit from the book.

I have noticed that there are a few reviews that don't recommend this book at all. The main concern is the fact that it appears not to go into enough depth with regard to packet structure, handshaking processes etc. However, by the time you come to taking the CCIE certifications you will already have passed the CCNP and CCDP. By this time you will be profocient with the theory behind the technologies the book deals with. Therefore the book can focus on pointing you in the right direction with regards to the thought process you should exhibit when facing the lab and real-world scenarios.

The format of the book is such that it shows you key point and configuration issues, and gives you tips on those things to look out for and bear in mind when dealing with each of the technologies put forward in each chapter. At the end of each chapter I have found that it is a good idea to set up your own scenarios and try as many different configurations as possible. This will reinforce all the information put forward in the text. This is important as the main foe that we will face in the lab is time. If you know how to configure everything initially, without spending time searching the CD in the lab, then you should be onto a winner. This book can prepare you for this but only in conjunction with a fair amount of initial knowledge and a lot of hours spent in the evening tinkering with configurations and make and break scenarios.

With this book you will need a little less luck to take the CCIE lab as you will be a lot better prepared.