Customer Reviews

Cisco CCIE All-In-One Study Guide

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I was SHOCKED to find it looks just like the original (by Giles a couple years ago), which had bad ratings. SOOOOO much obscure THEORY that it would take 100 lifetimes to read. And it looks like it has NO Cisco commands at all (like the orig.). I can't understand why the publishers learned NOTHING from all the complaints about the original. NO WAY would I even pay $1 for this!

The first edition was heavily knocked for mistakes, so I bought this hoping for improvement. There were still quite a few mistakes I saw, especially in chapters 2 & 3; but I've bought other Cisco books with mistakes - this one has more than I owuld want, but that's not one of my main 2 reasons for the bad review.

Reason #1: in some of the chapters, the material is disorganized. Points are repeated, but without learning impact, because it looks like several contributors writing about the same topic, with those chunks piled one after the other instead of organized and edited into something that flows. I especially found this disappointing in chapters 2 & 3, although there were other chapters (like the DLSw) that were written better.

Reason # 2: the questions have answers, many of which are wrong in my opinion, but NO EXPLANATIONS!, which I cannot forgive in a study guide.

I didn't rate this a "1" although it was borderline, because you can get some good info in some areas IF you are prepared to spot & weed out the incorrect info. Personally, I am now planning on spending more time reading Halabi (Internet Routing Architectures), Doyle (TCP/IP routing), and Caslow (Bridges, switches & routers).

I kept hoping the author would stay focused on CCIE written materials, but time and time again, I found myself joining him on a journey into the technical details of the technical details.

The fact is, if you want to pass the written, you have to study specifically for it. Why else would you be spending hours and hours reading about RIF's? There are much better topics to focus on. This book doesn't keep that in mind. It sways into territory that you just don't want to explore.

I passed the Written Exam today. I can say it was hardly due to this book. I suggest the CCIE book by Swartz.

I want to leave it on a good note. The text is very detailed and I will always keep it as a reference. It's obvious a lot of work was put into this book, it should just be renamed.

I bought the original edition and didn't get through the first 100 pages before I found enough errors to cause me to return it. I waited for the lastest edition only to find there are still enough errors to make me wonder who, if anyone, reviewed the material. It is particularly frustrating when you can't even depend upon the answers to the questions being correct, let alone that many of the answers are not provided in the text. It does contain some useful information, but it is a far cry from the "all-in-one" CCIE study guide it claims to be.

I like this book from the perspective that it is very intense material and covers subjects a couple of different times to get you used to them. But, having said that:

This is the driest book I have ever read. The subject matter is not organized well, sections and sub-sections have the same type, so you never know if you are in a thread, or starting a new subject.

Did I mention the errors? If the study question were the exam, the author would pass, but probably get an 85%. There are literally that many mistakes in the answer key. I'm just glad I wasn't the only one to notice this (how could you not!)

I love details, and they really drill down in this book. It will make great future reference. But, my goal is to pass the CCIE written right now. So I would have appreciated a focus on the written exam. There are details in here that, while very useful, are not going to assist in passing the exam. The book tries to do to much and doesn't live up to its title.

This has to be the absolute worst book that I have ever read. I have read about 20 or so Cisco books in the past year and a half, and I must say that this is the worst. Within the first 10 pages of chapter 2, the author states the exact same thing 3 different times. There is no organization to this book. I have to admit that this is a very technical book, but it doesn't break it down for you. Stay with Cisco Press and Syngress, they are about the best out there.

This book is a good resource to assist in your studies. It lacks in some areas and dives way to deep into others. It's not a balanced attack that we all want to get the CCIE. I believe the Caslow book plus Cisco's Routing TCP/IP combined are the best 1..2..punch.

I never received the book I ordered. When I wrote to the seller, he gave me an arbitrary tracking number that was invalid. I brought it tohis notice, but no response or apology or money return by him. Did not expect such sellers to have good star rating at amazon. This is clearly a rob off.

What a disappointment... I thought being a second edition of this book, at least I would not see that many typos... I was wrong... This book is very dry, points are repeated over and over again for no reason. There is very little substance here. Also, I am not sure if this book will really help anyone to pass the CCIE written. It seems that the only purpose this book has is to confuse the reader. If you are looking for a Cisco book the caliber of Colton, T.Thomas, Caslow, Doyle, stay away from this one...