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Core MCSE: Networking Essentials

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This book is absolutely worthless for passing the exam, teaching, or learning networking in general. Amazon needs a -5 Star rating for this book. There are numerous typos, information that was not researched and very wrong, multiple concepts thrown out in the same paragraph that have nothing to do with each other, and topics and information that are beyond the scope of the test and most beginning students. Save your money and buy the New Riders book.

This was a pitiful excuse for a textbook. So many typos in the first two chapters I seriously doubted the validity of anything in this book. Text obviously cut and pasted but never read. Chapters disagree with one another. Acronyms constantly misspelled, wrong photos for captions. Meaningless diagrams and third grade sketches plagerized from the cbt systems CD rom (included) and farsically photocopied in stunning shades of gray and darker gray. The CD rom (yawn) was suitable for my 9 year old. If you have a competitor who is taking the Networking Essentials test, give him this book, better yet, give him mine.

Was disapointed with the basic structure of a book that was labled as intermediate to advanced level. would not recomend it to anyone with basic knowledge.

Buy this book only if you DON'T want to pass the exam. It is the worst book I have read on the subject. The text is not only full of typos but also contains information that is completely wrong. You'll learn more about networking from the Sunday comics than by looking at the worthless illustrations in this book. Spend your money elsewhere.

This book had so many typos and grammatical errors I returned it and complained directly to the publisher. Some of the mistakes were so egregious, they actually affected the content. Clearly it was rushed into print, and it is doubtful it was either properly edited or proofread. I thought I was doing myself a favor by getting a shorter volume, but in fact there are much better study guides available that cover the material in more depth, and in a better sequence. If you are new or relatively inexperienced, go for something else, e.g. the Sybex series.

I did finish reading this book, but I had to go out and get another book just to verify what I read was wrong. It is really a written over-the-night book. I keep this book in my bookshelf,,, just because it was a gift from my gf.
MCSE, A+, Network+, i-Net+