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Series: All-In-One Certification | Publication Date: July 15, 1999

This book is a guide to passing the new Network+ exam, covering the networking information that people who support networks need to know.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Focus on important and relevant topics., November 18, 1999

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This review is from: Network+ All in One Certification: Exam Guide (Hardcover)

A big Thank-you to the authors for this excellent book ! I have passed the Network+ exam with 94%, this week. The authors explain AND show you the concepts and how the ideas are connected together, clearly, making it easy to understand and remember.

Example: It explain clearly the concepts on NETBIOS and Socket and show their relationship, making it so easy to understand and remember. In this way, it is like showing you how to put the many pieces of jigsaw puzzle together. It save you plenty of time too!

Many other books explain the concepts in fragments (it is like giving you several pieces of a jigsaw puzzle), without showing how they are interrelated or how the ideas are connected together.

Strengths: (1) Focus on what are important and relevant. (2) Contents are clear and easy to understand. (3) Tell AND show clearly the relationships between concepts. (4) Include many pictures, photographs and illustrations to help you see, understand and review better.

(5) Test questions on the CD ROM are very helpful!

Weakness: (1) One important error (100BaseFX - Chapter 2, page 76) The correct maximum length for 100BaseFX cable is 1000 meters (not 400 meters as stated in the book). (2) Omission error: Brouter is not explained in the book. (Brouter is a hybrid between Bridge and a Router, and is used on the Data Link and Network Layer of the OSI model).

The book also filter the unnecessary in-depth TCP/IP details that are beyond the scope of Network+ exam, but which are required for the MCSE TCP/IP exam. In this way, it help to keep you focused on studying what is important and relevant for the Network+ exam. without unnecessary burden.

Buy and study this book. Then experience the joy of understanding which the authors have labored to make this technical book, as complete as possible, as well as easy, for the reader to understand and pass your exam.

Remember to study (not just read) this book, and then go and pass your Network+ Exam.!

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56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Clearly presented but many errors., January 5, 2000

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Alan Chan (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Network+ All in One Certification: Exam Guide (Hardcover)

Today, I have passed with ease the Network+ Exam using this book for my ONLY study material. But I would recommend to use another books for the studying material especially for those who do not have a strong foundation or experience on networking.

Strength of this book:

1. This books is easy to read and understand, concepts are usually clearly. The 7 layers is well -presented.

2. The poster of OSI Seven-layer Model is really nice and useful.

Weakness of this book:

1. Obviously, this book do not well-proofreaded. Some errors were found.

p.63 : 5-4-3 rule is 5 segments, 4 repeaters ...

p.76 and 387 : Max. length of 1000BaseFX is 2000m

p.11 Figure 1.8 MAC addresses of B & D is incorrect

Some other very minor mistakes were found.

2. The question is far too simple and the format is not very similar to the question in the real exam.

3. Environmental impacts on network is totally missing which is tested in the exam.

Alan Chan -- A+, MCSE and Network+

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You will pass the Network + Exam using this Book, January 29, 2000

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This review is from: Network+ All in One Certification: Exam Guide (Hardcover)

I used only this book to study for the exam and scored an 88%. Chapter 2 does have some errors (i.e. 10BaseFX is not 400Meters but 2000Meters and the 543 rule is incorrect [5segments-4routers-3populated segments] on one page and correct on another.) but the rest of the book is very good explaining concepts clearly. If you are new to networking fix these things and you'll do fine on the test. Another omission is Brouter. The TOC list's it but the book never say's anything about it. (Brouter-hybrid between bridge and router, used on Data link and Network layer of OSI). Read the book, do the exercises, and the test on the CD-Rom. You will pass the test fine. Good Luck

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