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Network+ All in One Certification: Exam Guide

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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.!

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+

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

I would recommend this book for those taking the Network+ exam. I read and studied this book twice along with a Microsoft Networking Essentials book in preparation for the test and passed with a 91%. This may not seem like a real high score but considering I don't work in the computer networking industry (yet) this book prepared me well. Mike Meyers has a way of writing that makes it easy to understand using pertinent background, history, illustrations, whys & hows. A little humor makes it even more interesting. By explaining which topics are important and what technologies are used or not used in the real world makes the study more realistic. The only reason I gave the book a 4 was for a few mistakes or typos and a more complete glossary and index would have been helpful.

I read the book from cover to cover, did the 2 practice exams, took the test, and passed it. It's good enough for beginners but if you really want to excel in the field, I'd suggest you read some more networking books. But for the sake of passing the test, I'd say the book will do the job!

I found this book to be an ideal book to use while teaching a network+ certification prep course. The students had limited network experience but all were A+ certified. To date we have a 95%+ pass rate for students studing with this book. The only problem with the book were the 20- 30 typos the class identified. Most of these were in the questions at the back of each chapter. Overall an easy read which prepped the students for the associated lectures.

For those [PC Technicians, Home/Office PC users, PC hackers, etc] who were previledged to read or use the A+ Certification Exam Guide, you will vehemently soon come to agree with me that you don't need any advertisement or recommendation for this book before you can read or find use for the Network+ All in One Certification: Exam Guide. As with A+ Certification Exam Guide, Network+ All in one Certification is written in layman's language. Hardware photo illustrations and easy to relate examples and analogies were the main Writer's writing utilities. If your focus is to learn about PC Network technology or to be out in the field working as a Network Technician, or in preparation to take the A+ Certification exam, the Network+ All in one Certification is highly recommended for you. After using Network+ All in one Certification for any or all of the above purposes, this computer book will also serve as your reference guide. At the end of it all, this book is still a treasure to have on your book shelf.

I finished this book in one week, reading on average 2 chapters per day. I answered the end of chapter review questions and completed the two electronic tests that were included on CD-ROM. I scored 91% on the exam.

I must say that Meyers, et al are good writers. They make concepts readily graspable and consistently present the topics within a logical framework. The authors also emphasize completeness. As a study aid, I found it helpful to draw out the concepts with pen and paper before looking at the plentiful and by and large accurate -- but sometimes crude -- diagrams that were included in the text. This congealed the essence of every chapter.

Before writing the A+ exam, it took more time and effort for me to read the longer Microsoft Press A+ Certification text and my understanding of the material and score on the tests was much lower (I should have studied Meyers' A+ guide!). Nevertheless, I consulted the Amazon reviews before purchasing a Network+ study guide and I was not dissapointed.

Hi,

Just recently passed N+ exam with 850/900. The only references i used are this book and Coriolis N+ Exam Cram/Prep kit. Also bought CiCprep Exam simulation. I found that Mr. Meyers book is full of examples and analogies that help understand some difficult concepts. On the other hand, there is lots of typos and errors in the tests. But i would not hesitate to recommend this book, but coupled with a more advanced book to balance for the lack of depth of certain concepts. Good luck.

I wish all IT books were written in this manner. I hope they come out with Server+/Linux+ and keep to this format.

Simple and fluid writing (ignoring some errors).

The pictorials are excellent, to the point and easy to comprehend. It actually made basic to intermediate networking look simple.

This book is THE book if you're teaching networking (not advanced networking).

It actually made me smirk a few times while reading, the humour keeps your mind fresh. Not to much to make the book look silly.

Scoring for the exam is now 750 points out of 900, which comes out to 83.3%.

This book and either the Exam Prep or Exam Cram book (depending on experience, Cram if you have 6+ months in Networking, Prep if you have none) and you'll be sure to pass.

A+, i-Net+, Network+, CIW Associate.