CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide (Exam Certification Guide) [Hardcover]

Wendell Odom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 19, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1587202530 | ISBN-13: 978-1587202537 | Edition: 1

Master the CCNP® ROUTE 642-902 exam with this official study guide

• Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes
• Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks
• Practice with realistic exam questions on the CD-ROM

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide is a best of breed Cisco® exam study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the CCNP® ROUTE exam. Senior instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and allow you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks sections help drill you on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

The companion CD-ROM contains a powerful testing engine that allows you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams. The assessment engine also tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete study plan for review.

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining

Wendell Odom, CCIE® No. 1624, is a 28-year veteran of the networking industry. He currently works as an independent author of Cisco certification resources and occasional instructor of Cisco authorized training for Skyline ATS. He has worked as a network engineer, consultant, systems engineer, instructor, and course developer. He is the author of several best-selling Cisco certification titles. He maintains lists of current titles, links to Wendell’s blogs, and other certification resources at www.TheCertZone.com.

This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP ROUTE exam, including:

• Network design, implementation, and verification plans
• EIGRP
• OSPF
• IGP Redistribution
• Policy-based routing and IP service-level agreement (IP SLA)
• BGP
• IPv6
• IPv4 and IPv6 coexistence
• Routing over branch Internet connections

This volume is part of the Official Certification Guide Series from Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Wendell Odom, CCIE No. 1624, is a 28-year veteran of the networking industry. He currently works as an independent author of Cisco certification resources and occasional instructor of Cisco authorized training for Skyline ATS. He has worked as a network engineer, consultant, systems engineer, instructor, and course developer. Wendell is the author of several best-selling Cisco certification titles. He maintains lists of current titles, links to Wendell’s blogs, and other certification resources at www.thecertzone.com.

 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (February 19, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587202530
• ISBN-13: 978-1587202537
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 1.8 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Computers & Technology > Certification > Cisco

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Started out as the guy who would take the extra time to do lunch-and-learns for others at work. Then moved to a job that was 2/3 consulting and 1/3 writing and teaching hands-on workshops, learning what's real and how to do it in a lab. Then to a job as full-time instructor and part time consultant. Finally, started writing it down for all to read. Now writing all the time, with the most most popular CCENT and CCNA Cert Guides since the early days of Cisco certs, all from Cisco Press.

Today, Wendell spends time writing certification guides, textbooks, designing software, and blogging to help those who have all these products. Over the years, the products have ranged from Cisco certs CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, and CCIE, all findable here at Amazon.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good content, but littered with errors. August 11, 2010

By E R

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

There is a lot of great info in this book. However, so far I've only seriously studied up to Ch 5 and I've seen a lot of typos, many of which affect the understanding you might gain from reading that certain section. Myself and a co-worker have come across multiple mislabeled diagrams and examples, and contradicting statements. It can be quite frustrating to study with this book. The last thing I came across that prompted me to finally write this review was a "Do I know this already?" quiz question that blatantly tells you to choose two answers on a multiple choice, only to flip to the back of the book to the answers section and find only one option as the answer! I actually think its not referring to the same question! These are small things, but they add up, and are very annoying. I have found many more errors in this book, but I won't go into them all. The errors I have found so far only make me wonder how many I didn't notice, or didn't know enough about to know that they were wrong, which could potentially be a lot since I'm trying to learn a good portion of this material for the first time! I am convinced that this book might have been briefly reviewed, but not very well, technically speaking, and not to the detail level I would expect from a "Certification Guide" published by the company issuing the certification.

In closing, I think this book has a lot of great information in it, and Wendell Odom does a great job of explaining things. I just wish it wasn't littered with errors, and that is why I only give it 3 stars.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Errors? September 24, 2010

By Thomas Curry

Format:Hardcover

I am wondering why it is that so very many of the books in this series (Cisco) have so many errors. Is it that they are in a rush to push the product, or is it just too expensive to fix them? I have spent hours now in triple checking my work because the results don't agree with what a given book says. I really don't think there is an excuse for this, particularly and especially for technical books that demand extraordinary accuracy. Would you tell your manager that "Oh, that's not my answer - I must have made a typo in my report" and not expect some consequences?

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource to Learn - But You Will Need Labs June 22, 2010

By Michael Gregory

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is a great book. However, you really need to have a great understanding of CCNA concepts first. It assumes you've pretty much mastered all facets of the CCNA. Also, you will need to find your own labs and do a million of them. If you're planning on taking the exam after just reading this book you're probably going to fail.

There are several parts of the book that are overly wordy. I didn't want to skip ahead because I didn't want to miss anything. However, there were parts where I would read 10 pages of info and think to myself, "That should have only taken 1/2 page to explain."

Overall, it's got all of the information you need.

I'm Kent Brockman, and that's my two cents...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars If you want to make 90+ corrections (found) from the errata February 28, 2012

By The Popester

Format:Hardcover

Go to the Cisco Press website for the book CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide (Exam Certification Guide)under "more information" there is an "update". An errata, if you will. Download this for your book purchase. You'll need it!

There are more than "90 corrections" listed, in the update. Of course, you will need to locate and edit these within the book. 1 maybe 2 hours (took me over an hour) to correct on your own.

They (Cisco Press) should replace my 1st edition book with a one that has these corrections within.................for free!

This will not stop me from completing my mission to pass the test.

However, time is the most valuable thing a person has. Everything else can be healed, bought again, etc. Time is UN-RENEWABLE. AND IT DOES COST ME MONEY TO LENGTHEN THIS PROCESS BY MAKING SURE THE BOOK I BOUGHT IS "MOSTLY CORRECT"

SO, let me tell you how I really feel....LOL

Piece !

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition is 1st printing. Please replace the server data with the latest pring to reflect the errata October 22, 2011

By ucchy

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

One of the problems with Kindle editions is that they don't update the content to reflect the errata. Technical books are often filled with errors and typos when they first come out.
That's why I stopped buying technical books in the Kindle store.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition Buyer Beware March 21, 2013

By Michael B. Shafer

Format:Kindle Edition

I like the convenience of using my Kindle and Kindle e-books for study so given I'm preparing for the CCNP ROUTE test I was considering adding the ROUTE - Official Certification Guide Kindle edition to my collection.

However, as noted by others there are numerous errors in the text.

To be specific a trip to the Cisco Press site reveals that by the 1st Ed - 5th. printing the errata doc available there is now spilling onto the 9th page.

Given there is no way that I'm aware of to edit a Kindle book that isn't your own there's no way to apply the errata to the Kindle edition assuming one would want to.

It would seem that Cisco Press needs to get someone on staff to update the Kindle edition to the 5th. printing level correction and make that available.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars The thruth about this book... January 17, 2013

By Victor Melo

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I read this book over and over...

The good thing is that the author try to put EVERYTHING about CCNP routing in this book..
The bad thing is that this topic is SO HUGE and the ideas were not presented in an easily and organized way that after a few pages you have no idea what are you studying about...

When you are in the middle of the books , you got so many links to so many places that you forgot what you were studying about.
They are missing a lot of labs as well, and when is presented it wasn't in a clear way.In other words, we should follow the process of other people labs, when they were explaining step by step in an easy way why he was doing this and that.
This book was made for people with a VERY good understanding of CCNA, or in other words, got a very fresh memory of CCNA concepts..

As a self study guide is TOUGH to study from there..So, after a while and realizing how hard it was , specialty with a topic so wide and confusing as CCNP Route.

Please remember that CCNP and specially CCNP Route is on the threshold of CCIE ( the most difficult certification on earth in any professional field..) So, to study from there ain't gonna be a walk in the cloud..

So, to understand the concepts and see how the different protocols really work, I used :
-CCNP route CBT Nuggets Videos;for a guide and explanation
- I used "cisco CCNP routing and switching Quick reference" book;to do labs ,
- I used other books; to understand everything properly in an organized way
- I used the internet;
- and if there is a VERY specific topic to consult..I do a research in this book..As my last resort when I am absolutely clueless about certain topic.....

Right now I am studying for my CCNP Route exam , and THANK God , I didn't use this book as my only resource, because after consulting in international forums, and Cisco forums, I know FOR SURE, this book alone wouldn't help me at all.. it will bring more confusion than clarity to the already complicated concepts..
By the way, I know people that did that, and didnt pass the certs..

If you are studying for CCNP Route , this book got everything ( and you must have it) ,but in a disorganized and unclear way,not to mention the erratas, so please dont you use this book as the only reference for studying because it ain't going to happen.. Read more ›