CCNP(TM) Remote Access Study Guide (Exam 640-505) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 2000 | ISBN-10: 007211908X | ISBN-13: 978-0072119084 | Edition: First Edition first Printing

Global Knowledge Network brings its Cisco classroom experience to text. This book covers critical information disseminated into easy-to-digest forms helping ease the study process, plus certification exercises focused primarily on the exam environments.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The Cisco Remote Access exam (640-505), one of the larger hurdles you'll have to overcome as you make your way toward your Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) professional rating, trips up lots of candidates. Even if you have some experience with Cisco wide area networks (WANs), you're well advised to pick up a book like CCNP: Building Cisco Remote Access Networks Study Guide. It explains the material you'll be tested on in absolute terms (which means you can use it also as an on-the-job resource) and supplements the explanations with test-specific sections that show you how the material is likely to appear on the exam. This combined approach is good in that it will prepare you for both the content and the form of the exam.

The book often makes side comments on, for example, what interpretation of debatable issues is likely to be considered "correct" in an exam question. Each chapter concludes with exam-like multiple-choice questions, which are followed by explanations of why the answer is what it is. Exercises make up some of the most useful parts of this book; in a typical one, you learn the process of setting up a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection with Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). Each required input command is presented and the output that appears in response listed, annotating each input/output cycle with informative text. --David Wall

Topics covered: The published objectives of the Cisco Remote Access exam (640-505), including wide area network (WAN) concepts, configuration of an asynchronous interface on a Cisco router, implementing Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and various authentication schemes, Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR), and leased lines. The section on the Cisco 7000-series routers and the ins and outs of their configuration is particularly good.

From the Back Cover

Don't Let the Real Test Be Your First Test!

Prepare to pass the CCNP Remote Access exam while gaining practical knowledge of Cisco technology for on-the-job success. Built on proven training methodology, this complete study guide and CD-ROM package offers actual classroom techniques used by more than 200,000 IT professionals each year.

The CCNP Remote Access Study Guide covers the topics you need to review for the exam, including how to:

Enable and troubleshoot protocols and technologies Scale IP addresses with PAT and NAT Configure an asynchronous interface Verify and monitor ISDN Configurations Use ISDN and DDR to enhance remote connectivity Verify legacy DDR configurations Configure the 700 Series Router Use authetication, authorization, and accounting to scale access control in an expanding network

Product Details

• Hardcover: 832 pages
• Publisher: Osborne Publishing; First Edition first Printing edition (June 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007211908X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072119084
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,464,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The good, bad, and the summary., August 12, 2000

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Eric Hansen (Parker, CO. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CCNP(TM) Remote Access Study Guide (Exam 640-505) (Hardcover)

The good: lots of good information on complex topics. I've read this book cover to cover and feel ALMOST ready to take the exam. The 2 minute drills offer a good review of each chapter, and the 20 questions after each chapter are also excellent. The bad: The editor of this book should be shot! There are many, many errors all over this book. Some errors are so bad its funny. Example: Chapter 13 is titled - Intro to troubleshooting Remote Access Networks. Yet this chapter has nothing to do with it. Chapter 13 is all about Network Address Translation! Also the diagrams and schematics are all misslabeled with wrong router numbers, ip addresses, ect... Also, some of the material on the actual Cisco Remote Access test is not covered in the book. Example: On Cisco's web site, Voice over IP is stated as one of the areas covered in the Remote Access exam -- but it is nowhere to be found in the book. The Summary: I gave this book 4 stars because it is a valuable resource, and I did learn a lot from the 35+ hours I spent reading it. The writing style is a bit dry, and there are quite a few errors. But over all, if you stick with it, you can learn a lot from this book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helped Me Pass, July 14, 2000

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Brendan Connor (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CCNP(TM) Remote Access Study Guide (Exam 640-505) (Hardcover)

This book was really an asset as I prepared for this exam. I was a little concerned about 640-505 as this specific exam technology is my weakest point. the book covers all the key objectives, and does it in a way that makes sense. The Two minute drill feature at the end of each chapter helped me clarify key points, and made me go back to them in the chapter if I was still uncomfortable. The questions at the end of the chapter were helpful, and I really like the way they describe the answers. obviously it helps to know why a certain answer is right, but the descriptions of why the other choices were wrong was really valuable to me. There was an excellent chapter on the 700 Series router which is covered on the exam, but I hadn't used with any regularity before. The chapter does a good job detailing the router (features, applications, etc.) and then discusses configuration (PPP, dHCP Config, etc.). Good Section, and good book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent study material!, July 5, 2000

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Brian Rowan - See all my reviews

This review is from: CCNP(TM) Remote Access Study Guide (Exam 640-505) (Hardcover)

This book covers all of the objectives of the BCRAN test in great detail. The material is presented in a way that makes it easy to understand, Which is pretty hard to do given the complexity of the subject matter. I am looking forward to the other CCNP 2.0 Syngress releases.