CCIE Routing & Switching Exam Cram - Softcover

Vans, H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576104338 ISBN 13: 9781576104330

Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Cram contains all the Cisco required criteria needed to pass the CCIE Routing and Switching qualification exam (350-001). The book covers Cisco router platforms, their architectures, and applications; teaches configuration management features and uses, and common configuration commands and system/network impact; and demonstrates Cisco communications servers, their architectures and applications. It includes real-life network scenarios similar to those found on the actual examination as well as a section on proven test-taking strategies, warnings on trick questions, timesaving study tips, multiple-part question strategies, and shortcuts. Each question offers a detailed explanation of the answer. This is a valuable reference source of crucial information for IT professionals (even those not actively pursuing Cisco certification).

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Review

The CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Cram probably won't be the first book you'll turn to when you begin studying for the monolithically-tough CCIE exam, but it could serve you quite well as the last book.

As with most other books in the Exam Cram series, the Cram is definitely not an introductory, or even a mid-level, book. What the series attempts to do is give you a very concise collection of all the facts you'll need to remember to pass the test, which becomes far trickier when going into the CCIE as a large portion of the exam questions deal with elaborate and complex scenarios that are near-impossible to "cram" into someone's brain at the last moment.

Read our lips: If you're not at least 80% prepared already, this book won't help you. And a lot of the experience you'd need to pass the CCIE won't come from any book--only hands-on work and extensive real-world preparation will help you. But if you're close, and looking to clarify all of those skulking confusions that lurk in every test-taker's mind, then this book will get you over the hump. In short, this is the most concise edition of line-level networking protocol information you could have. The book is organised in a mostly linear fashion, moving from basic networking theory and going all the way up to WAN technologies and Security Configuration. The writing is extremely dense but concise--a hallmark of the series--and walks you through the various protocols and configuration information very clearly, sometimes going bit-by-bit through how information gets put on the wire. The reasons behind some of the decisions used to decide between two competing protocols like, say, RIP and EIGRP, are covered briefly.

The CCIE Routing & Switching Exam Cram even seems to know that it's too small a book to provide the lowdown on complex interactions, and most of the time doesn't even pretend that these topics will come up by themselves as a question. (Well, if Exam Alerts and Tips is anything to judge by, anyway.) It seems to be aimed towards providing you with a gut-level knowledge that will give you the tools to differentiate between two close calls or troubleshoot the source of some seemingly bizarre conflict--and in that it does a fine job. Intense amounts of information are given here for you to memorise, and all of it is critical for the grueling CCIE exam. Nothing can substitute for experience, but the information provided herein may give you that critical edge you need--and using this as your last-minute refresher after pouring through all of the Cisco official guides and lab exercises would be a good idea.

In short, as a final run-through before you actually step into the lab, this book is unparalleled. But if you haven't done your homework, prepare to be walloped. --William Steinmetz

About the Author

Henry Benjamin, CCIE, CCDA, is a Network Engineer. He has planned, designed, and implemented large networks, including IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF. Over the past two years, he has specialized in large SNA networks, including the largest Cisco DLSw+ network in the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Coriolis Group,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576104338
• ISBN 13: 9781576104330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400