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CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guide, 2nd Edition (640-861)
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by Todd Lammle and Andy Barkl
Sales Rank: 615461
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Discount: 46 %
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Paperback: 672 pages
Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition July 16, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0782142001
ISBN-13: 978-0782142006
Product Dimensions:
8.7 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Product Review
Of the preparation guides available for the Cisco Certified Design Associate exam (640-441), CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate Study Guide comes out on top. Authors Todd Lammle and Donald Porter clearly explain what you need to know, both to pass the exam and to prove yourself a competent network technician once on the job. Some of the material that appears in these pages--a table listing various Cisco router product lines, their capabilities, and suitable applications for them, to cite one example--makes great reading, and will prove useful long after the exam is over.
The authors' presentation style uses text to great effect, explaining potentially confusing topics with clear, fact-rich prose that rewards close attention from the reader. There are plenty of helpful conceptual diagrams (illustrating network segmentation with a bridge, for example) and flow charts (a good one illustrates packet-switching logic) as well.
It's sometimes possible to forget that this is an exam preparation aid, but realistic problems and multiple-choice review questions bring readers back to the task at hand. Elaborate solutions to the problems and quick answers to the review questions appear in the back of this book (along with an excellent, extensive glossary), but the answer key would be more helpful if it included brief discussions explaining the reasoning behind the correct answers. --David Wall
Topics covered: All proscribed elements of the CCDA exam (640-441), including the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) reference model, Ethernet, network topologies, network protocols, routing, bridging, switching, and the fundamentals of Cisco hardware and software products.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Here's the book you need to prepare for Cisco's revised CCDA exam, 640-861. This Study Guide provides: - In-depth coverage of every CCDA exam objective
- Practical information on Cisco design solutions
- Hundreds of challenging practice questions, in the book and on the CD
- Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine, electronic flashcards, and simulation software
Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including: - Gathering and evaluating information regarding current and future network requirements
- Identifying possible opportunities for network performance improvement
- Evaluating solutions for meeting IP addressing, routing protocol, and network management needs
- Incorporating equipment and technology within a campus design
- Applying the Enterprise Composite Network Model
- Addressing the issues of delivering voice traffic over a data network
- Evaluating solutions for compliance with SAFE architecture
- Developing implementation, prototype testing, and verification plans
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Unfortunately, this book is a miss. It missed out on too many objectives. Lammle does a great job with CCNA, and he's a terrific writer, but this book came out with too little research and too little attention to current objectives. Plus, there's a lot of obsolete material in this book. To pass CCDA, see the article by Andy Barkl (a coauthor of the Sybex book, interestingly) at www.tcpmag.com (click on Exam Reviews and then CCDA) and peruse it. Follow the links to the Cisco site, especially the CCDA objectives and the SAFE white paper. Then buy the Cisco Press Exam Certification Guide and CCDA/CCDP flash cards, and cram/practice/cram until you have it. Problems with the Sybex CCDA and reasons it won't be worth your time follow. The design methology on the test is not the one taught in this book. The book teaches PDIOO; the exam is all about techical and business goals and constraints. The Enterprise Composite Network Model (ECNM) is not covered in anywhere enough detail. The design methodologies on the exam have to do with different areas of the ECNM. The stuff in the book on IPX, Appletalk and Token Ring are all irrelevant. The voice section and the IPv6 sections are just cursory explanations of topics you will be tested on in some detail. The network management and security sections are also too high level. One good thing about this book -- the VLSM section is a good intro and covers classless addressing in enough detail. Lammle is really good at teaching this type of stuff -- his tutorial on subnetting in CCNA is just a great way to learn. He's a master teacher, and unfortunately just got this one out the door without properly matching it to the exam objectives. Barkl, like Lammle, is also an excellent writer, and (as I said above) his writeup on www.tcpmag.com is on-the-money as to what this exam entailed, but unfortunately this book (though lucid and smartly written) isn't as faithful to the exam objectives. Maybe they'll rev the book, but until they do, you need to stick with Cisco Press on this.
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