Todd Lammle's book for the CCNA is excellent. There were a few details I
saw on practice exams that weren't mentioned (FECNs and BECNs for Frame
Relay), but other than that, it was a great book for learning 95% of what
the CCNA exams cover.
The virtual lab, on the other hand, wasn't "all that". It understood very
few of the router commands, and aside from very basic configuration, was of
no use for real learning. You may want to check out http://www.r1r2.com .
It has 5 "labs" setup, each with two 2500 series routers connected together
via v.35 serial and ethernet, as well as a TFTP server on the ethernet
network to save/load configuration and hands-on lab experiments they
provide. Excellent place to learn what the real hardware looks and acts
like.
I would also agree with another post in this thread who said to have a basic
understanding of networks and TCP/IP before diving into Todd's CCNA book.
Good luck!
Mike W.
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> I bought Todd Lammle's book for CCNA.I wonder how do you guys rate this
book
> for beginners.And also,has anyone used e-trainer from sybex for CCNA lab??
is
> it worth spending $99?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Kazi, A+,MCP
>
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