""Jason Viera"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The individuals writing the book probably aren't privy to any exam content > changes that are around the corner unless they are a part of the CCIE team, > another misconception is that Cisco Press is in close contact with > technology changes that Cisco Systems is actually working on. What many > people don't understand is that it takes a while to write and publish a book > in a cost effective manner,
I don't know about the back end production part ( final copy, typesetting, printing, distribution ) but the writing and tech review part might take as long as a year. Shorten that time frame, and only obvious mistakes get caught, and maybe not even then. The writer and the tech reviewer each probably have real jobs. They are working evenings and weekends.Blurry eyes don't always catch everything. :-> > so if any exam content or new technology is > released during the process the changes probably won't be reflected. Nothing > is perfect, you should never rely on one source being the definitive > resource for your studies. Reading the configuration guides and command > references can prove to be quite beneficial. IMHO JMHO as well. One should not be endlessly searching for The Perfect Practice Lab, one which is "real close" to the real lab. Cisco is changing the real lab scenarios pretty quickly these days. I don't think a particular scenario lasts more than a couple of months any more. One should be reading the command references, reading the config quides, and concentrating on fundamentals. Any routing protocol over NMBA ( with all possible combinations for the links ), ISDN backup options, authentication anyplace it is possible, redistribution between any two porotocols ( with all possible mechanisms for doing so ). The presence of the 3550's has not changed any of the fundamentals one needs to master. An important Lab skill is finding things on the CD. Much as I may or may not like it intellectually, practically speaking, there is little need to spend time reading RFC's in prep for the lab. I've been there enough to state categorically that I have seen nothing that made me wish I spent more time with the RFC's and plenty to make me wish I'd spent more time with Cisco's docs and with configuring things based on the topics stated above. The CCIE Lab is about configuring Cisco equipment in a manner that satifies the requirements of Cisco's test. Nothing more. Nothing less. > Jason > ""NKP"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I dont think that the book is all that bad , probably I am an > > amateur in Security . > > The thing I still can not understand is why is it that that when a > > CCIE Practical Studies book is published by Cisco Press , some of there > > topics become obsolete in a couple of months or the syllabus changes . A > > similar thing happened with the Karl Solie book last year for R/S , just a > > couple of months after his book was published , they had removed Token > Ring > > / IPX from the lab and now they are planning to add IDS and VPN > Concentrator > > in the lab , the details of which are not mentioned in this book . > > > > > > Navin Parwal > > > > > > ""Roberts, Larry"" wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Just looking to get others opinions on this book. I'm just now to the > OSPF > > > chapter, and I have already found several pages worth of mistakes. > > > > > > I have an e-mail into ciscopress with a listing of the errors, and I > > > understand that any first edition will have some, but I'm finding > critical > > > mistakes as well as configuration errors that should be obvious, yet > > somehow > > > they were overlooked. > > > > > > Was the original CCIE:practical studies full of errors as well? > > > > > > Maybe I'm expecting to much, but I find myself questioning everything > that > > > the authors have written because of the mistakes I have found. > > > > > > Not what I was expecting from a CCIE Level book. > > > > > > Not trying to slam the authors, just trying to get others opinions... > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Larry Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72203&t=72162 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
