Re: Study Materials for CCNP 2.0 Track?

[Bradley J. Wilson]

Bridges and switches are layer 2 devices - devices which have knowledge of ethernet/token ring/FDDI frames and MAC addresses.  Hubs and repeaters have no such knowledge - they merely take in electrical signals from one port and spit it back out other ports, making them Layer 1 devices. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Larkins Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Study Materials for CCNP 2.0 Track? What si wrong with "layer 2 devices" - that is what they are?? ""Bradley J. Wilson"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 00d001c01854$635f8de0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:00d001c01854$635f8de0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi guys - > >     I'm studying for the CCNP myself, and I bought all four McGraw Hill > Technical Expert books (all supervised by Tom Thomas, author of the Cisco > OSPF book) - and they stink.  I'd wait for the Cisco or even the Syngress > books if I were you.  Case in point: in the BCMSN book, repeaters and hubs > are referred to throughout as "Layer 2 devices."  'Nuff said. > >     Sincerely, > >     Bradley J. Wilson >     CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, CCSE, CNX-A, NNCSS, MCT, CTT > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Seth Wilson > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: Study Materials for CCNP 2.0 Track? > > > Hi Tracy, > > I'm just starting to study for my CCNP as well.  I believe--someone correct > me if I'm wrong on this--that all the books for the CCNP 2.0 are available > save for the BSCN (Building Scalable Cisco Networks) which corresponds to > the Routing 2.0 exam.  I'm presently studying for the Switching 2.0 exam, > and the BCMSN (Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks) Cisco Press book > is available for that for certain.  I believe the BCRAN and CIT books are > also available though.  Best of luck. > > ~Seth~ > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]