Here is my list for the CID:

DCN
Padjen book
Top Down


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At 10:03 PM 4/1/02, Robert Padjen wrote:
>Top Down is a great book for DCN, but it's not really
>for the CID. I'll go out on a limb and suggest mine (
>;) ). Sybex CID Study Guide.

I'm sure you'll get flamed for advertising your own book, but I'm going to
give you a hard time also for lack of accuracy. ;-)

Top-Down Network Design is not a certification book, but it is based on the
work I did on both the Designing Cisco Networks (DCN) and the Cisco
Internetwork Design (CID) training classes when I worked for Cisco.

I have heard that Cisco has made CID match my Top-Down Network Design book
even more closely than before. I know for a fact that the description of
the CID course is taken from my Top-Down Network Design book. I did a
double-take when I read the following text from the description of the CID
class here:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/wwtraining/CELC/index.cgi?action=Cours
eDesc&COURSE_ID=321

"Good internetwork design recognizes a customer's requirements embody many
business and technical goals, including requirements for availability,
scalability, affordability, security, and manageability. Difficult
internetwork design choices and tradeoffs must be made when designing the
internetwork before any physical devices or media are selected.

CID covers typical internetwork design business and technical goals and
constraints. CID details the top-down design process and the importance of
using systematic methods for internetwork design. Using systematic methods
helps you, the internetwork designer, to keep pace with changing
technologies and customer requirements."

I said to myself, "Hey I wrote that. Oh yeah, I should have had a lawyer
look at my book contract. Cisco can use anything I wrote in the book.
Bummer..... or maybe not??" ;-]

Priscilla

>To save a buck, if you
>feel comfortable with the material, you may want to
>forgo the big book and use the Exam Notes (used books
>are out there too). The new test might focus on
>multicast more than the books reflect, and they may
>have less StrataCom and ATM, but its close enough.
>640-025 (the exam the book was written to) is still
>the current version.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>--- Andy Barkl  wrote:
> > The book is not that great. It has many errors and
> > omissions.
> > I recommend the Cisco Press Top-Down Network Design
> > book for the new CID
> > exam.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> > STRAND Scott
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: CID Exam Cert Book [7:39669]
> >
> > Has anyone who has taken the CID exam used the Cisco
> > CID Exam
> > Certification
> > Guide. (Michael Crane, Reggie Terell). I was wanting
> > to
> > get some opinions on this book, especially the
> > practice test on the CD.
> > I
> > intend to use BOSON as well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott
> > CCNP, CCDA
> >
> > [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type
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>
>=====
>Robert Padjen
>
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