Thanks for all the book suggestions. (see my original post). I do already have TDND as well as the CID exam Cert book. Now for the next question: I noticed in the exam topics for CID that there is no longer a mention of SNA and appletalk. Anyone who has taken the test recently, can you verify this?
Thanks, Scott CCNP, CCDA Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > At 10:07 AM 4/2/02, Cebuano wrote: > >Priscilla, > >Maybe it's time to switch publishers like Howard's. Unless your upcoming > >book prevents Cisco from doing what they did to TDND's contract. > >BTW - when is the next book due for release? > > Hey, you guys keep giving me a chance to get in some free advertising! ;-) > > My next book is about troubleshooting. It is written (with Joseph > Bardwell's help), but the publisher (Wiley) is still doing the production. > Stay tuned. Thanks for asking. There's more info here: > > http://www.troubleshootingnetworks.com/ > > Hopefully the date that Amazon is reporting (July) is worst case! > > By the way, I approve of Robert Padjen's book on CID also. I wrote a good > review of it for Amazon. My review is sincere and I'm not at all > compensated for it (in fact, sort of the opposite! ;-) > > Priscilla > > >Elmer > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" > >To: > >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:12 AM > >Subject: RE: CID Exam Cert Book [7:39669] > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > application/x-pkcs7-signature > > > > > which had a name of smime.p7s] > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >===== > > > >Robert Padjen > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > >Yahoo! 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