Thanks for all the replies, I haven't yet looked at Priscilla's Top Down but probably will. I have found the official guides useful in the past since they often come up with some unusual and Cisco-centric ideas, which you need to know for the exams. rgds Marc
aletoledo wrote: > > she was too modest to mention it, but you're best bet for a design education > is from Priscillas book. > > its well worth twice the price (twice the discounted bookpool price that > is!! ;)). > > scott > > ""Marc Thach Xuan Ky"" wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi all, > > I thought I'd do 640-025 CID before it disappears, so I started reading > > the Ciscopress book, CID exam certification guide. Now in chapter 2, > > section "Issues facing campus LAN designers" (I'm using Safari books > > online so I don't know the page number) it shows figs 2.4 and 2.5 > > distributed and collapsed backbones respectively. The distributed > > backbone shows per floor, one router and one switch, the collapsed > > backbone shows a single router for the building fanning out to one > > switch per floor. Fair enough I guess, but the scenario 1, Q2 in the > > same chapter asks what backbone to use in a particular case and then > > answers it with "distributed backbone" and a picture fig 2.8 that looks > > rather like the collapsed backbone shown earlier. I obviously have to > > learn Ciscospeak for the exam so can anybody tell me, which is it? > > rgds > > Marc Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65368&t=65225 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

