Hello I was looking at purchasing this book and want to make sure that I have the correct one. ISBN = 0471428094
If not can someone give me the correct one? ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newell Ryan D SrA 18 CS/SCBT wrote: > > > > I have read a part of this book. It seems to line up with the > > CIT. Will this > > be enough reading material to pass the CIT? > > > > Did you retransmit the message or did Group Study send it again by mistake? > > Unfortunately, due to no marketing by the publisher, not very many people > know that the Troubleshooting Campus Networks book exists and that it's a > great tool for studying for the Support (CIT) test. So you may not get an > answer from anyone but me, the main author. :-) > > It makes me sad to see you post the question and not get an answer, because > it's evidence of the poor sales. Joseph Bardwell and I went to a huge amount > of effort to produce high-quality, targetted content. The result is a > terrific book. It doesn't matter that it's terrific. With no marketing, it > might as well not exist. Also the title is not quite right. It covers more > than campus networks, including tons of info on routing protocols and a > chapter on WAN troubleshooting. The Amazon description that the publisher > wrote is laughable, but sad. :-( So, it has a lot going against it despite > its great content. > > Anyway, Troubleshooting Campus Networks should be enough to pass the Support > Test. That was one of my main goals for writing the book. I was one of the > devleopers of the CIT course and have a good feel for what's in it. I was > the developer for version 3.0, but a revierwer for the more recent versions. > I have take the Support test a couple times to get a good feel for what's on > it. > > Troubleshooting Campus Networks covers more than you will need for the test. > To make your studying more efficient, be sure to spend time with the tables > that describe the Cisco show and debug commands. The Support exam has a big > focus on those. Also study the output from these commands and the > descriptions of what they mean. > > If your goal is just to pass the test, don't spend a lot of time on the > wireless chapter. The current test doesn't have any wireless questions. > > Don't spend a lot of time with the protocol analyzer output. Although I > think a troubleshooter should have to know that level of detail, Cisco does > not. :-) > > To pass the Support exam, about all you have to know about TCP is that > there's a 3-way handshake. A lot of Cisco people think that's the only > relevant thing to know about TCP. > > In Chapter 2, I wrote a lot about troubleshooting methods. Cisco, of course, > expects you just to know their method, which I did cover. :-) > > I didn't spend much time on Cisco troubleshooting tools. That's one thing > you may want to get from the official Cisco book or read up on these topics > on CCO, (if you can still find them. The test is outdated). Gain some > familiarity with what the following tools do for a troubleshooter: > > CiscoWorks > CWSI > Netsys > TrafficDirector > VLANDirector > WAN Manager > StackDecoder > Core Dump > CCO MarketPlace > CCO Software Center > CCO Bug Toolkit > CCO Troubleshooting Engine > CCO Open Forum > > The only other topic that my book doesn't cover in much detail that you may > see on the test is the internal architecture of the Catalyst 5000 and > troubleshooting with the LEDs on the 5000. > > The test is not very hard, by the way, not nearly as hard as BSCI, from what > I hear. Good luck with it! > _______________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > www.troubleshootingnetworks.com > www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66083&t=66083 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
