beginner bgp book review [7:50463]

2002-08-01 Thread sam sneed
I made a post asking advice for a beginners book to bgp. BGP4: Interdomain Routing in the Internet, by John W. Stewart III was recommended. I just finished reading it and I must say it was 1000 times better than the entire BGP sections of the Sybex lammle CCNP routing book (piece of trash) and th

Re: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-24 Thread Sureshhomepage .com
o: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991] >Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:02:22 -0500 > >Does anyone have any comments on this book not many reviews on Amazon. A >guy at work said this thing was so full of mistakes that he got so angry >and took it out to the gun

RE: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-17 Thread Keyur Shah
ED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991] Does anyone have any comments on this book not many reviews on Amazon. A guy at work said this thing was so full of mistakes that he got so angry and took it out to the gun range and filled

Re: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-13 Thread Peter Whittle
I have used: A) 'All-in-One' first edition and a look at the 2nd edition of it. B) 'CCIE Lab Practice kit' ISBN 0-07-212766-X also by Hutnik C) 'IPeXpert Lab workbook' A) All-in-one seems to be the standard starting book and covers the technologies. The labs are trivial and illustrate individ

RE: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-12 Thread Nick S.
Well, I am using the latest edition and its not bad. Agreed, that there are couple of mistakes, but they are visible and silly. Its a good place to start (but not stop), after finishing every lab in it, one gets ready to take the more challenging ones from CCBOOTCAMP or IPEXPERT (certification zo

RE: CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-12 Thread Alex Lei
I thought it was OK, but not in depth enough. It covered a pretty wide range of topics, so most of the labs seem to only scratch the surface. Not sure about the mistakes part. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=28992&t=28991 -

CCIE Lab Book Review [7:28991]

2001-12-12 Thread Elijah Savage
Does anyone have any comments on this book not many reviews on Amazon. A guy at work said this thing was so full of mistakes that he got so angry and took it out to the gun range and filled it full of 44magnum holes and has it displayed on his desk now, I just can't take his word for it and the fe

Re: "WAN Survival Guide" book review

2001-04-06 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
I wanted to thank both Annlee and Priscilla for their reviews. While I appreciate the positivism in both books, these reviewers are the sort of people that keep me honest. They also tolerate my sense of humor -- I write books the same way I make odd posts, and I think Monty Python is just a

"WAN Survival Guide" book review

2001-04-06 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
I just finished Howard Berkowitz's new book, "WAN Survival Guide: Strategies for VPNs and Multiservice Networks," and found it full of wisdom and interesting analogies. Howard has a unique ability to share his wisdom and experience in a funny and memorable way so that the reader learns new inf

Re: CID help/Sybex Book Review

2000-12-16 Thread John Huston
her Cisco exams. > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > John Huston > > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:48 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CID help/Sybex Book Re

RE: CID help/Sybex Book Review

2000-12-15 Thread f_a_name
passed with a slightly lower score than I was achieving on the other Cisco exams. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > John Huston > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject

Re: CID help/Sybex Book Review

2000-12-13 Thread John Huston
Caveat Emptor. Quick and dirty review after taking the test. With all due respect to the author(s), I do not recommend the Sybex book mentioned below for use to study the 640-025 test. The book is deficient in the areas of X.25, SNA, Campus Lan Design, Desktop Protocol Design, Wan Design and

RE: Best Lab prep books? - book review

2000-11-11 Thread Chuck Larrieu
This seems as good a place as any to throw in this book review I'm currently reading Advanced IP Routing in Cisco Networks by Terry Slattery and Bill Burton ( McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-058144-4 ) Very good book, particularly when you approach it with the understanding that: 1) this is

Re: Book Review - CCIE Exam Cram

2000-10-28 Thread Brian
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Chuck Larrieu wrote: > Quick and dirty book review. > > CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Cram, by Tom Thomas and Henry Benjamin > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576104338/qid=972768223/sr=1-3/104-3 > 810111-6781503 > > I truly wanted to

Book Review - CCIE Exam Cram

2000-10-28 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Quick and dirty book review. CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Cram, by Tom Thomas and Henry Benjamin http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576104338/qid=972768223/sr=1-3/104-3 810111-6781503 I truly wanted to hate this book. The very title Exam Cram rubs me the wrong way for some reason. But

Continuing on Book review: BSCN Thomas II and company.

2000-10-17 Thread Daniel Boutet
Well, I do not know if you guys read my first comments on the books but I was not too thrilled about these first few chapters. Chapt 2 and 3 are not very strong on presentation and content. Check archives for earlier comments To add to comments about chapt 3: There is a Command review on IGRP

FW: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-15 Thread Mike Emigh
L PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 9:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) Hey I am only on page 65 and I am getting a little ticked off. I've been waiting for this book for a month now and I finally got it. (

RE: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-15 Thread Daniel Boutet
mpressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) Hi, There is no such a book with this ISBN 0-07-212477, from where you have ordered this book? is it the cisco offiicial book? Thank you Daniel. Ehab Abdllah -Original Message- From: Daniel Boutet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, Oc

RE: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Ehab Mohamad Abdullah
] Subject: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) Hey I am only on page 65 and I am getting a little ticked off. I've been waiting for this book for a month now and I finally got it. (ordered it so I could not look at it before I paid). ISBN: 0-07-212477 So far there is a l

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Marco Rodrigues
> > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Marco Rodrigues > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) > > > Do you know

RE: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Daniel Boutet1
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marco Rodrigues Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) Do you know if there an errata for that book? I looked at the ciscopress webpage didn't see one for that book. Or m

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Marco Rodrigues
er it at this > time. > > > - Original Message - > From: Daniel Boutet > Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:24 AM > Subject: Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) > > > This is actually t

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Daniel Boutet
;m not sure I'll re-order it at this > time. > > > - Original Message - > From: Daniel Boutet > Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:24 AM > Subject: Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) > >

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Bradley J. Wilson
utet Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) This is actually the third one of this series that I look at. The BCRAN one was almost a carbon copy of the Cisco Press book by Karen Webb which w

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Daniel Boutet
ms to be a common problem among that whole series of books. I'm > curious as to how much production time went into them, etc. > > - Original Message - > From: Daniel Boutet > Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 20

Re: Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Bradley J. Wilson
essed with BSCN Thomas II (book review) Hey I am only on page 65 and I am getting a little ticked off. I've been waiting for this book for a month now and I finally got it. (ordered it so I could not look at it before I paid). ISBN: 0-07-212477 So far there is a lot of assumption from the au

Not impressed with BSCN Thomas II (book review)

2000-10-14 Thread Daniel Boutet
Hey I am only on page 65 and I am getting a little ticked off. I've been waiting for this book for a month now and I finally got it. (ordered it so I could not look at it before I paid). ISBN: 0-07-212477 So far there is a lot of assumption from the authors. All is just "thrown" with little or no

RE: Book Review

2000-10-02 Thread Guyler, Rik [EESUS]
The Doyle/Halabi routing books you list are great and actually maybe too much just for the test, but knowing everything presented in these books will only make you better.  I used an older ACRC book as well and filled in the gaps with other material.  Besides, you will want the Doyle and Hal

Re: Book Review

2000-10-02 Thread Dale Holmes
See comments below... > >I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me select books for CCNP >preparation. > >At present I have the following books: > >1. Cisco Ccnp Preparation Library by Laura A. Chappell, Daniel Farkas, Tim >Boyles >(1st Edition) ISBN: 1578702070 Good set, but you'll

Book Review

2000-10-02 Thread S. Faisal Ashraf
I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me select books for CCNP preparation.   At present I have the following books:   1. Cisco Ccnp Preparation Library by Laura A. Chappell, Daniel Farkas, Tim Boyles(1st Edition) ISBN: 1578702070http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578702070/10

Re: Book Review

2000-07-31 Thread Donald B Johnson Jr
The best a most have for CCIE candidates Duck - Original Message - From: Cisco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 4:50 PM Subject: Book Review > Any comments on this book? > Cisco Certification: Bridg

Re: Book Review

2000-07-31 Thread Mark Boster
On 30 Jul 2000 21:27:58 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Neiberger) wrote: >Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs Where is the errata for Caslow's book? I looked on Prentice-Hall's site and didn't find anything. ___ UPDATED Posting Guidelines

RE: Book Review

2000-07-31 Thread derek lewinson
nal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > William E Gragido > Sent: 31 July 2000 05:26 > To: Cisco; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Book Review > > > It is by far one of the best books written on the subject matter. I would &

RE: Book Review

2000-07-30 Thread William E Gragido
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Cisco > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 6:51 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Book Review > > > Any comments on this book? > Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs > Written by: Bruc

Re: Book Review

2000-07-30 Thread John Neiberger
It's a truly excellent book, with one caveat: GET THE ERRATA! The information is logically presented and there are many lab scenarios to help you understand the material. The number of errors, however, will make you think you're losing your mind. Once you've corrected the typos, etc., you'll

Book Review

2000-07-30 Thread Cisco
Any comments on this book? Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers and Switches for CCIEs Written by: Bruce Caslow Format: Hardcover, 840pp. ISBN: 0130825379 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: December 1998 Big D. CCNP/MCSE/MCNE ___ UPDATED Posting Guidelines

Book Review - Cisco Access Lists

2000-05-31 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Since it appears that today's theme is good books, let me add my couple of bucks on one I just finished last night. Cisco Access Lists Field Guide by Gil Held and our own Kent Hundley. Some of you know from private mails that I have included this book on my recommended list for preparation for t

Book Review - Cisco Access Lists

2000-05-31 Thread Chuck Larrieu
Since it appears that today's theme is good books, let me add my couple of bucks on one I just finished last night. Cisco Access Lists Field Guide by Gil Held and our own Kent Hundley. Some of you know from private mails that I have included this book on my recommended list for preparation for