Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide Author: Wendell Odom | Language: English | ISBN:
B00C2RKILA | Format: PDF
Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide Description
Cisco Press is the Official publisher for for the New CCENT Certification. The New Edition of this Best-Selling Official Cert Guide includes Updated Content, New Exercises, and 90 Minutes of Video Training -- PLUS the CCENT Network Simulator Lite Edition with lab exercises. The CCENT Certification is now the only prerequisite for the CCNA Routing and Switching, CCNA Voice, CCNA Wireless,CCNA Security and CCDA Certifications.
Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide from Cisco Press enables you to succeed on the exam the first time. Best-selling author and expert instructor Wendell Odom shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.
This is the eBook version of the print title. Note that the eBook does not provide access to the practice test software that accompanies the print book. Access to the personal video mentoring and simulator lite software is available through product registration at Cisco Press; or see instructions in back pages of your eBook.
This complete study package includes
- A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exam
- Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section
- Chapter-ending and part-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly
- Troubleshooting sections, which help you master the complex scenarios you will face on the exam
- A free copy of the CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Network Simulator Lite software, complete with meaningful lab exercises that help you hone your hands-on skills with the command-line interface for routers and switches
- More than 90 minutes of video mentoring from the author
- A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies
- Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time
This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCENT/CCNA ICND1 exam, including
- Networking fundamentals
- Ethernet LANs and switches
- IPv4 addressing and subnetting
- Operating Cisco routers
- Configuring OSPF
- ACLs and NAT
- IPv6 fundamentals
Wendell Odom, CCIE® No. 1624, is the most respected author of Cisco networking books in the world. His past titles include books on the entry-level Cisco certifications (CCENT and CCNA), the more advanced CCNP, and the industry-renowned CCIE. His books are known for their technical depth and accuracy. Wendell has worked as a network engineer, consultant, instructor, course developer, and book author, and he has produced videos, software, and blogs related to Cisco certifications. His website, with links to various study tools and resources, is at www.certskills.com.
Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, challenging review questions and exercises, video instruction, and hands-on labs, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success.
CCENT ICND1 Network Simulator Lite minimum system requirements:
- Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (32-bit/64-bit) with SP1, Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit) or Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit, x86 processors), Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8
- Intel Pentium III 1GHz or faster processor
- 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended)
- 1 GB hard disk space
- 32-bit color depth at 1024x768 resolution
- Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8 and above
Other applications installed during installation:
- Adobe AIR 3.6.0
- Captive JRE 6
This volume is part of the Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed exam preparation materials that offer assessment, review, and practice to help Cisco Career Certification candidates identify weaknesses, concentrate their study efforts, and enhance their confidence as exam day nears.
- File Size: 65027 KB
- Print Length: 900 pages
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Publisher: Cisco Press; 1 edition (March 27, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00C2RKILA
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray:
- Lending: Not Enabled
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As many know, Wendell Odom has been writing Cisco certification books for several years now and this latest effort continues the high standard we have come to expect. With the recent changes to the CCENT / CCNA curriculum, this new volume does a great job of taking the reader through the material from the beginning to the end in a logical, understandable, and meaningful manner. After reading the volume cover to cover (800+ pages) I can say that Wendell does an excellent job of introducing the material in manageable chunks, and not overwhelming a newcomer or diving too deep on the technical (read: boring) subjects too soon.
PROs
- Don't underestimate the value of the supplementary material. Between the videos, the samples questions, and the sim you have some great tools at your disposal to help gel the material in your mind and see it from a slightly different perspective.
- Chapter 11 has a particularly good description and approach to IP address management and design that is easy to grasp.
- Subnetting, subnet masks, and binary math is left until later chapters when it makes sense to introduce them rather than bludgeoning the student with them right away and potentially putting them off the entire subject matter.
- The DIKTA (Do I Know This Already) quiz answers are listed that the bottom the page immediately following the quiz. This may seem like a minor improvement, but for those of us who actually do the quizzes and verify our answers it saves a LOT of page flipping to the back of the book where they were previously located.
- The use of actual SWITCH and ROUTER output with relevant highlighting and text explanations does a great job connecting the reader to what they will actually see on a device.
Please note: I am reviewing this book (e-book version) as a CCIE and not as someone who is preparing for the exam. I have taught CCNA classes for the Cisco Academy and helped others with their own preparation for the exams.
I wish this was one of the books I used when I studied for my CCNA almost 6 years ago. I took the 640-802 which is the set of books prior to this one.
The content is very complete and laid out quite well. This book provides the reader with more than enough information to understand the topics being covered in each section. It has definitely been expanded from the previous versions and editions. Subjects that I have seen individuals struggle with have been broken out into their own chapters and sections.
I really like that how more attention has been given to the IPv4 addressing chapters. Subnetting is topic everyone seems to struggle with. Even though the amount content for this section seems to be about the same as earlier versions, breaking it into separate chapters makes it much more manageable for the reader to study and retain.
The updated diagrams and configuration samples do a fantastic job of assisting the reader in understanding the topic being explained in the text. The addition of color to the diagrams and configuration samples help a lot, but this may be an e-book thing.
A couple of other things I like about this book: the Do I know This? answers are at the beginning of the chapter instead of at the end of the book (explanations are in the back though which is OK), the Final Review chapter gives a lot of great advice on actually studying for and taking the exam.
The only things I don't like about this book is it is missing the open ended questions and the hundreds of subnetting problems that I used.
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