THE CCIE STUDY GUIDE

Author: Roosevelt Giles
List Price: $99.99
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ISBN: 0079137288
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (03 July, 1998)
Sales Rank: 11,600
Average Customer Rating: 2.72 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 2 out of 5
An OK networking book but a poor CCIE study guide.
I was disappointed in this book. I have been studying for the CCIE written and found most the sample questions more fitting for either the CNX exam. There are numerous typographical errors (indicating poor QC of the book), numerous repetitions of a point, an occasional reference to an acronym before its' definition was given and a couple of incorrect technical points. Some chapters of the book go into way too much detail and other chapters not enough. Most of the sample questions cover material not covered in the book. I did use parts of the book to study for my CCIE but I had to supplement it with several other books to fill in the gaps. A fair portion of the CCIE exam covers the IOS command set which the book totally ignores. I think this book needs to be heavily edited before a new edition comes out. If either the author or the publisher wishes I will gladly send them my highlighted copy of the book so they can fix the bugs.

IMHO

Mark Klotzbach

Rating: 1 out of 5
Pass on this one
Undoubtedly one of the worst books I own. The technical content is often incorrect and self-contradrictory. The text is sprinkled with inappropriate, inane, and spurious comments like "Life is good". The writing style is muddled, repetitious and boring. If you seriously want the CCIE I would pass on this book and put the money towards the exam.

Rating: 2 out of 5
Error Rich
This guide has more errors in it than ANY technical manual I have ever read. They appear both in the sample questions and the in-chapter examples. I would wait for the 2nd edition...

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