CCDA in three weeks   March 6, 2003

Author could probably chopped off several hundred pages   December 18, 2001

The book itself probably won't help much with the case studies presented on the exam. As a matter of fact, I don't think any book will help with the Cisco's case studies. For the non-case study questions, I think the book will help readers to pass the exam. The "2-minute" drill at the end of each chapter is great in reading over several times the day before taking the exam. I don't think the Q&As at the end of each chapter reflect much of what was on the exam.


Very bad organisation, practice questions not helpful   May 20, 2001
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is a wealth of information in this book, but it is all over the place; organisation of chapters according to certification objectives leads to much repetition. Rather than waste your time trying to sort it out, my advice is to use some other text instead. Furthermore, there are not many practice questions based on design scenarios in the CD-ROM, and a few are simply silly e.g. "Ethernet was invented by whom?". I must say that I am really impressed by those reviewers new to networking who used this book and passed on their first try.

If you really must use this book, it will be good to brush up your knowledge of networking protocols and Cisco equipment elsewhere.


I Passed that is what counts   May 8, 2001
I passed the test. This is the only book I used to pass the test. I read the book twice, reviewed it once and I used ciscos web site to fill in all holes not cover in the book. (I am an excellent test taker with MIS degree). good luck


Very detailed book to form a foundation for the CCDA exam.   February 23, 2001
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I read this book as well as the Sybex book and passed the exam the very first time. I passed with a score of 834; passing was 755. Unlike the most of the other Cisco exams, this exam has remained the same. (It has not changed as some would have you think.) I am not working in the field (yet), and I have very little networking experience, but I passed by taking good notes and reading carefully. The exam is very difficult, but by using this book and one other source, you should have no problems.