Try the library first so you can read for free - these books can get
expensive. Cisco and networking books are around the 006 are of the Dewey
decimal system. If you toss this advice and go buy it instead, that is
your
choice.
Wendell Odom, CCIE #1624, wrote a thick Cisco press CCNA book. It has
everything and provides configuration examples, example diagrams, straight
forward descriptions, and every topic you need to know. I recommend Cisco
Press books for exam study and highly recommend Wendell's work.
CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition
ISBN-10: 1-58720-183-6; ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-183-7; Published: Sep 4,
2007;
Copyright 2008; Dimensions 7-3/8x9-1/8; Pages: 1475; Edition: 3rd
For the CCNA exam, I suggest that you grasp the concept of everything you
hear about. If you hear about QoS and do not know how to make it work, at
least read into it to understand what it is. When you take the exam and
the
multiple choice answer contains terminology and technology that you do not
know, you become tempted to answer with that. Remember that the CCNA is
more about knowing about the concepts and the technologies and less about
direcly configuring the devices and the details.
Your books and study material may not be well written to cover things
ground
up. Still work with them but you will absolutely need to have an
understanding of the data on the wire, frames, and trunking.
Your assignment is to download and install Ethereal/Wireshark. It is a
trusted "sniffer" software and is free. Have this software run brief
packet
captures and then analyze the captured data. Try different tasks like
releasing and renewing your IP address through DHCP, sending PING to
various
devices, looking up web pages, and various other daily activities. By
looking at the packets in this software, you will more quickly gain first
hand understanding of frames, packets, frame structure, and more about how
data networking works. The bonus is that you will not have to read boring
text and will instead just use the books for reference to understand what
you are looking at.
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Scott Perry
Indianapolis, IN
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<Mitch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:vp3j54584tj37ir5pfub2cgnu03mnuc5l7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I thought the Official CCNA Certification Guise was what I needed to
> get going.
>
> But it starts right out talking about frames and trunking, things I
> don't know.
>
> I had assumed the books were for a ground-up approach, but it seems
> they're not.
>
> What's the prerequisite?
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