Cisco CCNA Exam Certification Guide Exam 640-507 [With CDROM]

by Wendell Odom

Book Overview

The CCNA exam #640-407 is being succeeded by CCNA exam #640-507. This text provides coverage of exam objectives, a review of specific CCNA topics, and challenging practice through exercises,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735709718
• ISBN13: 9780735709713
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cisco Press
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

ONE book + ONE cd=CCNA2.0

I teach the CCNA 2.0 three nights a week, using this book. It is the only book needed to pass the exam #640-507. I receive tons of books from all the different publishers-only Cisco Press does the job. If you read the book AND practice the tests on the enclosed CD, you will pass the FIRST time. I teach local, national, and internationally. My students are demanding of me (and Cisco). I boast a 100% pass rate of my students. I can ONLY achieve this with THIS book.

Excellent book,but not if your totally new to networking

This book is typical of cisco press books,it goes into detail and uses cisco-speak so if you dont know the basics and/or your not fimiliar with cisco-speak you'll have a hard time with this one.This book forces you to really know your stuff and to have a deeper understanding of the material,for all you paper tecs who just want to read a book pass a test and call yourself a ccna read Todd Lamelle"s book from sybex(or something similar)but if your an Academy student or have some field experience and networking will be your life's journey This book is for you.Look at the exam requirements on cisco web site they outline this books Table of contence.

This is 'The Book' for the CCNA exam 640-507

Initially I read Todd Lammle's CCNA Study Guide, however I found this book too shallow.I then turned to Odom and was I impressed. The layout of the book is very well done, with the 'Do I Know This Already?' quiz at the begining of each chapter aimed at eliminating unnecessary studying. In addition to numerous questions at the end of each chapter, there was my favorite, the scenario exercises. These scenarios are the next best thing to actually using Cisco products.The depth and breath of this book is absolutely perfect, it's one of the things that Lammle's was missing (especially on the topic of WAN Protocols and Configuration). People this book is not only for an exam it's for the real world. But just in case you are only interested in passing the exam, there is a CD that comes with the book. It contains over 200 exam type questions on it, that are in most cases more difficult than the ones on the actual exam.This is one book I'll be keeping long after the exam.

Pushes your networking knowledge to its limits!

To borrow a phrase Todd Lammle uses to promote his practice exams, this book pushes your knowledge of networking to its limits. Regular CCNA study guides give you a moderate coverage of internetworking technologies, but you won't believe how sophisticated and intricate they can get until you read this book.In fact, the title could be a misnomer because much of its content exceeds the level of knowledge that you would need to pass the exam. However, to really understand the concepts that are behind the CCNA exam, you need to read it. If you don't have much time, at least browse the "Foundation Topics" section. The section on IP subnetting is the best I have read so far. I have been using a shortcut provided by Cameron Brandon (TCP/IP for dummies). Here, Odom presents it as the "Decimal Algorithm." However, he does a much better job in a systematic way.Organized and methodological as he is, the author (CCIE #1624) has his oversights occassionally. His opinion on zero subnets, though correct in itself, contradicts that of ICND. So verify it with Cisco's official opinion whenever you have a doubt.The accompanying CD-ROM contains practice questions that, like much the book itself, exceeds the difficulty level of the real exam. A good feature to have is the .pdf version of the book - over 800 pages and maybe four pounds!

The new exam doesn't stand a chance.

About two months ago I was invited to take the Beta exam for the CCNA 2.0 certification and I had several books on the old exam, 640-407 to study from, I wish I could have had this book and I certain I would have done a great deal better.Updated to cover the new exam, this 800 plus page wealth of information is just what you need in order to make sure you have every opportunity to pass the exam the first time around. What this book covers is each exam objective and more with detailed information and most importantly accurate information.Covering the IOS Fundamentals, OSI model, TCP/IP Model, Network Hardware, Routing Protocols, Routed Protocols and Routing along with Access Lists the author has left no stone unturned in presenting information about the CCNA topic.Updated Questions and answers are included as well. Something new I thought was a real pleasure was the scenarios included in the book, along with the vast amounts of pictures, figures, tables and diagrams there is nothing missing from the book as far as I could tell. Included with the book is a very good cd-rom filled with questions and practice tests. The cd took no real configuring to install and I was using it in a matter of minutes. I did think the questions were tougher than the exam and found that this is a good thing for me. Overall money well spent and time well invested.