Building Scalable Cisco Networks: Prepare for CCNP and CCDP Certification with the Official Cisco Bscn Coursbook

by Catherine Paquet and Diane Teare

A coursebook to assist in preparation for CCNP or CCDP certification. This book covers a range of technical details on topics related to routing, including routing summarization, IP traffic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578702283
• ISBN13: 9781578702282
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Cisco Press
• Length: 810 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A good book for the material it presents.

There are, I believe, at least two benchmarks against which one could rate this book. They are:1) Does the book provide good coverage of the topics presented in the book, and2) Does the book provide good coverage for all the topics you'll be tested for in BSCI (640-901).I also believe that it would be a mistake to judge this book against a benchmark it wasn't designed for, hence, I'll confine my comments and rating from perspective 1. The authors have done a good job with the topics presented in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is considering studying for the CCNP/CCIP certification and doesn't know where to begin. That said, I would suggest you look below at the list of books and testing software I found useful and necessary to prepare for the BSCI test.Base guide: This bookSupplement for IS-IS: Lammel's BSCI bookMUST REFERENCES: Jeff Doyle's Vol 1 and 2Testing software: Companion CD with Lammel's book, and Boson BSCI exam #2.A few words about the test itself and how I fared. The test was tougher than I had anticipated. I say tough because, I felt that the questions and the choices were loosely worded to leave me with some doubt of my choices. So far, I've always completed the tests in somewhere between half and two-thirds the time-limit, however, it took me almost the allotted duration to complete this exam. To be candid, I felt I got lucky to have scored 907.Note: Perhaps this review might be put in a better perspective if I said, that I've been away from hands-on experience with networks for the last five months. Prior to the break, I had worked in the internetworking industry for about five years(effectively) out of six.I wish the best of luck to other pursuers!

Great Book!!!

This book is all that you need for the new Routing 2.0 exam. Get this book with a couple of routers and you're all set. Used this book with a pod of 6 routers and blasted the exam on the first attempt. The book has excellent labs at the end of every chapter so you get real hand on experience configuring EIGRP,OSPF,BGP, and a real profound understanding of all these routing protocols. Get this book if you really want to know the stuff and pass the exam also. Real great desktop resource for references. Let this book be your hunny for the next month and you can not fail the exam. Good book Catherine!! Really deserves 5 stars!!

Great book! read it and pass the routing 2.0 exam

The Routing 2.0 exam is 40% OSPF, 30% BGP, 20 % EIGRP and 10% general internetworking questions. This book has it all. It is easy to understand with excellent diagrams and config examples. It's the only book I needed to pass the exam. It's even a good reference book to have on the job for all those commands you can't remember 6 months after taking the test! Yes, Jeff Doyles book is fantastic, but if your main objective is to obtain your CCNP, then get this book.

A better Cisco Press..

I'm not usually happy with Cisco Press books. This is one of their better ones. I used this and the Mcgraw hill/Osbourne. This was well written, covered everything on the exam. Read the two and scored 900. Recommend this one highly.

Depends on what your goal is

I read the courseware that this book was extracted from. If your goal is to pass the CCNP 2.0 Routing exam, this book coupled with the Coriolis Exam Cram is the way to go. I used both of them and got an 875 on the exam. I also learned quite a bit. If your goal is to get in depth knowledge of routing protocols and a good overview of TCP/IP, the Doyle book "Routing TCP/IP" is the way to go.