CCNA Routing and Switching Complete: Exam 100-105, Exam 200-105, Exam 200-125

Todd's book goes into all the CCNA objectives for ICND1 and ICND2 for 100-105/200-105 exams. I would highly recommend this as a foundation to get the objectives down but keep would recommend secondary sources sources such as YouTube, Lynda.com, free 7 day trial for CBTNuggets (Lazaro Diaz -amazing teacher), and UCertify to branch more into the objectives required to pass the 200-125 exam. Keep in mind that some objectives are not well detailed so again I would suggest using secondary sources for objectives.His chapters are very well organized. He starts off with the purpose of the concepts as well as going into in hands on CLI demonstrations. At the end of each chapter he will have a summary of what you learned, what you need to know to pass the exam, ten written questions, multiple labs (which can be used with included sim that comes with the book), and 20 review questions. His teaching is easy to understand for those new to networking. Keep in mind he will not go into what is a fiber cable, coax cable, how to crimp network cables, how to use a toner tester or optical refraction test and what is a networking/telecom closet. I would highly recommend studying and passing the Network+ exam first for those who have zero networking enterprise experience beyond setting up a basic home wireless network. This book is strictly for understanding switch and router technology and how to program and troubleshoot them, along with understanding concepts in LANs and WANs. The book will assume you already at the level of Network+. Dont worry about subnetting. His subnetting chapter breaks it down as well. After reading the chapter I am now a subnetting wiz. He even goes into guiding you with mental subnetting examples. For those who have a Lynda account he is also is on Lynda.com only for the ICND1.I wish Todd had CCNP books but I will have to sadly look elsewhere.Again it is a very good book. I emailed Todd Lammle before purchasing the book and was surprised to see him answer some of my questions I had before buying the book. He was very quick to answer within a few hours. Make sure to register an account for free at netcad and get the free Cisco packet tracer download which was all I used to pass the CCNA exam. Make sure to lab daily and to understand the material well.Get the book and good luck to those seeking to becoming CCNA certified. Its possible but you will have to put in the work reading and digesting each chapter along with labbing.

If you are not fairly well into networking, Chapter 1 is going to intimidate you. Mr Lammie tests you on some topics at the end of the chapter that are not completely covered until later in the book (mostly chapter 2); and I found at least one review question that the answer key is wrong about.But this is a book of over 1,000 pages that takes you well into the world of Routing and Switching, just writing and editing this volume had to take many months. Maybe there is an error or two, maybe chapter one doesn't flow like I'd like it too - but the fact remains: This book is still tremendously effective. He tells you to forget everything you know about subnetting, as he promises to teach you a better way. Fact is, his 'better way' is so good, I can't remember how I calculated subnets before - but now, I can almost do it all in my head, and I have only had the book 16 days.I am sure this book will enable me to pass the exams, given enough time with the book and with the (strongly recommended) home lab that he suggests you assemble. If you enjoy the journey of learning, and give yourself enough time, this book and a home lab (or at least Cisco's Packet Tracer) should get you the Certification. In any event, you WILL learn routing and switching.Buy it.

I was recommended to buy your study guide for the 200-120 test, since they are a lot a like. I know theres more in the 200-125, but a lot of it's covered in the other test. I am very much happy that I bought your book. Nothing about this book right now is a text book style to me so far.I have a long way to go through this book still, but you have a good way of explaining things. It's not just some boring words on a page, you make good stories so far and keep me very interested as I am reading. So far the information has good stories and metaphors and you write as if you are really speaking to the person.I do how ever wish this came with a e-book, I think your deluxe version does, and it makes sense for extra perks. But wasn't released yet so I went with this one. For others I noticed a few things about the deluxe. It had 100 more flash cards, ebook, some more tests and a few other nice perks.Over all a very well written and put together book. This is the start of my journey I will use this book and your other resources (It's in the book) along with some courses to try and make something with it. Thank you for the book, I am happy that I don't need to read another text book.

Just from reading the first few chapters I can tell this will be a lot easier to read than the Cisco Press/Odom books. Not that there is anything wrong with those books. They're great informative books they're just not for everyone. I like Lammle's writing style and understand his illustrations well. I would often get lost in the Cisco Press books. There was so much information that I lost the point at times. I don't get that vibe from this book. I really hope to get my CCNA soon and I hope to do it with this book! Thanks Todd!Be forewarned, as of 10/9, ALL the content promised for the book IS NOT available yet. The code you get in the email doesn't work. This doesn't affect my overall rating of the book. The book is so far awesome. However, I'm an eBook kind of guy and would prefer that over printed page right now.This is from the Wiley website:NOTE: Test Bank Availability. We apologize that the Online Learning Environment and practice tests for CCNA Routing and Switching Complete Deluxe Study Guide: Exam 100-105, Exam 200-105, Exam 200-125, 2nd Edition and CCNA Routing and Switching Complete Study Guide: Exam 100-105, Exam 200-105, Exam 200-125, 2nd Edition are not available immediately with the book. We anticipate they will be available to use by the end of October 2016 or sooner. We will post updates here when the availability date becomes clearer.

great article, very usefl, fast delivery

The content in this book was fantastic and the writing I found much easier to follow than the Cisco Press whatnot.Crammed chapters 1-14 and got my CCENT in 6 days. We'll see how the 200-105 goes but I expect it'll be the same.Go for the bonus content, the packet tracer labs were a great addition and incredibly helpful.

Siento que como ingeniero en redes principiante, soy un antes y después de haber leído y entendido este libro. Sirve muchísimo para la preparación del CCNA R&S, sin embargo no considero que deba ser el único material de estudio para pasar el exámen. (Leer ese libro + los videos + leer los últimos (1000 aprox ) dumps del examen) y con eso bastaría para pasar.

ótimo , atende perfeitamente minhas necessidades de estudo. Bem completo, já estou utilizando 100% e recomento .Bem explicado em todos os capitulos

I've recently passed the first exam (CCENT) with a very high passing mark and a lot of this was down to this book and the bonus material available. Obviously you need to put in a lot of time and effort yourself but the book covers the exam objectives and with the free bonus content with the labs it really helps to get the information locked in and ready for the exam.Information is all clearly explained and the writing style makes it an easy read. It's not boring like a lot of other cert books I've read before. I think that if you put in the time and really work through the book taking all hands on labs, review questions etc you stand a good chance of passing. Next up is using the 2nd half of the book to get the 2nd exam completed and become CCNA.