BCMSN: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 560 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Edition: 2nd Edition May 23, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072124741
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072124743
• Book Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Book Description
SUPERGUIDE FOR NEW CISCO CORE EXAM Now there's a first-rate, hands-on guide for network administrators who need to manage campus networks using multilayer switching technologies over high-speed Ethernet. BCMSN: Building Cisco Multilayer Switching Networks, by Tom M. Thomas II, John C. Bass, and James Robinson, is just that. It also covers the objectives of the new CCNP Switching Exam (640-504), the exam replacing the Cisco LAN Switch Configuration exam, and one of the four new exams you need to pass for the rich rewards that come with certification. Troubleshooting FAQs sections in each chapter, real-world applications, case studies and actual configurations, and hundreds of typical questions support your extreme proficiency of multilayered switched networks. You get directions for: *Building a campus network, connecting the switch blockdefining common workgroupsmanaging redundant linksfacilitating InterVLAN routing *Managing campus traffic network - improving IP routing performanceimplementing HSRP for fault tolerant routingmanaging high-bandwidth broadcasts with IP multicastand controlling access in a campus network

Book Info
(Osborne) Provides curriculum-based coverage to help study for the CCNP exam. Contents include building and managing campus networks, improvement of IP routing performance with multilayer switching, managing high-bandwidth multimedia application traffic with IP multicasting, and more. Contains more than 200 sample questions.

Reader Reviews
I'll give this book credit for the fact it is easy to read but that's about it. I had thought the Cisco Press book was lacking until I read this one. It's a decent book on switching but I didn't find it very useful for passing the CCNP switching exam. I would recommend the Cisco Press and the Todd Lammle books. Reading the two of them will surely prepare anybody for the exam. The McGraw Hill book just doesn't have the depth and isn't very accurate. I also noted that the technical editor is a CCNA/DA. I find it hard to believe that a technical editor can provide much insite on a study guide for a certification that is beyond what he has. Spend your money on Todd Lammle's and Karen Webb's books and let this dog lie.