CCNP: Advanced Cisco Router Configuration Study Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 762 pages
• Published by: Sybex Inc. April 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0782124038
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0782124033
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 2.3 inches
• Weighs: 3.3 pounds

Product Review
The Advanced Cisco Router Configuration (ACRC) examination covers the management of large internetworks with a number of router-related skills. The CCNP: Advanced Cisco Router Configuration Study Guide is designed for comprehensive, self-paced preparation for this CCNP test. It builds on skills learned at the CCNA level, presenting only more advanced topics geared toward more complex networks.

Structured around the specific objectives set forth in the ACRC exam, this weighty course guide focuses on how to manage access lists, filtering, performance tuning, routing protocols, and much more. It begins with chapters on designing large scalable networks and managing their performance. From there, the guide moves into routing protocols, bridging, and scalable WAN design.

Each chapter begins with a list of the exam objectives covered. Even though the material is highly technical, the presentation flows well. The chapters wrap up with a brief summary section, review questions, and practical laboratory exercises with tasks such as "configure your router with basic SAP and RIP, and configure interfaces for IPX."

An enclosed CD-ROM contains the EdgeTest test software for this exam, loaded with 200 sample questions. It also includes an IP address calculator and a trial version of Visio Professional for diagramming networks. This official study guide is the most thorough and targeted preparation text available for the ACRC examination. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Scalable network design, IP/IPX traffic control, TCP/IP routing and routing protocols, AppleTalk, bridging, WAN scalability, Cisco serial line support, and Dial-on-Demand Routing.

Book Description
The Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) denotes proficiency in supporting internetworks that use routing and bridging technologies. This CCNP Study Guide maps Cisco's Advanced Cisco Router Configuration exam and provides full coverage of crucial exam topics, including review sections and hundreds of practice questions. This book can also be used as an advanced user's guide to working with Cisco routers. The CD contains test-preparation software and additional information resources.

Reader Reviews
This book is pretty good for ACRC, but provides only a portion of what you need for BCSN, which is what I passed. In addition to this book, I had to supplement it with papers on routing protocols from Cisco's site. If you haven't purchased an advanced routing book yet, buy a book geared for BCSN. This one is good for ACRC, but ACRC retires July 31, 2000. This book will not adequately prepare for the newer exam. It does not go into near enough depth on BGP, OSPF, or EIGRP to pass BCSN. I believe Todd is working on a newer edition for BCSN, so look for it when it comes out. He knows his Cisco routing!