CCNP: Bsci Study Guide (Book with CD-ROM) [With CDROM]

Book prepares you for the exam. If you can answer the questions in book you can pass the exam without any problem. Very technically sound book. It can be used as a great reference manual after the test. I can't wait for this author to come out with more books of this caliber. This book is the next best thing to seeing the author live.

Todd Lammle has done it again. I used his CCDA book and was very impressed by it and this book did not disappoint.Be careful if you are choosing books for this exam, its NOT the routing exam so if you pick up one of those books, you will not know enough about ISIS and BGP. There are a lot of books for the routing exam, but not many for the BSCI. This book is timely, useful and pretty-much error free!Anything discussed in the book is fair-game in the exam. Unlike some books in this area (eg BCSN by McGraw-Hill for the BCSN exam ) this book covers all you need to know and almost has the right emphasis balance on the topics. Some books attempt to concentrate more on topics you'd use more often in real life, to the detriment of topics you know nothing about but will be examined on, the book doesn't do that but it still not just an exam book and has usefullness afterward.To get the most out of this book do the chapter questions and the chapter labs too as well as the challenge lab at the end. They're not fillers, they help you make sure you understand. And whatever you do, do not skip any part of the book as irrelevant, that's the bit that will be in the exam for sure. You may then prompty forget the topic AFTER the exam.

Having used Todd Lammle's CCNA study guide to pass the exam I found that his books have the unique ability to convey the information without losing the reader in the process. This book, while for the 640-901 exam can also be used to study for the 640-603 routing exam and it too is easy to follow. In just over 640 pages you begin with the customary Sybex subject assessment test. From there you have over 60 written and Hand-on labs as well as over 75 challenge labs, what might be added to the next version is a simulator to go with the book. The author's give more than enough information to exceed the exam objective, the material is presented in a clear yet detailed manner, which includes diagrams with screenshots of the router code to aide in the visual learning process. Topics like IP Addressing, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF in both single and multiple arenas, IS-IS and BGP are discussed and practiced. The book has a cdrom which include the e-book the study guide as well as over 200 practice questions to prepare for the live exam. Once again Todd Lammle has succeeded in producing a top of the line manual and study guide.

I recently finished the CCIE Routing and Switching exam and decided to start down the path of CCIP. One of the complaints that I have always had is their are no good sources for IS-IS. This book contains the best coverage of IS-IS that I've seen. It will also give you and in-depth understanding of IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP. I found the hands-on labs throughout the book and the challenge labs in the back to be extremely helpful. Well worth the price of admission!

I can tell this book is written by a CCIE. The lab and the practical examples are helpful. The chapters on ISIS and BGP are excellent. I believe this book is helpful for those studying for CCIE.