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Covers a wide range of vendor-neutral networking technologies and skills such as configuring, installing, troubleshooting and maintaining network interface cards, hubs, routers, switches, servers, RAID technologies and clustering technologies. Focuses on necessary management skills including managing a support/help desk center, supporting end users, and working in conjunction with management and other technicians. Discusses developing a documentation system and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
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Customer Reviews:
• Works Just As Well For N10-002. Great Reference.
12 February, 2003
While this book was written for the first edition of the Network+ exam (N10-001), it works just as well for the new edition of the Exam (N10-002). CompTIA has not updated the test very much. Use this book along with the CompTIA objective page and a good Test Sim (PrepLogic, Exam Essentials, Self Test, etc.) and you should pass without a problem. The Cramsession sheet for the Network+ (also available from Amazon[.com]) makes a nice complement to this book. I used this book for my main reference, along with the Cramsession PDF file, and a couple of test sims to drill and I just completed the test with a 780 out of 900 (roughly 86.7%). Good luck on the exam.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Good Book. Just Add......
23 January, 2002
The book does an excellent job at preparing you for the exam but The practice exam questions on the other hand are nothing like the actual exam. I would recommend purchasing practice tests from Transcender to go along with it. With both study aids you should'nt have a problem passing. Gook luck!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Warning To Those Thinking This Book Is Enough For Network+
25 October, 2001
First off, one rule when it comes to certifications. Never just consult one source, something is bound to be missing. Second, be wary when consulting reviews on this site. Some of the so called TOP Reviewers must be getting some kind of pay or compensation from publishers. I won't name names, but how can you trust them when practically everything they review gets five stars and many others have mentioned errors that they've missed. Warning, if the review reads like an annotated table of contents to the book itself, disregard it. My rule of thumb is to look at every review of a book that has a 3 star rating or below first. While some of these reviewers probably wouldn't be satisfied with anything, some mention points and errors that the happy-go-lucky reviewers are too busy raving to notice.Now to the book. Let me just say, I think many things in this book are well done (particularly, the exercises). However, many more are not. I bought this book after consulting the reviews from this site and was satisfied at first. However, that quickly vanished. As a disclaimer, I have only read through Chapter 9 (out of 16) so far, however, I think it says something that I've found so many inconsistencies and errors by this point that I'm considering cutting my losses by ditching it and going with another source.Examples of things wrong with this book:1. Do not rely on the material for subnetting. If you're using this book and want to learn subnetting, then visit www.LearnToSubnet.com. This book makes a few glaring errors in the techniques for subnetting. Most appalling, the tables which it provides as a quick reference for subnetting are totally wrong. If you rely on these, you will be wasting IP addresses. 4 subnets (not 2) can be had from 2 borrowed bits, for example. 2. Poor editing. The time is not taken to explain some of the concepts or clarify. This book was obviously only reviewed and edited by people who had a lot of experience and did not notice the gaps that could be crucial to a novice. Example: The book first tells you that a MAC address is 12 digits. One chapter later, it tells you a MAC address is 6 octets. I had to skip ahead halfway through the book to find out what an octet is. Once you've found that out, it doesn't even bother elaborating that the MAC address is actually a 12 digit HEXADECIMAL number. This is just the type of thing you'll have to get used to.3. No explanation in some cases. Example: The chapter on the Data Link Layer tells you that flow control, error control, and sequencing takes place here. The chapter on the Transport layer says it is responsible for the same things (in addition to others). Well, which is it? If it's both, what's the difference between the two? I shouldn't have to consult other sources after reading a 600+ page, $40+ dollar book.4. Poor handling of errors. The Coriolis website has an errata database. Problem is, they don't give any way for a visitor to the site to submit errata. They have about 4 entries when I have found at least 2 dozen errors or misclarifications between the book and CD questions. I emailed Mrs. Craft, the main author, for clarification on the Bridges section. To her credit, she responded the next day while working on the road. I was impressed. However, she didn't answer completely the specific question I asked. When I nicely stated that and sent a follow up email, she did not respond. The next time I encountered a serious error I thought I would try the second author. He did not even respond after several days. I understand that it is the publisher's responsibility to keep the errata database up-to-date but the authors owe us the right information the first time (especially when you're spending significant money on an important exam and career direction) and support if they don't do it the first time. I'll never buy a book by Craft or Poplar again.5. Writing lacks in areas, especially for novices. I have probably 1/100th the networking knowledge the authors do, yet I could do a much better job of explaining some of the concepts than they do. Sometimes, I have to read a section many times over to figure out what they're trying to say. Sometimes, I have to read the entire chapter over again. That can be expected with many subjects. However, sometimes I have to skip ahead several chapters to the next mention of a subject to figure out what they're talking about in my current chapter. Worse, yet, in order to gain competence with some of the ideas I've had to waste hours researching the same info on the web. I have over 13 years of experience working with computers from the Apple II+ to MS Dos 5.0 to Windows 3.1 to Windows 9x to Windows 2000. I also have a working knowledge of Java, C, COBOL, Visual Basic, Pascal, and HTML not to mention a BS in MIS. While my background is not directly related to networking, I would not have been able to clarify sections of the book for myself without some of this knowledge. If I have this many problems clarifying their writing with my experience, imagine how much trouble a novice will have.In summary, while this book does have some good info, you will not want to pick it up if you are a novice or you are looking for hassle free study. Sometimes, making sure that you've got accurate information is more intense than studying the book. Do yourself a favor, and check out other options.
- Amazon Customer Review
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