Think of the time it takes an author to go through all the edits then printers and then to your doorstep. A "new" book is at best a couple months old when it comes to exam material.
What version of sybex do you have? If "latest", its 5th which came out in february i think. In boot camp terms = old.
I've using Lammle's Sybex book to prepare for CCNA exam. I've heard it doesn't cover all the subjects though - for example, there is no mention of NAT.
Does anyone know what else it is missing...?
TIA Tony
I heard it was only lacking on NAT really for the 5th edition, I was advise to also puchase CCNA study guide by Odom and published by cisco press to help.
There is an addendum for the book that Lammle wrote for NAT.
I'm not talking about typo/mistakes, as I agree it can take time, with several edits/prints to get correct.
I'm talking about actual exam topics/material.
Even if my book is a few months old, weren't the exam topics/subjects known when the book was written (4th edition btw)?
Are you saying that Cisco have actually introduced NAT into the 640-801 exam material since my book was printed?
If so, wouldn't this mean a change of exam, with a new exam code, (the way Cisco do every year of so)?
Does not seem to be a problem with the books.
I gave my exam using the 4th edition and coached a batch with the 5th edition.
Nat & RIP v2 are the only additions to 5th edition and it is due to change by Cisco. I hadnt seen questions relating to these two in my exams or dumps which i had used. Another remarkable change in 5th edition is the usage of subnet-zero. The
5th edition suggests using 2^n instead of 2^n-2 when finding number of subnets. Cisco website does not mention any change in its stance regarding subnet zero.Go figure that out !Nice one - this'll give me something to read up on . . .
Thanks for the reply. I'm gonna have a look for this 'subnet-zero' info on the Cisco website also...
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