CCNA Routing and Switching Complete: Exam 100-105, Exam 200-105, Exam 200-125 Study Guide Edition

Todd's book goes into all the CCNA objectives for ICND1 and ICND2 for 100-105/200-105 exams. I would highly recommend this as a foundation to get the objectives down but keep would recommend secondary sources sources such as YouTube, Lynda.com, free 7 day trial for CBTNuggets (Lazaro Diaz -amazing teacher), and UCertify to branch more into the objectives required to pass the 200-125 exam. Keep in mind that some objectives are not well detailed so again I would suggest using secondary sources for objectives.His chapters are very well organized. He starts off with the purpose of the concepts as well as going into in hands on CLI demonstrations. At the end of each chapter he will have a summary of what you learned, what you need to know to pass the exam, ten written questions, multiple labs (which can be used with included sim that comes with the book), and 20 review questions. His teaching is easy to understand for those new to networking. Keep in mind he will not go into what is a fiber cable, coax cable, how to crimp network cables, how to use a toner tester or optical refraction test and what is a networking/telecom closet. I would highly recommend studying and passing the Network+ exam first for those who have zero networking enterprise experience beyond setting up a basic home wireless network. This book is strictly for understanding switch and router technology and how to program and troubleshoot them, along with understanding concepts in LANs and WANs. The book will assume you already at the level of Network+. Dont worry about subnetting. His subnetting chapter breaks it down as well. After reading the chapter I am now a subnetting wiz. He even goes into guiding you with mental subnetting examples. For those who have a Lynda account he is also is on Lynda.com only for the ICND1.I wish Todd had CCNP books but I will have to sadly look elsewhere.Again it is a very good book. I emailed Todd Lammle before purchasing the book and was surprised to see him answer some of my questions I had before buying the book. He was very quick to answer within a few hours. Make sure to register an account for free at netcad and get the free Cisco packet tracer download which was all I used to pass the CCNA exam. Make sure to lab daily and to understand the material well.Get the book and good luck to those seeking to becoming CCNA certified. Its possible but you will have to put in the work reading and digesting each chapter along with labbing.

EDIT:<<I went on UDEMY and got the Chris Bryant CCNA class to go along with the book. He covers the same material which makes it easier to understand and remember when you go through the book. The book is very organized, I am just dumb when it comes to this stuff.>>I like that it gets straight to the point and doesn't add a lot of unnecessary fluff.I am not a smart guy btw. I just picked this book up hoping to get my CCNA certification.The book is very upfront, the only challenge to it is the time commitment since it's a very long read.There are online tools that go with it as well so that is very helpful.I thought I knew a lot about computers, routing, and networking until I opened this book. I used to set up networks for myself, friends and family for years, that happened to be just really shallow knowledge compared to what this book teaches. Some of the knowledge you may already have will only help a little.But if you apply yourself to learning, and study often, you should be fine, especially if this stuff interests you, and if you are here, you are likely interested in knowing more so you'll probably do just fine if you try.Good luck

I was recommended to buy your study guide for the 200-120 test, since they are a lot a like. I know theres more in the 200-125, but a lot of it's covered in the other test. I am very much happy that I bought your book. Nothing about this book right now is a text book style to me so far.I have a long way to go through this book still, but you have a good way of explaining things. It's not just some boring words on a page, you make good stories so far and keep me very interested as I am reading. So far the information has good stories and metaphors and you write as if you are really speaking to the person.I do how ever wish this came with a e-book, I think your deluxe version does, and it makes sense for extra perks. But wasn't released yet so I went with this one. For others I noticed a few things about the deluxe. It had 100 more flash cards, ebook, some more tests and a few other nice perks.Over all a very well written and put together book. This is the start of my journey I will use this book and your other resources (It's in the book) along with some courses to try and make something with it. Thank you for the book, I am happy that I don't need to read another text book.

The book is good until chapter 7, and then the explanations start losing details and steps. He misses so much that it costs a lot of extra time to figure out. Chapter 16 has a section on RADIUS and TACACS authentication where he shows how to set it up, but there is no command on any of the routers (I have several plus many more on packet tracer, and also Cisco's official guides) that I have used that match what he is inputting in the book. In addition to all of this, he also brings up new topics and terminology that he hasn't so much as given a fleeting definition of, so you are left wondering WTH it is that you're reading about. So in summary, the problems are mostly lack of detailed explanation.The pros are the subnetting and VLSM chapters and chapters 1-6 along with most of the rest of the book if you disregard the ommisions. That's why it gets 4 stars instead of 3.I'm finished with my CCNA and am on my CCNP. I have read the first few chapters of Chris Bryant's CCNP route book and I am not exaggerating when I say that Lammle's CCNA book has more detail on advanced EIGRP than Bryant's book (with the exception of Bryant's book having an introduction to redistribution). In summary, the foggy explanations are a detractor, but the level of detail on most of the material still gives this book a high rating.All of this withstanding, this is not the first IT book I have read. The fact is, IT authors do not know how to write. They have a problem with explanation in general. That