Odom/Lammle Reading Sequence

chronos42

I'm currently studying for INCD1, and am devising a way to combine the readings of the Odom and Lammle books so I can sort of read the two together. Meaning, I'll read a chapter or two in Odom, then read the equivalent chapter in the Lammle so that I can have a thorough, complete understanding of every concept.

Has anybody tried anything like this before? Am I better just finishing one and starting with another? Let me know what your thoughts are. Coming from a very little networking experience background, I'm just trying to take in as much information as I possibly can as efficiently as I possibly can.

--chris--

I like to read odoms book first then read lammles. Odom is nitty gritty detailed, then lammle ties it together with a real approach to applying the knowledge and gives examples of when this/that happened and how it was resolved.

Jon_Cisco

I don't recommend reading them at the same time. You might fill in a few gaps in knowledge doing that but you will probably over work yourself the first time through. By the end of your study you will already be forgetting some of the early information.

Reading one after the other allows two different writing styles but also gives you a review of the topics. I used the Net Academy as my first resource then read Odems books the month before testing for review.

I like to warn everyone that there is almost to much information out there about CCNA. Don't worry about finding the best resources and checking the 100's of options out there. It's far more important to just get started.

Good Luck

chronos42

Jon_Cisco wrote: »

I don't recommend reading them at the same time. You might fill in a few gaps in knowledge doing that but you will probably over work yourself the first time through. By the end of your study you will already be forgetting some of the early information.

Reading one after the other allows two different writing styles but also gives you a review of the topics. I used the Net Academy as my first resource then read Odems books the month before testing for review.

I like to warn everyone that there is almost to much information out there about CCNA. Don't worry about finding the best resources and checking the 100's of options out there. It's far more important to just get started.

Good Luck

Good advice, thank you.

I have been starting to think...there seems to be so much CCNA study material out there, I've been wondering at what point I need to say, "okay, that's too much, let's just focus on these certain things."

DoubleNNs

If you have no experience, just read Odom.
If you do have experience, then maybe read Lammle and only refer to Odom when you need some extra clarification.

Spend that extra time you'd spend reading on labbing instead. Or maybe watch some videos.