Opinions on "CCNA Practical Studies" Book

Aaronfb

I see Cisco Press has come out with "CCNA: Practical Studies, Revision7" just this past week. Does anyone have any comments about previous revisions they can share? Is the material a duplicate of the ICND1&ICND2 study guide or is it actual lab exercise material?

mikej412

If it's as good as the older versions and up to date to match the current exam requirements -- then it's probably going to be a winner.

Unfortunately, I only see the CCNA Preparation Library, 7th Edition on the Cisco Press website.... no hint of a new Practical Studies book

The old CCNA Practical Studies book is probably still useful if you can tune out the Token Ring and ignore the IPX and ISDN, and other obsolete topics.

Aaronfb

My mistake, it is called "CCNA Preparation Library, 7th Edition" as you listed, not practical studies... Any opinion on the Preparation Library?

mikej412

Wendell Odom and his CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition is still top dog.

Once it's been out for a while it may be interesting to read the reviews on Amazon and see if Cisco Press finally has a valid 2nd study option. Usually Odom's library and Todd's Sybex book are the 2 we usually recommend here.

From the CCNA Forum FAQ

Odom Certification Library AND Todd's Sybex book (6th Edition)
The Wendell Odom Cisco Press CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition and Todd Lammle's CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide: Exam 640-802, 6th Edition are the books most recommended by TechExams.Net members.