Good "real world" book?

sleemie

I realize this is a certification forum, but I figure this would be as good a place as any for advice. I already got my CCNA recently and I'm in like Jr. Network Position and I'm not getting much guidance from the senior admin and was hoping to find a book that was geared more towards real life adminstration. The majority of my work is on the LAN, with some responsiblity on the WAN. I feel like the CCNA was more of a broad brush type of thing and the training for it isn't geared towards the day to day management of the network.

Thanks for any suggestions.

alan2308

Network Warrior

MosGuy

+1 for network warrior, excellent book.

sleemie

Thanks for the suggestion. Been reading some reviews on Amazon and most people seem to agree with you.

sleemie

I noticed there weren't any recent reviews, is this book still up to date as far as the latest commands and switches and so forth?

mikej412

Network Warrior 2nd Edition is supposed to come out May 2011.

Network Warrior, Second Edition - O'Reilly Media

sleemie

Yeah, I found that after my last post and just pre-ordered it.

ccnaomkar

ya network warrior is good book

though i am preparing for icnd2 i love read that book

wait for second edition

chrisone

ditto to all the replies LOL

get the upcoming second edition.

This book had also been mentioned to me by various people and has gotten some pretty good reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Network-Maintenance-Troubleshooting-Guide-Solutions/dp/0321647416/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3PPAO5H7K89BM&colid=2R1R0S9FPG0X

billyr

Another vote for Network Warrior, excellent book, I'll be updating to the second edition when it comes out.

Zartanasaurus

Since no one else has mentioned it, I'd recommend the Network Warrior book.