Which book better for ccent subnetting?

Guys,

Which book is better for explaining subnetting? Wendell odom or Todd lammle.
I bought odom recently and while having a quick look through the table of contents noticed odom has
3/4 chapters on subnetting and lammle only has one. Which is better?

Thanks

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jamthat

eddo1 wrote: »

Guys,

Which book is better for explaining subnetting? Wendell odom or Todd lammle.
I bought odom recently and while having a quick look through the table of contents noticed odom has
3/4 chapters on subnetting and lammle only has one. Which is better?

Thanks

I honestly learned from the 'subnetting made easy' thread and others on this forum, then practiced on subnettingquestions.com. I would type any questions I got wrong into a subnetting calculator and figure out why I got it wrong.

I personally had trouble learning (how to subnet) from either of those books, but after pulling from different sources and kind of 'developing my own style', I've noticed that it's closer to what Lammle teaches....so my vote goes for him

chickenlicken09

Ok cool, how long did ccent take you in total.?

j.petrov

Neither. I used: http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/38772-subnetting-made-easy.html

So easy to understand and only 5 pages or so. I then practiced with subnettingquestions.com

jamthat

eddo1 wrote: »

Ok cool, how long did ccent take you in total.?

Took me almost exactly a month. I finished Net+, took about a week off, then went straight into CCENT.

It's also worth mentioning that I probably had about a weeks worth of additional slack-off time during that month..so I think it could be done in less, depending on how dedicated you are.

j.petrov wrote: »

Neither. I used: http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/38772-subnetting-made-easy.html

So easy to understand and only 5 pages or so. I then practiced with subnettingquestions.com

Glad to see I'm not the only one..that thread really is amazing!

Master Of Puppets

Also check out the stuff on youtube. A lot of material on subnetting, free of course and made simple.

dave330i

Jeremy Cioara from CBT Nugget.

krjay

If those 2 books are my only option for learning subnetting I choose Lammle. For every other subject covered in the CCENT I choose Odom.

d6bmg

Only CCENT subletting? Odom's book, Lammle's book are videos from CBT Nugget would be more than enough, if not overkill.