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CCNP Virtual Lab
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Author: Todd Lammle, Bill Tedder
List Price: $149.99
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ISBN: 078215025X
Publisher: Sybex (11 March, 2003)
Edition: CD-ROM
Sales Rank: 60,895
Average Customer Rating: 2.78 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
I loved this item
I am a CCNP with the help of this virtual lab. I also have the virtual etrainer, which I barely used. Anyway, the lab is exactly what it says. Simulator, it will not work exactly like the real thing, but if you are new to this field this is what you need. The "Support section kind of sucks but the other three are so good it makes up for it.
I also have the CCNA, and I'm working on my CCSP.
Todd, get to working on the CCSP Virtual lab!!!!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Support Module is WORSE than nothing - Sybex Support UNSAT!
I had read the marketing hype and some positive review statements concerning this product, and was very excited to purchase and use it to study for my CCNP. I had already passed my Routing and Remote Access tests before buying the Sybex Virtual Lab, so I never tried those modules. I did use the Switching module, and found it to be adequate having only a few typos. However, I was shocked when I reached the Support section of the product in September 2002. Not only did the status displays resulting from different SHOW commands not agree, none of the labs worked starting at 4.11. I went through extensive, time-consuming troubleshooting scenarios with Sybex technical support where I would follow the labs exactly, get to the point of failure, and send them my settings contained in their .INI file. It took several weeks before Sybex conceded that that the problem was in their product. The original product CD was even silkscreened with the title CCNA 1.0 instead of CCNP. I finally obtained a version upgrade (1.01) directly from Sybex in early November. This CD was marked properly, but the sleeve indicated that it was version 1.02. I tried again and found that they had fixed the first lab problem I encountered, but none of the rest of them worked or had been resolved. It would have been easier to fix the most horrible Cisco failure imaginable. Sybex placed the burden of proving the error in their product and of providing them with troubleshooting data directly on me. I obtained CCNP certification around Thanksgiving 2002 without using the Support section of the Virtual Lab, then Sybex finally answered and offered to send me a new version -- when the developers finish it by the end of 2/03 (coincides with their next commercial release version). I can't recommend this type of product quality or support to anyone -- BUYER BEWARE! Just bite the bullet, buy higher quality Cisco certified materials, and read them repeatedly until you understand it all.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Poor man's Cisco router
If you don't have an access to a Cisco router, this tool is the way to go. Although it only offers a limited number of commands. Also, there are books that cover the Cisco IOS extensively: "Cisco IOS for IP Routing" by Andrew Colton and "Cisco IOS in a Nutshell" by James Boney. These two should take a long way to a very good understanding of Cisco routing.
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