Network Warrior: Everything you need to know that wasn't on the CCNA exam by Gary A. Donahue Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Network Warrior: Everything you need to know that wasn't on the CCNA exam
Book Review: A Must Have
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, you can't go wrong with anything published by O'Reilly, I have a number of titles from them that have proven invaluable over the years. Network Warrior continues in that tradition and the author has done an outstanding job of covering all those things you've forgotten since you took your CCNA as well as provided an array of additional information that any Network Admin can use in his/her daily duties. I found the chapter on Multilayer Switches particularly useful and full of facts and pointers you won't find published anywhere else. From daily maintenance to architecting networks, this book has it all and has its place of distinction among my "must have" books.Book Review: A good book, but weak on routing.
Summary: 3 Stars
I like this book, but I found it was weak on the contents of routing, it seems that the author's knowledge limited for routing, the reader will be easily confused for this part. I recommend "routing tcp/ip" for routing.Book Review: A good effort, needs a little more depth in some places
Summary: 4 Stars
Network Warrior is another quite useful O'Reilly effort in the Cisco handbook space. It really is potentially handy for many real-time network operators. One thing I wish the author had spent much more time on is Ethernet switching. He does dig into some of the quirks of configuring VLANs in the Cisco environment but to my way of thinking associated subjects (mirroring, span port config, spanning tree troubleshooting) need a lot more exposure. One area that cannot be talked about enough are the twists involved in setting up spanning tree through a complex VLAN network. Another potentially vital topic involves interoperating with other vendors' equipment in a spanning tree network. I bought this book hoping for more exposure than I got in those areas. This is the only reason I didn't give it five.Book Review: Absolutely a must have for network admins
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is definitive++ when it comes to network adminstration. Gary Donahue covers nearly all aspects of network administration focusing considerable time on the administration of the appliances themselves. Each topic covered starts with the theory behind the topic. This includes diagrams and picture representations that help clarify the topic. Then the chapter moves into more specific explanations concerning real world implementation. Finally actual adminstration is show by display the command typed into the routers themselves and the responses recieved from the command. The author also talks about various misconfiguration issues and the consequences that result. The organization is clear throughout as this theme of starting with the general and moving towards very detailed examples is kept for each topic in the book. Network admins will love the attention to detail and the careful coverage of each topic. One of the best chapters is actually an extra one at the end that talks about the behavior and personalities of computer admins in general. This was quite entertaining and in my opinion quite true. The most informative chapter would be difficult to call because so many issues are covered. Personally I was helped by the spanning tree chapter and the multiple chapters covering the VLANs. This book had the clearest explanations I have seen to date. Put this tool in the network toolbox.Book Review: Best Network book I've read in a long time. Ever?
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm keeping this short and sweet. I have the CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, and just passed the CCIE R&S written. Looking back; this book filled in so many gaps for me and this is a must read for anybody who wants to be successful in the Information Technology field.
The chapters regarding CSU/DSU alarms and what these indicate was such a big help. Stuff you can't learn from Cisco Press books or taking any of their courses. Also, the section where the author breaks down interface errors was massive for me. That section helped me so much in the ISP world when I was getting started in my supporting roles. It's just a wonderful book that answers so many questions and gives you the real picture of how things are implemented on the 'outside'. Not all of us are going to be Network Admins of an intranetwork. This book covers everything you don't see 'upstream' per say and describes the processes involved in a very easy way to learn.
Again, Don't think twice about this book. This is a must read and it's my favorite of all time. Yes, of all time. It doesn't get any better than this.