CCNA Video Mentor: (CCNA Exam 640-802) (Video Learning) (2nd Edition)

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CCNA Video Mentor: (CCNA Exam 640-802) (Video Learning) (2nd Edition)
 
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CCNA Video Mentor

Second Edition

 

More than four hours of personal, visual instruction

 

CCNA 640-802

 

Wendell Odom, CCIE® No. 1624

 

CCNA Video Mentor is a unique video product that provides you with more than four hours of personal visual instruction from best-selling author and instructor Wendell Odom. In the 20 videos presented on the DVD, Wendell walks you through common Cisco® router and switch configuration topics. Designed to develop and enhance hands-on skills, each video guides you through essential configuration tasks for both the CCENT and CCNA® certification exams, including router and switch configuration, IP subnetting, RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP configuration, configuring VLANs, IPv6, PAT, PPP and CHAP, and access lists.

 

Lab Layout:

Each video lab presents suggested reading lists, detailed objectives, lab diagrams, and video captures. Audio instruction throughout offers tips and shortcuts that truly make learning easy.

 

Network Animation:

Animated network diagrams show you lab setup, device addressing, and how traffic flows through the network.

 

Command-Line Interface (CLI) Video:

Video screencasts of router and switch CLI demonstrate command entry, configuration techniques, and device response.

 

System Requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Vista
  • Apple OS 9 or later
  • Linux operating systems that have a web browser with Flash 7 or later plug-in
  • Speakers or headphones
  • Color display with a minimum 1024x768 resolution
  • 1 GHz or faster CPU recommended
  • DVD drive

 

Category: Cisco Certification

Covers: CCNA Exam 640-802

 

“The real-time examples and explanations were right on target with the subjects at hand.”

  –Justin Loucks, Senior Network Engineer

“I was quite impressed with the teacher’s presentation and how well the dialog was thought out in advance.”

  –John Ainsworth, Network Administrator

“Wendell did a great job…I think you have hit a home run with this one!”

  –Bob Conner, Channel Account Manager

 

Wendell Odom, CCIE® No. 1624, splits time between writing books for Cisco Press and teaching authorized Cisco classes for Skyline ATS (www.skyline-ats.com). He has been involved with the networking industry for more than 25 years and was one of the first certified Cisco instructors. Additionally, Wendell has worked as a network engineer and as both a pre-sales and post-sales technical consultant. His current titles include the best-selling CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), Third Edition, as well as exam certification titles for the QoS and CCIE R/S written exams.

 

This product is part of the Cisco Press® Video Mentor Series. The video products in this series present expert training from industry-leading instructors and technologists. This dynamic learning environment combines animations, screencasts, and audio instruction to help users bridge the gap between conceptual knowledge and hands-on application.

 

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ICND1

Lab 1: Navigating a Router/Switch Command-Line Interface (Video Length: 12:50)

Lab 2: Router Configuration and Managing Configuration Files (Video Length: 12:15)

Lab 3: Switch Basics: Learning, Forwarding/Filtering, and Interface Settings(Video Length: 10:32)

Lab 4: Finding the Subnet Number (Video Length: 6:03)

Lab 5: Finding the Broadcast Address and Range of Addresses in a Subnet(Video Length: 8:44)

Lab 6: Finding All Subnets of a Network with Less Than 8 Subnet Bits (Video Length: 7:15)

Lab 7: IP Subnet Design and Implementation (Video Length: 15:13)

Lab 8: Static and Connected Routes (Video Length: 13:15)

Lab 9: RIP Configuration (Video Length: 13:54)

ICND2

Lab 1: Configuring VLANs (Video Length: 10:10)

Lab 2: VTP Servers and Clients (Video Length: 15:44)

Lab 3: RIP with Split Horizon, Route Poisoning, and Poison Reverse (Video Length: 12:22)

Lab 4: Single Area and Multi-area OSPF Configuration (Video Length: 18:02)

Lab 5: EIGRP Configuration and Operation (Video Length: 11:33)

Lab 6: Understanding EIGRP Metric Calculations (Video Length: 12:26)

Lab 7: NAT Overload (PAT) (Video Length: 13:27)

Lab 8: IPv6 Subnetting and Address Configuration (Video Length: 18:16)

Lab 9: PPP and CHAP Configuration (Video Length: 12:25)

Lab 10: Access Lists (Video Length: 9:32)

Lab 11: Access Lists II (Video Length: 10:43)

 

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A great supplement to self study books
 
Review Date: December 11, 2006
Reviewer: Steve Moini, NJ, USA
I have never been a big fan of the video instruction products out there, advertised to help us study for professional certifications. Most of the ones I've seen consisted of bad graphics, with someone reading - in a boring monotone - the same book that I could have read to myself much faster. So I wasn't expecting much when I recently received the CCNA Video Mentor from Cisco Press. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised with this package.

The author - or should I call him the instructor, Wendell Odom, has a pleasant enough voice. Instead of the usual monotone, he actually uses emotion and inflection in his voice when making his points! I never once felt like reaching for a pillow. More importantly, he leaves out the redundant boilerplate and gets right to the subject.

I started, of course, with the introduction, where he explains what you will see on the screen. It's probably good for newbies to go through this, especially if you are not familiar with the look and feel of the Cisco IOS command line, and switching between different routers and switches in a lab environment. It also covers the screen setting and other useful information on using the video. Video Mentor comes with a thin but useful companion manual. It includes the network topology used in each lab, the IP addresses, and screenshots of the beginning and ending device configurations. If you've ever spent time putting Post-Its on the pages of a book so you could flip back and forth to view the lab, you'll appreciate this. It is also available on the CD as a PDF.

Next, I decided to skip ahead to two of the more complicated sections, NAT and ACLs, and see how well Odom handled the complicated stuff. I was very happy to see that the first thing Odom did was explain the terminology. I can't tell you how many times I've read a book where the author uses a new term in chapter 3, but doesn't explain it till chapter 7! Common sense does still exist! He explained the terms he was going to use before using them! Most important though, is the content and how well it is explained. Odom's use of graphics and tables along with his corresponding narrative, explained the concepts simply and accurately. He switches between graphics showing what he is going to do, and the router command line interface (CLI), where he shows the commands used and the results. In both of these chapters, pretty complicated subjects are explained and demonstrated with just enough theory so that you understand the concept, and real world configurations, so that you can actually learn something useful. I was satisfied enough that I went back to the beginning and went through the entire course.

I think Video Mentor is a very good compliment to other self study courses, especially if you don't have regular access to your own routers and switches. As Odom points out, this is not a stand alone course that will prepare you for the CCNA exam. It is more of a supplement to other books, and even refers to the corresponding chapters of other Cisco Press books for each lab. If you've ever read something in a CCNA course book and said, "I kind of get it, if I could just get one or two questions answered...," then get this course. Get the theory from the books, and then let Wendell Odom show you what the theory does in practice. Okay Wendell, let's see what you can do with a CCNP course...
A great resource for the CCNA exam
 
Review Date: October 16, 2006
Reviewer: Victor Tiswell, Maryland, USA
The days of passing the CCNA exam using just a single exam preparation guide are over. The new improved CCNA exam requires a certain level of understanding and confidence running router/switch commands from the command line interface. Exam questions include multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answers, drag and drop, fill in the blanks, testlets, simlets and simulations. The simulation exams are usually configuration tasks of some sort.


Wendell Odom's CCNA Video Mentor focuses primarily on the configuration tasks of the CCNA exam. These tasks are the major implementation and operation topics on the 640-801 exam. The Cisco Video Mentor package consists of a CD ROM and a lab manual. The CD has 12 labs ranging from basic router and swich configuration and configuration file management to more advanced topics such as RIP, single and multi-area OSPF, EIGRP, NAT and access lists. The lab manual also exists as pdf files on the CD in case the printed lab manual gets lost. The CD runs on both PC and Mac.

I have used many CBT (computer based training) packages from different vendors and CVM compares favorably with all of them. Wendell Odom gives an excellent running commentary as he goes through the objectives of each lab, explaining the lab scenario and topology and then going through the lab configurations, explaining the commands and the output from each command. I found the NAT overload lab especially helpful.

The CVM is a great CCNA exam preparation tool, but should be used in conjunction with a good exam guide(ICND and INTRO) as it addresses very specific topics.

This is another winner by Wendell Odom. I give this resource 5 stars.

Money well spent. University in a box.
 
Review Date: March 16, 2008
Reviewer: Israel King, Maryland, USA
As a teacher, student and system Engineer, I am very busy with no much time to waist. I came across this book few months ago when I needed to get a rapid info on what is new in the lattest Cisco world. No much time to take a full class so I purchase this box. Boy, I was so glad. Can't beat the investment. The material is to the point. Well presented and very concise. I strongly recommend this box.
Dr. Israel King, MCSE, MCDBA, CIW, MBA, Ph.D. Teacher, writer. Author of How To Keep A Man
Amazing How A Different Approach makes a world of difference!
 
Review Date: May 14, 2009
Reviewer: CMR, Columbus, OH
Simply put......amazing. I have been a network administrator/system administrator for many many years. It is actually embarrassing to even admit how simple this product makes topics such as broadcast addresses, resident subnets, and valid ip's through a subnetted range. If you have any issues figuring out any of these above topics with typical binary math or have no idea how to truly understand a network with a 255.255.224.0 for example...BUY THIS PRODUCT. Often we get stuck with networks and just use ranges that someone else has originally designed. This product makes understanding/building/configuring important network interfaces a snap. I was actually quite frustrated after 10 minutes of watching this video asking myself,"WHY DOESN'T ANY OF THE BOOKS I AM STARING AT COSTING ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS EXPLAIN THESE TOPICS IN THIS FASHION!!" I quickly assessed the mountains of CCNA and/or just general networking materials I have acquired over the years to be overly complex and written in a ridiculous fashion. I learned more about subnetting any type of address in 10 minutes with this product, yet my other books host 5 chapters of nonsense!!! Mostly to probably try to show us the reader...how smart the author is. It is evident that Wendell is completely comfortable in his own knowledge and wants to cut out all the crap and get people to understand. Wow..refreshing approach. These topics are not by any stretch rocket science and if you can follow simple instructions you can learn how to design, build, and truly understand simple and complex networks....after about 20 minutes!!! Obviously having a strong background and years of experience made these topics easier for me to grasp, but I know I wish I would have started with this product and moved into other materials. This product does a wonderful job of cutting through the BS and getting to the heart of what matters. Great great product. Is this a one stop shop for a CCNA or knowing how to create complex networks with multiple VLAN's, Access-Lists, etc. NO..But no product is. Is this a great product for the CCNA and understanding not only Cisco's version of networking but networking in general and building a strong lasting foundation to understanding further topics...YES!
Wendell Odom CCNA Video Mentor
 
Review Date: February 2, 2010
Reviewer: Kevin Gamino, Cathedral City, CA
This is a fast, excellent way to learn the practical side to interact with Cisco's gear. Unless you are an advanced or Expert user, this is an excellent introduction and review to the essential tasks of setting up Routers and Switches. Wendell Odom uses an easy to follow and inviting method that keeps you wanting to learn more.
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