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Troubleshooting Remote Access Networks (CCIE Professional Development) Review by Sean E. Connelly
Great book for WAN, not great for CCIE
CiscoPress's "Troubleshooting Remote Access Networks" by Nedeltchev is mislabeled. As with their "Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols" , CiscoPress has labeled this book as part of their `CCIE Professional Development' series - I do not think these books should be considered as necessary for the CCIE. This book does have some merit, and I have found some of the documentation to be extremely valuable at troubleshooting and isolating WAN issues.
The book is broken down into 4 sections - Dial, ISDN, Frame-Relay and VPN. I have been supporting Frame-Relay and ISDN for years (and have been given the unfortunate title of `ISDN guru'). This book does an excellent job at describing some little understood issues with each technology. For instance, on page 331, various BRI cause messages from a NI-1 ISDN switch are discussed. On page 499 are given tips/commands on how to troubleshoot an internal CSU/DSU. I also like the discussion on how to use other methods to help isolate an issue starting on page 109 (ping, traceroute and Netcat - yes, Netcat!). This book is mammoth, weighing in at over 850 pages.
There are not that many typos in the book. If you are a WAN network administrator, and you are looking for a book to place on your shelf to help you or your colleagues, you probably can't go wrong with this book. If you are a CCIE, looking to help prepare for the lab, I suggest you save up and buy some extra rack-time with the money.
I give this book 4 pings out of 5:
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