said by TomS_:Otherwise one would have to expect that Ciscos own books would do the business.
usually these are written by wendell odom. some people love him. some people hate him. there usually isn't much middle ground.
i enjoy the way he writes, as he does a deep dive in each topic rather than gradually working down into each topic as appropriate.
to each their own.
its just important to reinforce reading with labs (packettracer, gns3, boson netsim, actual hardware, etc).
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