What our customer's say!"Very incomplete!", This book can't help you pass the exam in any way! Get the Exam Cram and lots of practice tests instead!
"It's not for MSCE exam...", i failed the exam with this horrible book... I really disappeared why the author put it under MCSE exam prep series. If u just use it as a reference book of TCP/IP, this book can give you a glance inside each packet. But MS is not going to test u such stuff... Even the exam in the CD, it's totally not the same style as real MS's. It even doesn't mention any point which should notice under exam. sigh... This is my first time to fail MS exam. Wasted time, money... I hope if anyone who is going write book, pls don't just for money, pls care about ur readers, or don't write it instead if don't know much about what u write.
"Horrible! Avoid at all costs!", I have read a number of Coriolis books to date, most have been very helpful in preparing for my exams. This is the exception. This book has too many typos and technical mistakes to count. Mistakes are NOT limited to simple spelling errors that can be worked around or overlooked. They exist in the diagrams and examples used to explain difficult issues. One wonders if the author has ever taken the TCP/IP exam. The CD ROM with practice tests does not even work! You can take the test, but the program will NOT grade the test or let you review the missed Q's! How helpful can that possibly be?
"Three Thumbs Down - The Worst Book I've Ever Bought", This is the worst book I have ever bought.
I was so confused after going though the first chapter that I almost wanted to give up on completing my MCSE, despite the face that I scored perfect on NT Server a week earlier.
This book truely made me mad. I was pretty broke when I was taking my MCSE, and garbaging a significant amount of money on a book about nothing was infuriating.
While I appreciated other Exam Cram books, I have vowed never to buy another Cram or Prep book again. I may browse through them at a book store, but so long as this guy is publishing books, that company isn't getting any of my money.
I actually picked up TCP/IP for Dummies, and I was really surprised. It was clear and concise and covered much of the materical on my exam.
I passed TCP/IP, but I assure you, it wasn't due to the help of this hapless book.
This book doesn't even deserve a single star. A zero star rating is appropriate.
Stay away.
"What exam are we preparing for?", I have been generally impressed with previous Certification Insider Press offerings. I figured that this book would be up to par and a reasonable guide for preparing for the TCP/IP exam. The author seems to have missed the point. This is an "EXAM PREP" book. What exam am I being prepped for with this book? Only occasionally did I feel that I was actually getting TCP/IP information. The unrelated information may have some value, but not at this stage of the certification game. Chapters on installing NT? Why? By the time an individual is studying for TCP/IP, I imagine that this topic is old hat. One would have been exposed to NT install information for at least the NT Server and Enterprise exams, and possibly even NT Workstation. The case study sections seemed useless to me as well. On the topic of TCP/IP I can say EXAM CRAM--YES, EXAM PREP--NO!!!
