Cisco Voice over IP
Product Description
Authorized Self-Study Guide Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) Third Edition Foundation learning for CVOICE exam 642-436 Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945 Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE), Third Edition, is a Cisco-authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCVP foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge and skills required to plan, design, and deploy a Cisco voice-over-IP (VoIP) network and to integrate gateways and gatekeepers into an enterprise VoIP network. By reading this book, you will gain a thorough understanding of converged voice and data networks and also the challenges you will face implementing various network technologies. Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) presents you with information on the foundational elements of VoIP calls, the description of dial plans, and the implementation of gateways, gatekeepers, and Cisco Unified Border Elements (Cisco UBEs). The book gives you the information needed to implement and support da… More >>
February 13th, 2010 at 7:03 am
As I did not understand FXS and FXO, I bought this book. But unfortunately it does not explain very clearly all the relevant analogue and digital trunk technologies. The exercises are too simple without any practical use, most figures are copied from Cisco web site, and some sentences are copied word by word. I recommend this book to those light readers only, who just want to understand some basic concepts. In my opinion it is not very useful for network engineers. Hope the new version will change a lot.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 13th, 2010 at 8:29 am
I read this book primarily to pass the CVOICE exam.
First off, this book barely provides adequate coverage of the questions that come up in the exam. I kept seeing questions and thinking, hey, this wasn’t in the book!
I don’t think I would have passed the exam if I had relied solely on this book. It’s got too many niggling errors and some poorly explained sections that look like the author was writing them in the small hours or after a few pints.
You need to check the web site, 3rd party prep guides and course notes to be sure of success.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 13th, 2010 at 10:18 am
No good for a self study, find another book.
The book has no structure, and is inconsistant in its delivery of the info.
Config walk throughs are confusing at best, sometimes requiring knowledge on features not yet covered.
I’m sure some of the info is outright wrong, almost like it was never proof read or fact checked.
1:Technical descriptions are hard to follow and inconsistant.
2:Config walkthroughs are hard to follow and inconsistant.
3:Features are covered at random with no real structure.
4:Some facts are just wrong.
5:Dialplan recomendations are scary.
6:Sample questions are very easy compared to what is on the actual exam.
7:There is NO BOSON TEST SIM with this book.
I’ve self studied both CCNA and QoS succesfully with the other CisCo Press Books.
This one is a real let down.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 13th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Pretty good book, for it goes into great detail on topics such as signaling, port configurations and overall topics covered in the exam.
One word of advice is not to just rely on this book for the CVOICE exam there are some questions on the exam that will test your knowledge on bandwidth management and port configurations.
Overall good book.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 13th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I received the book and CD before the promised ship date and in great shape too. thanks!!!
Rating: 5 / 5