Aims at the right target but misses wildly

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Book:		Designing Large Scale Lans
Subject:		Aims at the right target but misses wildly
Date:		2008-12-22 21:40:37
From:		Matt Simmons

Rating: Ideally, I would have marked this two stars, since there was some useful information in this book, but 2 stars was labeled as "average", and this book is below average. In addition to plain out wrong information (see the review regarding STP), the book had a feeling of being thrown together. It was not cohesive, and the information was presented haphazardly. Large sections of useful information was left out and I didn't find a lot of the information pertinent. I would really like to see a 2nd version of this book come out, properly edited and revised. I feel that most of it would have to be rewritten, but the subject matter is sorely lacking other definitive sources. This book, properly written, would fill a void. I'm very glad I picked up my copy second hand and thus didn't pay full cover price. If you desire to read it, grab it from the library, and make sure to back up your research in other books. I get the feeling that unless you already know the subject matter well, this book may end up counterproductive.