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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 data and voice integration solutions at the network-access level.

Whether you are preparing for CCVP certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of VoIP fundamentals, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.

Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE), Third Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from

Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945, is a certified Cisco instructor, and he teaches courses in the Cisco CCSP, CCVP, and CCNP® tracks. With 19 years of Cisco networking experience, Kevin has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University.

• Integrate VoIP into an existing data network

• Design a VoIP network for optimal voice quality

• Examine the various call types in a VoIP network

• Configure analog voice interfaces and dial peers

• Perform call signaling over digital voice ports

• Implement H.323, MGCP, and SIP protocols on Cisco IOS® gateways

• Identify dial plan characteristics

• Configure advanced dial plans

• Deploy H.323 gatekeepers

• Implement a Cisco UBE router to provide protocol interworking

Companion CD-ROM

The CD-ROM contains a bonus 90 minutes of video demonstrations. Watch the author perform fundamental CVoice configuration tasks in a series of six video-on-demand labs.

This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

Category: Voice over IP

Covers: CVoice exam 642-436

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 20 Ratings

Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) (Authorized Self-Study Guide) (3rd Edition) - 2009-10-12
Reviewer Rating:
I received the book and CD before the promised ship date and in great shape too. thanks!!!

Very rough ride to get the CVOICE... - 2009-08-05
Reviewer Rating:
This book is organized an a fashion that makes retention difficult. The concepts gone over in this book seem to go way too fast. The authors give several new technology acronyms / abbreviations without definition and expect you to remember where they used them until they give the definition that may be revealed to you sometime later on in the chapter.

You will definitely need some other source to study from before testing on this comprehensive exam, unless you already know the majority of what this book should teach you.

Don't waste your time - 2009-08-03
Reviewer Rating:
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.

A pick for advanced colleges offering study in this area - 2008-10-13
Reviewer Rating:
Kevin Wallace, CCIE's AUTHORIZED SELF-STUDY GUIDE TO CISCO VOICE OVER IP (CVOICE), 3RD EDITION offers a college-level student's guide for the CVOICE exam 642-436, and is a pick for advanced colleges offering study in this area. Software programmers and students receive a manual covering all the elements of VoIP calls, dial plans, and implementation of gateways and Cisco systems. Both are highly recommended specialty acquisitions.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Great Study guide AND reference book - 2008-08-05
Reviewer Rating:
Well I originally bought this book to help study for the CVOICE exam. I certainly used it for that and then some. It covered all of the exam topics pretty well and for me was an easy read. I passed the exam easily. What I didnt realize was that I would use it even more after the fact for a reference. Definitely worth the money for this book.

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