Excellent assessment of the areas that are 'dated'.
Thanks Chuck.
--- Chuck Larrieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am currently participating in the Global Knowledge
> e-learning version of
> this class. When I have completed it, I will send a
> report to the group. But
> so far I have to say that there is definite need for
> an updating of the
> study materials.
>
> Among the things either the instructor ( a working
> CCIE ) or other
> participants in the class have noted:
>
> 1) FDDI - class gives FDDI a lot of attention. Some
> folks think the
> technology is fading in favor of gigabit ethernet
> 2) ATM - same thing, although folks also believe
> that ATM will be around on
> the WAN side for a while
> 3) Some older material indicating that fast ethernet
> is just starting to be
> deployed to the desktop
> 4) Gigabit ethernet discussion talks about how
> standards are being worked on
> 5) 802.1q draft is being worked on
> 6) no discussion of fast etherchannel
> 7) lots of x.25 but no dsl , for example
> 8) chapter on stratecom, but not the more recent
> successors to stratecom
> 9) cat 500 is newest switch talked about - nothing
> on layer 3 switching
>
> these are just the things I notice. I'm sure as the
> class proceeds, there
> will be more.
>
> ( class is four hours a day, for two weeks. And it
> is physically tougher to
> do it this way, in my opinion. )
>
> In my spare time I am reading the Cisco press CID
> book and Robert Padjen's
> CID book. Will try to give reviews if my eyes don't
> pop out first.
>
> Back original point, Cisco probably needs to start
> thinking about
> modernizing this course, it's contents, and the
> exam.
>
> Just one opinion.
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> McMasters, Eric
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: 'Robert Padjen'; Oladele Ayuba;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: CID retiring???
>
> I sent this question to Cisco Training a couple of
> weeks ago and I finally
> got a response, so here ya' go.
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> The CID Exam is not scheduled for revision.
>
> If you have further questions or concerns, please
> feel free to contact us
> at 1.800.829.6387 (option 2,1).
>
>
> Eric L. McMasters, CCNP/CCDA
> OSSN - Sr. Network Engineer
>
> Phone: 913.859.1986
> PCS: 913.485.9734
> Fax: 913.859.1234
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Padjen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 11:41 AM
> To: Oladele Ayuba; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: CID retiring???
>
>
> To my knowledge Cisco has no plans to retire CID. In
> fact, it is likely that this exam will become more
> important with the CCIE Design track. Normally Cisco
> takes about six months from the announcement of a
> beta
> to retire a test, so (presumably) we're looking at
> the
> current test until 2001. Note, the current test
> objectives are dated and based on course materials
> from 1997, so it would be a good idea to prepare for
> the exam outside of 'current' activities.
>
>
> --- Oladele Ayuba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello good CISCO people, Pls. I'd like to know if
> > CID is retiring, when it's
> > retiring if its retiring and what will be the
> > replacement exam
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
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