Great write up. Thanks. So what is the current exam number?
Is it just one exam that I have to take? Do you know what the new exam number will be or is? I was looking at taking the following course, what do you think: http://www.knowledgenet.com/courselibrary/cisco/courses/desgn_pf.jsp Thank you! --- Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > CiscoNewbie wrote: > > > > Hi all. I am going up for my CCDA cert and would > like to know > > what are the recommended books and material to > study with? > > Nothing is out yet for the new version of the test, > as far as I know. Your > best bet would be to take the instructor-led class, > if you can afford it. > With a good instructor, I think DESGN could be a > really great class. It's > got tons of meat now, much more than before. It has > a big focus on systems > analysis as it is taught at universities, as a real > discipline, not just a > bunch of hand-waving. The class also has a huge > scope, covering almost > everything you ever wanted to know related to campus > and enterprise > networks, from business (which they call social or > organizational) goals, > technical goals, topologies, architectures, modular > design, addressing > (including IPv6), routing, voice, network > management, and security. > > One focus is on the SAFE architecture, so look that > up on Cisco's site and > learn it. There's also some AVVID stuff > > Many of the course modules are partially based on my > book Top-Down Network > Design. Many of the modules say that Top-Down > Network Design is recommended > reading. Top-Down Network Design doesn't cover some > newer topics, though, > such as SAFE and AVVID, although it did cover voice > in a limited fashion, > since Cisco has been harping on that for years now. > DESGN covers voice in > gory detail, however. It seems to have all of the > old CVOICE course in it. > > Each module in DESGN has many chapters, each of > which is literally hundreds > of pages long. The person turning it into a book > (not me unfortunately) is > going to have a heyday. :-) > > I haven't taken the new test, but if it really tests > all that's in the > course, it's going to be one of the hardest tests > out there (and that's a > good thing. It's about time design got some respect. > :-) > > Anyway, bottom line: if you can take the older > version of the test, then > there's lots of study materials. If you have to take > the newer version, then > you should take the instructor-led DESGN class or > wait a few months for > study material. > > Priscilla > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=71241&t=71111 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
