Change of subject, and a massive trim. The KnowledgeNet course was good. I took the "Express" "with Mentor." Contrary to their recommendations, I didn't see much value in their mentors. Not to say that they are not knowledgeable or anything, just that 90% of the time my "questions" for the mentors were corrections in the Cisco courseware. The course was for the new test. I believe there were a few questions on the test that were not covered in the course.
You get the Cisco courseware documentation, and access to their on-line power-point type slides with an instructor basically saying the same thing as is in the courseware. However, they do talk about some things that are not in the manuals. You should have six weeks to go through it. I'd suggest taking a day off or spending a Saturday to go through the whole course, but that's just me. I can't do the one hour here and there thing. They also include "labs" or simulations of setting up the hardware. However, they don't have an actual lab. I think they are working on that, but I found it very useful to have a "real" 3000 available to go through the menus. If you haven't taken this test before, don't skip the practice thing in the beginning. One of the simulations worked a bit differently than I was expecting, and although I'm sure I knew what I was doing I'm not sure if I got credit for that question. Know all the menus, and what items are on the actual configuration screens. I have a side question myself. Cisco changed their specialist program, so that now apparently there isn't a Firewall Specialist, VPN Specialist, and IDS Specialist, but rather just one Security Specialist. So does that mean that I can't use the "VPN Specialist" designation anymore and have to wait until I pass all of the tests? What about that INFOSEC designation, is that still valid? Perhaps I should just login to the new Certifications Community site and check there. http://forums.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/CertCom?page=main Fred Reimer - CCNA Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Truman, Michelle, RTSLS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:17 AM To: Reimer, Fred; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: VPN Best Hardware to use? [7:73793] LITTLE OT: [7:73793] Can you comment on that particular Knowledgenet class? I'm signed up to take it in the not too distant future. Thanks, Michelle Michelle Truman CCIE # 8098 Principal Technical Consultant AT&T Solutions Center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 651-998-0949 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73919&t=73919 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
