What about hands-on experience? Did you have any?
>From: John Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: John Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Passed CCNP 2.0
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:02:18 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Well a few weeks of studying and I'm finally finished
>with this thing. Here's a list of what I studied, and
>what worked for me. Hope it helps!
>
>Week of July 3rd
> Passed Routing 2.0
> I read Jeff Doyle's Routing TCP/IP Volume one and
>Halabi's Internet Routing Archicture. Exam outline is
>dead on.
>
>Week of July 10th
> Passed Switching 2.0
> I read the Cisco Switching book, and the CLSW from
>Mcgraw-Hill. Exam outline again, is right on.
>
>Week of July 17
> Passed Novell 4.x to 5.0 upgrade.
> I blame the completely boring material I had to
>study for destroying my motivation for the next 2
>weeks.
>
>Week of July 24
>SLACKED!!!
>Week ok July 31
>SLACKED MORE!!!
>
>Week of Aug 7
> Monday-Passed CCDA.
> I took CCDA not for the Cert, but to get me moving
>again. Pretty easy test, just tedious.
> Wednesday-Passed Remote Access 2.0
> I got Jeff Quigle's book for this. I basically
>skimmed the book and took the test. Wasn't that bad.
>Exam outline could be revised.
>
>Week of Aug 14
> Passed Support 2.0
> Ok. I got the Cisco Internet Troubleshooting book
>from Cisco. I could not read this book, it was
>completely boring. I took the test to see what was on
>it and passed it. Coolness.
>
>
>My advice:
>Read Jeff Doyle's Routing TCP/IP Vol.1.
>I got more out of this than any of the others.
>
>Read Halabi's Internet Routing Architectures.
>He manages to keep it interesting almost all the way
>through.
>
>Read the Cisco Switching book, I think by Kennedy
>Clark. I managed to read it all the way through.
>
>Well, it's onto the CCIE written probably in a few
>weeks, I've started (again) on Caslow's book, and I
>can't recommend it enough either.
>
>Good Luck to All!
>-John
>
>
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