Hey guys,
For the most part I've been lurking on this list, but I thought I'd thank
everyone for all the good input and conversation that goes on here, and to
give anyone who hasn't taken the test yet an idea of what it's like. I
scored an 846, 699 is passing, I found the test to be fairly easy and I
probably would've scored higher if I had taken my time on it, I was ready to
get it over with and pretty much flew through the test.
Here's a general breakdown of what I encountered:
- A healthy dose of "select the best switch for..." questions, with tiny
scenarios and a choice of switches that would best suit the application.
- Some general switch management stuff, like setting a switch's IP address,
port duplex, etc.
- Lots of trunking questions; rules for encapsulation and negotiation,
problems that can occur with trunks, etc.
- VTP modes, know these fairly well.
- Spanning tree port states and timers, as well as spanning tree
optimization such as PortFast and UplinkFast, root bridge selection, etc.
- Some general MLS stuff, nothing too difficult, mostly multiple-choice
commands.
- Very little multicast stuff. Nature of multicasts, IP-MAC address
translation, CGMP, very little PIM.
- Know the rules that apply when connecting switches: port speeds, link
lights, etc.
- No HSRP questions at all.
- No LANE/ATM.
Anyway, I hope whoever is planning on taking the test in the near future
finds this helpful. Thanks again for some of the good information I've
garnered from this list. Now on to BCRAN I suppose. Good luck to everyone
in their certification endeavors.
~Seth~
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