Usually I am in "voyeur" mode on the list, but I think I will start voicing
my opinions on selected items...If you look at the objectives for the
Switching test you will see that there may be product specific questions. It
is all dependant on the questions you get "from the pool". As I journey
onwards to the golden router, and take tests along the way that will
challenge both my mental and physical capabilities ( ha ha ), I realize one
thing. I cannot know ALL of every subject. My weakness when it came to the
switching test was multicast. Talking with my peer who took the test the
week prior, he said he saw maybe 2 questions on multicast the rest were the
typical product specific questions, ISL, VLAN, trunking, etc. So when I went
in, I was pretty confident in my chances...but alas I pulled probably all of
those da** multicast questions. Luckily my strengths kept me afloat. What
does this have to do with your question? Hmmm...let's see. In my opinion you
should know ALL that you can know, and realize your weaknesses, and pray to
the router gods that you do not get hammered on that subject...by the way I
did see a few product specific questions. Oh yeah, and also....knowing a
little design theory cannot hurt you...!! I enjoyed the BCMSN book...cannot
stand the BCRAN...!! And limited access to switches should not prevent you
from regurgitating product specific questions...(i.e. backplane, no. of line
cards, forwarding rate, max MAC addresses, etc.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Mari Misato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Labs for BCMSN (CCNP)
I just finished reading the same book. I find it covers quite a
lot of design topics which I think they shouldn't be in this
course since it's a CCNP exam, not CCDP.
I also have very limited access to Cisco switches. Does anyone
know whether this exam is product specific?
I think there are also errors in this book but I can't seem to
find the errata sheet. Could anyone give the URL?
Thanks in advance.
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Labs for BCMSN (CCNP)
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:18:00 +0000
>
>Hello again.
>
>Does anyone know where I could find some lab scenarios for BCMSN. I
>have a 5505 Catalyst Switch that I can fool around on and I have cleared
>the config, upgraded the IOS, messed around with VLANs and basic
>configuration, and that is about it. Does anyone know of a website or a
>book that has basic lab scenarios in it to help me prepare for BCMSN...and
>the rest of the CCNP tests for that mater?
>
>Also, I am reading the Cisco Press book for BCMSN. The book seems to
>cover design more than configuring. What does the test focus more on,
>design or configuration?
>
>Thanks!
>~j
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