Neal,
How is your home lab set up? I plan on building a lab myself. I plan on
getting a 2502, it's pretty affordable. Then a 2501. How does this sound.
Let me now. PEACE.
Raheem
>From: Neal Rauhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Neal Rauhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: CIT passed with 850 & CCNP done, details inside
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:13:26 -0600
>
> I passed my BCMSN yesterday with a 934 and as a special present to
>myself I scheduled the CIT exam early this morning.
>
>
> I did basically zero preparation for the test. I spent the $30 for
>the boson.com exam for CIT because boson's stuff has been a very
>reliable indicator of readiness for me. I breezed through the first
>practice test in about nine minutes with a 70% and figured I was ready
>to go.
>
>
> I found the following areas covered in the exam
>
>
> 1. structured troubleshooting - collect some facts, try to
>isolate the problem, then an action plan. They must cover this in a
>structured fashion in the classes but I've never talked to anyone that
>has taken the CIT. There was a 'drag the little tabs into the
>appropriate order' question ... it was common sense.
>
> 2. ISDN. backwards and forwards. Caslow is a must read for this
>and I did all of the labs in the CCIE Lab Study Guide by Hutnik and
>Saterlee using a real live ISDN line into my house sharing the circuit
>between two S bus routers using an NT1.
>
> 3. frame relay. Once again Caslow and the CCIE Lab Study Guide
>will get you right through this.
>
> 4. IP and IPX behavior. I had a CNA and a lot of time in grade
>with netware and I've read W Richard Stevens TCP/IP illustrated so I had
>no trouble with this.
>
> 5. VLANs in all their glory. I feel *very* lucky that I
>scheduled this on top of the BCMSN instead of waiting and reviewing as I
>usually do.
>
> 6. there were a lot of subtle questions about connectionless
>protocols and troubleshooting in an internetwork that I did not do get.
>I am going to track that stuff down and read it for my personal
>satisfaction.
>
>
> I started working on the CCNP stuff diligently around April of this
>year after passing my CCNA last October and my CCDA in January. So,
>seven months of hard work, a killer home lab when I worked for Optimum
>and a not so killer home lab now that I am spending my own money, and
>maybe 500 hours of study and lab time and I'm now smart enough to
>accurately assess just how far I have to go for the CCIE :-(
>
> I got the boson.com exam for the CID earlier tonight and the results
>were promising :-) Am I going to be the first to knock off three of
>these exams in three days? I guess we'll see ...
>
>
>
>
>
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