What's ITM? I'm sure once you tell me what it is, I'll say "DOH!"
""dre"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I took the CCIE R&S Beta this afternoon, here's what I experienced: > > About 1/5 of the exam I thought should be on the CCNA instead (Make > sure you know ITM well for this part) > About 1/5 of the exam I only knew because of my 5 years+ IP/Ethernet > Cat5k/Cat6k/7x00 experience (especially know IP Multicast, OSPF, > BGP, STP, VLAN, UDLD, VACL/RACL, etc) > About 1/5 of the exam I thought were really math questions and not > Cisco questions (Know various QoS case scenarios from IP, FR, > ATM, etc) > About 1/5 of the exam I figured only a person who worked 5 years+ > doing IPX would know > About 1/5 of the exam I figured only a person who worked 5 years+ > doing SNA/DLSw+ would know > > Which means I probably got 2/5's of the test's answers wrong, putting > me ~60%. I hope the pass rate is near that number. > > When you go through the blueprint, do not skip over anything; it's > all on the exam. > > The insight that there are a lot of IP Multicast and Catalyst 6500 > questions was true in my experience as well. If you don't know > those down cold, you probably shouldn't bother taking the test. > > Cisco LAN Switching is not enough to get by, but Routing TCP/IP > Volume II is probably the best book you could read that covers a > lot of the material (lucky I read this the night before the exam). > > If you are lacking in any areas, reading isn't going to help too > too much since a lot of the questions are really exercises with > real world examples and interesting concepts that can only be applied > with hands-on exposure. Make sure you get that hands-on exposure > if you aren't working with it day-to-day. > > -dre Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42780&t=42761 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
