so now its on switching I guess. I could have sworn I failed that sucker as there were some tricky questions that I wasn't really prepared for, but I ended up scoring a moderate 837, good enough to pass. And the most surprising part of the test for me was that somehow I got a 100% on IS-IS, which was my weakest subject! I hit the Cisco.com supplement guide (my IOS didn't want to take the IS-IS commands) and the Boson practice tests and that seemed to be enough to pull me through in relation to ISIS. For those who are preparing:
I studied, cover to cover (twice), the Cisco Press Book BSCN by Paquet and Teare, 2001. Know this book and you can probably pass without any hands on experience. I have a 5 router lab, all 2500's with 2serial and 1E port, that I worked all the example lab configs (from the BSCN book) on. Obviously this is important, but I will definitely say that if you can't afford lab equipment then you should be able to get away with about 8-10 hours of remote sessions to practice up. I should say thought that I've been working as a network admin/engineer for about 3 years, so I already had plenty of concept understanding, and hands on router experience to augment my studies. But hands on experience is definitely not enough to get you through imo. Anyway, I know this is just 1/4 of CCNP, but I know I searched for this type of info as I was studying. Get the Cisco Press Books, do some practice exams to get a feel for how the questions are asked, and get yourself a few hours of hands-on time and you'll be fine. jason Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59108&t=59108 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
