Congrats Jason! The book by Catherine Paquet is the best of all I ever read. She should be real genius in writing the books. Have you used the IS-IS addendum available for this Paquet book at Ciscopress.com
Its availabe free download for those who haven't got it downloaded yet. Suresh Patrick B.S., M.S.(Eng), CCIE # CCNA,CCNP,CSS1,CVoice,CNE,MCSE,CCSA,CCSE,SCSA,CLP. http://www.sureshhomepage.com A homepage on network certs! >From: "Tangled Up in Blue" >Reply-To: "Tangled Up in Blue" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Passed 640-901 today [7:59108] >Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:55:15 GMT > >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 misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect your PC - Click here for McAfee.com VirusScan Online Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59158&t=59108 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
