The Bruno book is just a place to start. It will at least give you an introduction to each of the topics...
I would recommend reading both of Doyle's Routing TCP/IP books, Sam Halabi's Internet Routing Architectures, Caslow's Cisco Certification, as well as a good MPLS book. I'm the author of one of the Boson exams for this test (which means I have a bit of an agenda), so I think those are useful too... I also put together a fairly basic study guide for this exam that you can download from www.cramsession.com (but you have to really look around to find the free version)... Lastly, I put together a bunch of free material at www.laganiere.net I hope that helps give you a place to start getting ready for a second attempt. As hard as the qualifying exam is, trust me, the lab is much worse... --- Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Panella Todd" To: Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 3:02 PM Subject: Blown Away By The New CCIE Written [7:62396] > Has anyone taken the new format of the written test? I just got my head > handed to me. Needed a 58 to pass and got a 47. I definitely studied the > wrong material. I thought the test would emphasize OSPF, BGP, WAN and the > basic Routing Protocol interaction. Boy was I wrong. 75% of the test was > Multicast, IPX, Token Ring and QoS. I studied QoS pretty well, but slacked > a bit on Multicast and totally wrote off Token Ring or IPX. Ooops....$300 > down the drain. Anyone else have a similiar experience? As far as what I > used, I thought the "official CCIE R&S Exam Cert. Guide" would be enough. > Uhh, that's a big NO! Bruno and clan don't even cover half of what was on > this test. Anyone else recommend something different for next time? Should > I just say No to all books and print out all the links on the Exam blueprint > page? I think that's what I'm going to do this time, oh, that and > concentrate on useless protocols. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62416&t=62396 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]