I took a class recently at a local juco that was very good. They used labs from the Academy material aimed towards advanced router config. I have a lab at home with a couple of 2600's and a couple of 2500's that I've picked up off of eBay over the last couple of years and was able to do the labs over again at home. What I blew thru in the class due to time constraints I was able to dissect a little more completely and try different commands and such with at home. As far as reading material I used the BSCN text book and printed out the Cisco link on IS-IS that is available here (watch for text wrap) http://www.ciscopress.com/content/images/1578702283/downloads/2283newchap2.p df?session_id={191E20FE-35FE-420B-94D2-D7BAA31347FC} but I understand the actual BSCI text book is available now http://www.ciscopress.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={E9CBCDAF-77DF-468E -B2F6-C902C0B78D6F} I used a couple of practice tests that were very good but very similar to each other in content. Either would have probably been enough. http://www.fravo.com/cisco/index.htm and http://216.197.111.79/testking/index.cfm?pageid=714&productid=102 Both were outstanding (IMHO) conceptually. If you're looking for braindump, these-are-exactly-the-questions-you'll-see-on-the-real-test-type study guides then these aren't what you're looking for. I didn't see any *exact* questions from either of these on my test but all of the concepts I found on the test were covered in both of these. TestKing is a PDF and Fravo is a little app that you run. Fravo probably has more questions but not any more material is covered. They just ask the same type question 3 different ways. >From my experience with the test know IS-IS. I was told to expect maybe 3 or 4 questions on IS-IS. I got more like a dozen or maybe even more. The rest was pretty evenly scattered thru all of the topics that the BSCI topics list at Cisco has in it. No one area was hit any harder than any other in mine. I did have fewer actual config the scenario questions than I expected. Know how OSPF, BGP work and how to set them up. Understand route sumarization and VLSM. Understand EIGRP and how it interacts with IGRP. Know IS-IS and CLNS. Know route redistribution. Be familiar with RIP v2. Basically, know everything in the BCSN book and IS-IS. I know I'm Forrest Gump-like compared to most I see post here regularly so I may not be the most accurate indicator of it's difficulty but that was my toughest cert test of the eight that I've taken to date.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Faulk Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bsci passed [7:62805] Hey guys, what were your study materials? John On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 03:47:01PM +0000, Mark Smith wrote: > Congratulations, Alejandro. > > That was a tough test for me too. I passed mine yesterday morning. I'm not > exactly bragging about the score but I passed. Got a lot more on IS-IS than > I expected - about 20% or more of my test. Had only read about it. My home > lab routers aren't beefy enough to set it up and play with it and I've never > used it in the real world. Guess I read enough about it though. > > On to switching..... > > > Mark > > > > Quoting Alejandro Quemada : > > > Hi > > it4s mi first post > > I have just passes bsci test this morning. it was a > > bit hard but.... passing > > score 700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62893&t=62805 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
