Where could someone get the Cisco Academy Semester 5 - Advanced Routing materials? I'm curious as to what their labs are like.
Shawn K. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The CCNP BSIN ( I Think Exam ) [7:63749] It's the BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks) exam - 640-901. I took it about three weeks ago. It was tough for me but then I don't get as much real-world hands on experience with routing protocols and such as I'd like. For info check here: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/certprog/testing/current_exam s/640-901.html There is a new book out for the BSCI test http://www.ciscopress.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={E9CBCDAF-77DF-468E -B2F6-C902C0B78D6F} but I used the old for the the BSCN test and the info from here at Cisco on IS-IS: http://www.ciscopress.com/content/images/1578702283/downloads/2283newchap2.p df?session_id={191E20FE-35FE-420B-94D2-D7BAA31347FC} and it worked out OK for me. I had 57 questions. Passing score was 700 out of 1000. I passed but I ain't bragging about my score. Strange as it might sound, most of my routing test was on routing protocols. It was very pretty evenly spread between OSPF, BGP and IS-IS. Know them. Really know IS-IS. Probably 20% of my test was on IS-IS. I was told to expect 3 or 4 questions max on it but I had a lot more on mine. Understand CLNP and CLNS. Had some questions on VLSM, redistributing and optimizing routes, RIP2, EIGRP too - basically everything in the BSCN book and from the pdf above. If you have access to a real lab or have one of your own (thank you, eBay) you will be way ahead of the game. If you do, get the Cisco Academy Semester 5 - Advanced Routing - info and do all the labs in there. If you can't actually do them then study them. Don't know anything about the router sims available. They may be a decent alternative to having access to routers. Someone else may be able to speak to that. Get familiar with the commands to accomplish tasks within the individual protocols. There's a lot of memorization in this test. It covers a lot of ground. And my test covered a lot of some of it and a little of all of the rest of it. Only surprise I had was how much IS-IS was on the test. Boson, Fravo and TestKing make some decent practice tests too. Any one of them would probably do as they're all pretty similar. Good luck. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Aiello Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The CCNP BSIN ( I Think Exam ) [7:63749] I have been readibng through the boards and from what I've seen the new CCNP Routing exam seems to be a bear. This is the next test I am studying for. Any one out there that have passed the test, that can give me a generally study out line? Also what books or test prep did you use. You guys ( and ladies ) are all great, Steve Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=63807&t=63749 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
