RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Lomker, Michael
> I'll need hands on experience to tackle CCNP. I really > thought I could just read some books and take it on That depends upon a lot of factors, but you know your situation the best. I went from no Cisco knowledge through the IE written in six months. I did have three routers to experiment w

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Brian Zeitz
They say Abtronic doesn't work so I did get a look at these, someone at work had them. They are just some randomly thrown together questions and answers. And some stuff copy-n-pasted off the net (cramsession). Some have questions have explanations, some don't. If you think someone writing 10

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Lomker, Michael
> Even some of their CCNP series books are really easy reads > just to get a feel for things and learn the terminology. I think the key is to not use them as your sole reference point. I failed my first attempt at the CCNA exam (about 3.5 years ago) because the first CCNA books released were w

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Kaminski, Shawn G
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Where do I start? [7:39553] Sorry to point out the obvious, but any book on CCNP is going to be confusing. My trick was to use a bunch of sources, White papers I found snooping around on Cisco'

Re: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Persio Pucci
Has anbody used this material before?! How good is it? As good as an ABTronic? :) Regards, Persio - Original Message - From: "Kaminski, Shawn G" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: RE: Where do I start? [7:39553] > Also, go to "c c x x p r o d u c

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Brian Zeitz
Sorry to point out the obvious, but any book on CCNP is going to be confusing. My trick was to use a bunch of sources, White papers I found snooping around on Cisco's Site and the internet. My advice is use a lot of different sources, use books or white papers, everything else, is just a waste of

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Kaminski, Shawn G
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Where do I start? [7:39553] Yomi, I understand your plight. (Feel your pain) Depending on your level of experience with (actual hands on time) you will need to start with a solid foundation of RFC's. If you would like to save a lot of money start with C

Re: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Andrew Cook
We just went through a course eval at work, and it seems that Cisco is moving towards the BSCI rather than BSCN. BSCI counts as the router portion for CCNP as well as towards CCIP, so it would make more sense for those who haven't yet taken the BSCN test to shift gears - BSCI will be more flexibl

Re: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Daniel Thiffeault
Question of taste, i personally own many Cisco books from Cisco Press and i should say that most of the time i am really satisfied. BCSN is a good one Regards, Daniel Thiffeault ""Yomi Thomas"" a icrit dans le message news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Guys, > I'm just about to start climbing the CC

RE: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Rasman
Yomi, I understand your plight. (Feel your pain) Depending on your level of experience with (actual hands on time) you will need to start with a solid foundation of RFC's. If you would like to save a lot of money start with CCIE Study Guide by Hutnik / Satterlie go to half.com and buy used for 29.

Re: Where do I start? [7:39553]

2002-03-27 Thread Chuck
Said the caterpillar to Alice "One should begin at the beginning" ;-> depending upon your current level of expertise, I would say that any of the books out there are as good as any other. Unfortunately, if you have the level of understanding that I did, for example, of OSPF, then you just have t