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Help! I'm New to CCNA Certification & Need some advice
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| Please could someone advise were to start on this one. I am Currently MCP NT4,Svr & Ent, MCNE, SCO Ace, Compaq ASE.
I know nothing of Cisco hardware except that I usually call in the cavalry when it goes wrong!
Please please help me.
Yeti
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Yeti-GBR1
email: Yeti@zerg.com
http://www.mcse2000.plus.com
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I am just finishing Cisco's Networking Academy--I would recommend this approach so that you can learn to answer cisco's tricky way of questioning. Go to cisco's home page and search for a academy in your area. | |
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| Since you have no experience on cisco-devices, but already some of networking-knowledge, I would fly over one of the study-guides from:
sybex / todd lammle
ciscopress / odom wendell
just to get a feeling on the topics and
prepare a little bit for the icnd-course.
then you should visit the cisco-icnd-course.
then you should do the real study of icnd/sybex/ciscopress-sources and at least take several practice exams in book-style:
syngress / test yourself - practice exams
(have a look at www.amazon.com searching for ccna)
or web-style: www.boson.com www.techmindworks.com www.transcender.com
and if you have any possibility,
borrow a router for the time of studying.
if that is not possible, you should use lammle's e-lab-simulator, to get hands on.
but you need not study all of that material :-)))
hope it helps, siegi | |
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| Thanks lads for the timely response,
I've had a look at Cisco's home...eek!
Theres a mass of information there, oh well what the heck Ms 70-240 & CCNA here I come (may be I'm just mad to take on 2 Certs at once).
I'll keep you posted as I progress.
Yeti  | |
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| Is this book worth getting?
CCNA Certification Kit
Todd Lammle, William Tedder
Our Price: £85.62
CD-ROM - 766 pages (June 2000)
Sybex Inc; ISBN: 0782127290
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Yeti-GBR1
email: Yeti@zerg.com
http://www.mcse2000.plus.com
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| Thanks edlinger,
i think I'd be stupid not to get it then
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| there are two good sources:
odom wendell: for in-depth-knowledge
todd lammle: for exam-prep (easier to understand)
you can find customer-ratings for both at the amazon-site.
just search for ccna+lammle or ccna+wendell
please use the search button at this site (examnotes) too.
there are sooo many entries you can find for: todd, lammle, odom, wendell, sybex, ciscopress
it depends on your reading preference.
most of them prefer lammle with e-trainer.
I think it's a good choice.
siegi
[This message has been edited by edlinger (edited 10-28-2000).] | |
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| Thanks edlinger,
I'll look at them, sorry for the delay as I've in the Win2K & Gereral forums.
Soz |
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