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| JohhnyBeGood, I thought the test didnt cover everything I studied for. For example, I didnt see anything about ISL, VTP, and alot of switch-related items. I was at least expecting somthing about the root bridge, but I didnt get that either. I did see alot of OSI and Frame-relay questions. I do have to say that I do have ALOT more respect for the Cisco tests than the Microsoft ones. Good luck to you. | |
| JohnnyBeGood 2001-12-29, 10:15 pm |
| Yeah after my CCNA I will be able to agree with you 100% I am sure. MS just needs to take heart, but they have always been about marketing more or less. Thanks for the tips and glad to hear you passed it.
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| krugar 2001-12-29, 10:42 pm |
| I have to agree with Dude.
My test covered a lot of general stuff and was not as detailed as I expected.
I little bit of advice here. Don't go crazy and try to memorize all the cables stuff. In the real world there are people who do this for a living and they know everything there is about cables.
Also, unless your going to work a sniffer day and night I wouldn't worry about all the fields of a frame.
Concentrate on the commands you think you would use most often in the real world. In the real world I am always setting up default routes and static routes and frame-relay. Things like that.
Concentrate on the major areas of network equipment. Bridges and Switches do almost the same thing but I haven't seen a bridge in at least 6 years anywhere. People use switches and routers and if they don't you don't want to be working in their shop. You should understand what a switch does and what it doesn't do. In the real world that will help you.
I have my CNE but haven't worked anywhere in 4 years where I have seen Novell. I know there are some shops that still use it but I haven't seen any. But never the less know your general IPX stuff.
Access lists are a good thing to know in the real world too. You will use them to secure networks to a point.
Understanding the OSI Model is important. What goes where. This helps you understand how data flows. How everything ties in.
Good Luck... | |
| JohnnyBeGood 2001-12-29, 10:53 pm |
| I always ask questions before my exams...(I guess I get butterflies even though this will be my 14th certification exam). Thanks for the insight and good luck to you on your endeavors.
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| huntert 2001-12-29, 11:29 pm |
| There is no comparing of MS and cisco exams.
Cisco does not have easy exams. All cisco practioners know that cisco means business and its certs get top respect in our technology field.
I am reading lots of case scenerios for my CCDA exam and using visio to design LAN/WANS.
I have done MS exams before and they were a cakewalk. Cisco exams can be very nerve recking but at the end of the day It is all worth it and does sharpen the resume up more.
Experience with cisco certs/career tracks are going to get even hotter. | |
| krugar 2001-12-29, 11:40 pm |
| Something else I failed to mention with my last post.
Understand Subnetting.
Subnetting is simple math. It will click for those of you who are having a hard time. Just keep trying.
Best Regards,
P.S. know your subnetting..wink...wink... | |
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| JohnnyBeGood 2001-12-30, 9:52 am |
| Bring on those subnetting questions! Now those are cake!
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