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| Hi People
I passed my CCNA about 3 months ago, thinking about doing CCNP, would you suggest getting alot of commercial exp before doing CCNP or could I go straight into it.
I understand there are 4 parts to the course which parts would you recommend to do first and what good books and software simulators are there avalible. I already routersim ver2 for my CCNA, are there any for CCNP?
Would be greatfull for the feedback  | |
| peterd 2001-09-13, 2:10 am |
| Hi Daza,
congrats on your CCNA.
The usual CCNP order, recommended by Cisco is routing, switching, remote access and troubleshooting. Some of the later courses refer to stuff from the earlier ones, but you can take them in any order you wish.
The best books are the Ciscopress and these come in two flavours, the course book (prep) and the exam book which just covers the basics that you'd need for the exam.
The prep books go into detail and take longer to read through but you'll have a better grasp on the topic (hopefully).
There are simulators around but they're expensive, router sim do have one for the routing and switching exams and they plan to add the others later.
You can also find on the internet plenty of places where you can get onto a 'lab' set up and practice, some of these are free once you register.
I'd say that it would be possible to pass the exams without any hands-on experience, I have limited router and switch experince and passed the first two, but you'd be limiting the number of jobs available to yourself afterwards.
If you don't mind starting off with a low-paid 'second assistant' type of job to gain some experience then there's no problem at all, just don't get the idea that simply passing the exams will automatically lead to big payslips.
Regards
Peter | |
| Dillon 2001-09-13, 4:10 am |
| Daza
Peter is absolutely correct with regard to your question about passing the CCNP exams with little or no commercial experience. Getting as much exposure to Cisco equipment, the command line interface & accompanying technologies will make your path easier, both now & in the future should your eventual target be CCIE for instance.
I suggest that if this is the direction that you plan to go, then you will need to purchase plenty of study material & if you cannot afford a couple of routers/switches etc, then get yourself one of the e-trainer study products.
Remember that everybody has to start somewhere!!
Dillon  | |
| Always Learning 2001-09-16, 3:41 am |
| What Dillon and Peter said. Oh and good luck |
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