Posted: 1/24/2012 5:00:30 PM EDT
Not a great idea if you work full time...
I started two weeks ago and what the school has done is taken the Routing Protocols & Concepts, And Lan Switching and Wireless classes (CCNA2 and CCNA3) And crammed them into a one night a week class. I got a A in my Intro to IT class and a B in the CCNA1 class (Network Fundamentals). I shouldn't be fast tracking CCNA courses. |
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having worked with routing and switching for a couple of years, I was comfortable with getting my CCNA and CCNP in Cisco bootcamps. It was not easy, but it was and is doable. I have no prior experience in any networking stuff. I guess if I had more knowledge it would be easier. We get to use packet tracer and net labs. |
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Quoted: having worked with routing and switching for a couple of years, I was comfortable with getting my CCNA and CCNP in Cisco bootcamps. It was not easy, but it was and is doable. Likewise. I think a big part of success in accelerated networking courses is having a home lab and spending some time to hack away at the material outside of the class. If you can spare the funds, buy some equipment on eBay and build your own lab. Two routers (1760 would work) and two switches (2950s are dirt cheap) would go a long way toward helping you with your studies, and you could probably get all four shipped for less than $200. Every time you run into a new concept such as VTP or EIGRP, fire up your lab and make it work. Be careful, though, lab hardware is contagious.   |
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having worked with routing and switching for a couple of years, I was comfortable with getting my CCNA and CCNP in Cisco bootcamps. It was not easy, but it was and is doable. Likewise. I think a big part of success in accelerated networking courses is having a home lab and spending some time to hack away at the material outside of the class. If you can spare the funds, buy some equipment on eBay and build your own lab. Two routers (1760 would work) and two switches (2950s are dirt cheap) would go a long way toward helping you with your studies, and you could probably get all four shipped for less than $200. Every time you run into a new concept such as VTP or EIGRP, fire up your lab and make it work. Be careful, though, lab hardware is contagious. http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/RackLab4.jpg http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/RackProduction2.jpg 
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Quoted: Quoted: having worked with routing and switching for a couple of years, I was comfortable with getting my CCNA and CCNP in Cisco bootcamps. It was not easy, but it was and is doable. Likewise. I think a big part of success in accelerated networking courses is having a home lab and spending some time to hack away at the material outside of the class. If you can spare the funds, buy some equipment on eBay and build your own lab. Two routers (1760 would work) and two switches (2950s are dirt cheap) would go a long way toward helping you with your studies, and you could probably get all four shipped for less than $200. Every time you run into a new concept such as VTP or EIGRP, fire up your lab and make it work. Be careful, though, lab hardware is contagious. http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/RackLab4.jpg http://www.TWNCommunications.Net/Other/RackProduction2.jpg I don't know much about network stuff yet so I don't really know what any of that is or what it all does, but I want it.  |
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having worked with routing and switching for a couple of years, I was comfortable with getting my CCNA and CCNP in Cisco bootcamps. It was not easy, but it was and is doable. I have no prior experience in any networking stuff. I guess if I had more knowledge it would be easier. We get to use packet tracer and net labs. If you have no experience at all why are you trying to fast track? Those exist to let guys who already know what they're doing to get the certs to fulfill a job requirement. |
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Quoted: Not a great idea if you work full time... I know I did this about 8 years ago while working Full Time and on call.... Sucked... I'm sure it has changed alot since then and gotten way harder... Sadly, I let my CCNA expired as I did not have time to renew it... Are there any talks of making the CCNA cover IOS XR yet???? God I hope not... After dabbling in IOS for 10+ years, XR is like going from English to a Martian version of whatever they speak in Mogadishu...
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