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Cisco Certification (CCNA, CCIE) - What is the best way to do this?

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Spartyguy

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I'm looking to add some skills on the side of my current job in a telecom company, and I'm looking at CCNA and MCSE certification. This is something totally seperate from my current job, and I wouldn't be using it on my current job at all.

I'm hoping that someone in here would be able to give me some advice on what the best route would be on getting Cisco Certified? I don't really have the vacation and money (from what I've seen $1-2k) to take those 1 to 2 week full time classes, and I really don't feel like spending 2 years taking classes at a community college. Do the teach yourself books work? Do the simulators work? What does someone who has gone through this think?

Thanks....
 
I would recommend the self study method for the CCNA for sure. It's not that hard, and will provide a good networking basis. After that, you might want to pick up a couple of 2500-series routers to practice on. The simulators will work just fine for the CCNA test.

Good Luck

DaveK
 
My experience was this. My company needed someone to pass the CCNA so we could become a Cisco partner and get deals on there wireless equipment. I had alot of experience with the 802.11b hardware and other proprietary wireless equipment as an installer, site engineer, support, etc... but no experience with routers, switched VLAN's and so on. I had taken a TCP/IP course and new the OSI model pretty well. Well, all my boss handed me was a book and a request to get it done ASAP. Well, I used Todd Lammle's book and just missed the first time I took it two weeks later. Took another week and passed easily. NOW, it was a paper cert. No doubt about it. I have spent the last year or so earning its legitimacy but the test can be passed is the point. I didnt have any software but I have since seen and used RouterSim which is pretty good. That and books and a fair amount of cognitive intelligence will rate you a cert from Cisco. MCSE took a little longer because of the number of tests but they are, individually, significantly easier tests. Cumulatively, they add up but are very do able. For that cert i used books, and servers at my office to practice as well as test labs I set up at my crib.
 
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