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Let me show you a easier/cheaper method. I will retract all of the below, if you tell me you took the IE and passed it, however I have $5000 that says that is not the case. ;)

 

1. Use online resources to acquire E-Books/CBT Nuggets/Guides Ect.

2. Test

3. Pass

4. Profit ?

 

He wouldn't need 5 grand for an IE. You can pass that for ~1500. If your that good of course. Amazing how one of the highest level Cisco Certs requires no Pre-Req's

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CCIE is the last zero to hero cert. You can pass the written using the above methods, but you will never pass the lab without a large expenditure.

 

CCNA is a good certification to have as if you have passed it recently, you have some competency in networking (however most CCNAs cannot subnet IP in their head).

 

A+ and N+ are only for real newbs.

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CCNA is a good certification to have as if you have passed it recently, you have some competency in networking (however most CCNAs cannot subnet IP in their head)

 

I know I can't. I've never really been a math guy, and for whatever reason Subnet Math never clicked in my head, even though it was always the first chapter in every networking class I have ever had.

 

People in the real world use subnet calculators anyway.

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I know I can't. I've never really been a math guy, and for whatever reason Subnet Math never clicked in my head, even though it was always the first chapter in every networking class I have ever had.

 

People in the real world use subnet calculators anyway.

 

Not this people, real networkers do it in their head.

 

/25 is half of a /24. If you have ever looked at and-ing the binary bits from an IP to a sub-net it is pretty easy to see how it works. Additionally having to work it backwards into a wildcard mask will really cement it for you.

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CCIE is the last zero to hero cert. You can pass the written using the above methods, but you will never pass the lab without a large expenditure.

 

CCNA is a good certification to have as if you have passed it recently, you have some competency in networking (however most CCNAs cannot subnet IP in their head).

 

A+ and N+ are only for real newbs.

 

Very true on all statements.

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Not this people, real networkers do it in their head.

 

/25 is half of a /24. If you have ever looked at and-ing the binary bits from an IP to a sub-net it is pretty easy to see how it works. Additionally having to work it backwards into a wildcard mask will really cement it for you.

 

Wild Cards are fun, I still have to stop and think about them, and I have been doing this for 5 years or so. I just don't change alot of ACL's on a constant basis.

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OH CCIE... yeah I would of taken that and it was in my plans but I got burned out after my time ran out. For my year of schooling I could take as many tests as I wanted and each were around $100. I wish I had more study time at the time I was enrolled.
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The Written was $100, you have to fly to a Cisco site for the lab.

 

I was on a team that created a similar test for Aruba Networks. The failure rate was very high, everyone thinks they can make the gear dance.

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everyone thinks they can make the gear dance.

 

 

:lol:

 

It's on my roadmap, but several years out. I want to finish my CCVP sometime this year and then maybe focus on STARTING the IE studying. We actually have a few in our center for mentoring, but even still we got a guy who is on strike 3/4 with the lab.

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The Written was $100, you have to fly to a Cisco site for the lab.

 

I was on a team that created a similar test for Aruba Networks. The failure rate was very high, everyone thinks they can make the gear dance.

 

That is what I liked about my school. All tests and labs were done on site. ;)

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The Written was $100, you have to fly to a Cisco site for the lab.

 

I was on a team that created a similar test for Aruba Networks. The failure rate was very high, everyone thinks they can make the gear dance.

 

I have started to see more "Paper Cert" IE's pop up lately. I have worked with several IE's, who could only do things the way they taught you in the books. Otherwise they were clueless and were below CCNA Level.

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This thread reminds me I have to schedule the CCNA class again in San Jose. My NA expires in April.

 

What is a good test prep engine anymore?

 

I have seen good success with Brain Dumps, and BOSON. There is one I sent to Thorne a while back too, I think it was called Actual Tests, it is a place out of China, where they literally have a copy of the test, in english. You can usually find it out in BitTorrent or News land.

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