Reading QoS

Well I bought the Cisco QoS Exam Certification Guide, as well as the CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide (4th ed.).  Though I am returning the R&S guide because the companion cd was not in there!  They are sending me another though, so all is well.  I am about 105~ pages into the QoS guide, mostly refresher, but Odom writes quite elegantly on the subject.  I really want to just knock this one out in a couple weeks, so after reading the books I will contemplate purchasing the CBT Nuggets to get Jeremy's perspective on it, and then a little labbing before the exam.  I really have some QoS work to do at work...so this is pretty beneficial to everyone involved.  More to come...sorry for the delayed writing.  BTW...probably changing blog sites soon...will know shortly.

Passed ONT, CCNP is complete!!!

Well, delayed posting, but I did past my ONT last Saturday with a 956!  My CCNP journey is now complete, and I am starting preparations now for my CCIE R&S studies.  I covered ALOT of material during my CCNP studies, some of which I am sure that I have forgotten.  So I will have to hit those topics again on my journey.  Now for my experiences on the test! Nothing was unexpected, everything on the blueprint was pretty much tested on.  I was a little disappointed that one area I studied pretty hard in had no questions on my test :( but such is life I guess.  Overall it was very fair, and the lab/sims were fairly straightforward and easy.  *But* they do test your knowledge on the matter!  Dont underestimate or under-read them.  It is important that you pay close attention to the question that they are asking, and answer it accordingly.  Also, wireless...ahhh wireless.  Just know your stuff, security, setup, etc.  They test on all of it.

Been Quiet

I dont know if anyone actually follows this or not, but I've been a bit quiet lately.  Trying to re-read some of the areas in the book that I think I am a bit deficient in like wireless, wireless system specs, wireless security, etc...The little things like EAP, LEAP, EAP-FAST seem to be escaping me and I am not doing well at retaining them.  So, I scheduled my exam for this coming Saturday regardless.  I will hopefully cap my CCNP this weekend then, and move on to studying the things I have forgotten in lieu to my CCIE written exam.  Stay tuned, tomorrow I have drawn up a lab so that I can physically (using wireshark) see the differences in IPSEC tunnel/transport modes, and also go in-depth on the pre-classify commands (I saw a really good article on Cisco Ninja that I want to replicate).