CCNP Recertification

Posted on Friday, 18th August 2006 by sean

Often network folk have to make quick estimates without benefit of calculators, measuring tapes, or other handy things. I was thinking about this the other day, and thought I’d post some of the techniques I use.
- I’m 6′ tall, so my armspan is about 6′. Great for measuring the length of cables
- One [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 17th August 2006 by sean

I just got back from passing 642-811. Even though I ended up with a 962 the number of questions that I thought “I think that’s the right answer” would have made me think my score would have been lower (though as I go back and check, it looks like I was right on most)
Compared [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 15th August 2006 by sean

The CCNP track is being updated. Have a look at the new CCNP prep centre: http://www.cisco.com/go/prep-ccnp
Press release: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060815/20060815005343.html?.v=1
Summary of the changes (from the prep centre)
642-821 BCRAN becomes 642-825 ISCW Implementing Secure Converged WANS:
Security, DSL and MPLS added
642-831 CIT becomes 642-845 ONT Optimized Converged Cisco Networks:
QoS and WAN added
642-801 BSCI becomes 642-901 BSCI [...]

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