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Is anyone thinking about pursuing the CCNA Industrial certification? It was announced at Cisco Live almost 3 months ago, but I'm still not finding a lot of study materials available.
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Race Realists posted:Many congrats. I'm studying myself (off and on, admittedly Professer Messer and Mike Meyer's Net+ book. RightClickSaveAs posted:How much submitting did you get on the Net+ exam? That's one of the things I need to work on. I can do it all by hand if needed, its just... yeah really time consuming. There is very little actual subnetting. I think I had two total questions on subnetting. I spent a decent amount of time working on it and getting the binary math down, but in the end it wasn't that important. Know your command line stuff (I had a bunch of simulations), know OSI and TCP/IP Model (I concentrated too hard on OSI and ignored TCP/IP). HOWEVER, some of that is about to change, I took the N10-005, and it retires on the 31st (That's why I rushed to take it), and I've heard rumors that there are some really off the wall things in the 006, not just IPv6.
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Aug 16, 2015 16:17
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Has anyone taken CHFI? It's on my schedule for my masters from WGU and I'm thinking about rushing it but I can find almost zero info about it.
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Aug 16, 2015 21:31
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I'm planning to write my CEH in the next couple months here. Anyone have any experience with any of the SANS certs? I'm thinking I want a couple before going for a CISSP because I hear that poo poo is rough.
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Aug 17, 2015 18:24
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ChubbyThePhat posted:I'm planning to write my CEH in the next couple months here. Anyone have any experience with any of the SANS certs? I'm thinking I want a couple before going for a CISSP because I hear that poo poo is rough. I've taken the GCED. If you take the corresponding SANS class for the cert, it's dead easy. The exams are open book open notes so you can take all of your SANS books into the exam along with any self written notes. I personally did some very liberal highlighting and created custom indexes and glossaries. Provided, all of my generous note taking could also be a reason for my success, but the exam was very easy I thought. A lot of the questions were verbatim from the texts or from practice tests. I think all in all I watched the videos twice, read the material independently, and created my cheat sheet material. The first practice test(after 1 pass of the videos only) I was about 10% under passing. After the other preparation I got an 80 on the practice test and almost a 90 on the real exam. Now, if you don't take the SANS class, you're in for a world of hurt. I'm not saying you can't pass, but the exams are extremely technical and fairly in depth.
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Aug 17, 2015 18:37
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I have some official Cisco exam books (1 and 2) and a command book from 7 years ago. Would this still be good material to review or has networking really changed that much? I plan to look into cbt nuggets but i wanted to check if this material i have on hand is still relevant. Thanks.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:26
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Which exam?
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Aug 18, 2015 00:55
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Gothmog1065 posted:Professer Messer and Mike Meyer's Net+ book. I can't imagine they'd add a lot more subnetting, especially with IPV6 on the objectives. I'm pretty comfortable with IPV6 too (address compression is fun!)
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Aug 18, 2015 02:16
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ChubbyThePhat posted:I'm planning to write my CEH in the next couple months here. Anyone have any experience with any of the SANS certs? I'm thinking I want a couple before going for a CISSP because I hear that poo poo is rough. I'll be right behind you so keep me updated. I'm doing CCNA security now, security+ next to re-up my network+ before it expires (and frankly to take a break from the hard poo poo), then I'll be hitting up the ceh because I still won't qualify for the CISSP.
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Aug 18, 2015 02:57
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So I'm thinking of scheduling my CCENT (100-101) exam for about 5-6 weeks out from today. I've been able to give myself about an hour of study time each day, and right now I'm mainly focusing on getting subnetting down real solid. I have a pretty good understanding of OSI, how segments/packets/frames/etc all work together, and I feel comfortable with the overall concepts of networking in a very general sense. I have almost zero practice working on IOS, though I've got GNS3 setup. Does this sound reasonable? I can always move the date back if necessary. I've heard that the actual IOS configuration in the 100-101 exam is pretty minimal, and that it's basically a harder version of Network+ with a lot of subnetting thrown in. If that's the case I feel like I can do it.
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Aug 18, 2015 16:52
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Make sure you have a good grip on your show commands and I think you should be ok. 5-6 weeks may not be unreasonable
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Aug 18, 2015 16:54
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Know your show commands as mentioned, know how to subnet quickly in your head, and take your time on the sim questions and pay close attention to the details. On the Cisco exams you cant go back to an old question once you submit your answer. I have to start brushing up myself to retake the new CCNA exam as mine is about to expire and I havent been studying for any other new Cisco certs.
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Aug 18, 2015 17:18
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:So I'm thinking of scheduling my CCENT (100-101) exam for about 5-6 weeks out from today. I've been able to give myself about an hour of study time each day, and right now I'm mainly focusing on getting subnetting down real solid. I have a pretty good understanding of OSI, how segments/packets/frames/etc all work together, and I feel comfortable with the overall concepts of networking in a very general sense. I have almost zero practice working on IOS, though I've got GNS3 setup.
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Aug 18, 2015 18:14
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Again echoing to know your show commands. Being able to know what you're looking for and how to parse what the router spits out at you will make it indescribably easier. Spending some time with GNS3 will be your best bet here if you are comfortable with the theory already. Also you will literally never not use show commands for debugs. That poo poo will stay with you for the rest of your life as useful information.
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Aug 18, 2015 18:20
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Thanks for all the advice. I might push it out a little further, bearing all this in mind. Did any of you guys who just labbed it with GNS3 feel any sort of disadvantage in terms of switch configuration? Or can you get everything you need just using a 3725 image with the NM-16ESW module?
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Aug 18, 2015 18:47
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Unfortunately I did all of my Cisco practice either in PacketTracer or on a live rack, so I can't speak too much to GNS3. I do know that I have a couple friends that use it, love it, and have never complained they couldn't get something done in it. Not sure if you can download modules for specific hardware or what; best to differ to somebody with more experience with the software. (I realize I voluntarily submitted this post)
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Aug 18, 2015 19:02
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If you can get packet tracer, use it instead for switch stuff I'd say. I really like the Pearson Vue NetSim because of how structured and guided it is.
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Aug 18, 2015 19:14
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Packet tracer was plenty.
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Aug 18, 2015 21:59
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100 questions for the N10-006. Man gently caress you comptia. Maybe i should go with the CCENT? It's under a hundred loving questions, will ensure my chances of getting an entry level help desk position  )id be killing alot of birds with one stone. BornAPoorBlkChild fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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Aug 18, 2015 22:38
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Race Realists posted:100 questions for the N10-006. Honestly, just an A+ is enough for an entry level help desk position if you don't have any prior experience to put on your resume.
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Aug 18, 2015 23:13
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The A+ 800 series is expiring soon
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Aug 18, 2015 23:25
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Race Realists posted:100 questions for the N10-006. Also when is the A+ expiring, I couldn't find any info. I have it already but I'm just curious to see if they stay with their tradition of just barely missing the newest Windows OS release.
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Aug 19, 2015 02:17
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Bigass Moth posted:Packet tracer was plenty. It's also better for CCENT/CCNA stuff because you want the switch CLI simulation.
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Aug 19, 2015 02:50
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RightClickSaveAs posted:You sure? Straight from their website "Maximum of 90 questions": http://certification.comptia.org/getCertified/certifications/network.aspx Books for the 900 series get published as soon as November As for the last question, some of the sites I guess, are counting the 10 non-credit questions? BornAPoorBlkChild fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Aug 19, 2015 |
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Aug 19, 2015 02:57
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Alain Post posted:It's also better for CCENT/CCNA stuff because you want the switch CLI simulation. There were a couple downsides with FHRP stuff not being implemented and one other thing I feel like was missing but I can't recall what it was exactly
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Aug 19, 2015 12:17
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crunk dork posted:There were a couple downsides with FHRP stuff not being implemented and one other thing I feel like was missing but I can't recall what it was exactly Netmon, most functions of SNMP, acl logging but that's more for understanding as your not asked on it for R&S. Does CCP work through gns3? CCNA security relies on it heavily and the packet tracer isn't compatible at all
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Aug 19, 2015 14:40
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Judge Schnoopy posted:Netmon, most functions of SNMP, acl logging but that's more for understanding as your not asked on it for R&S. Yeah, I think I wound up importing a VirtualBox Win 7 VM with CCP installed into the GNS3 topology. Worked fine for my CCNA Sec. Also, gently caress CCP.
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Aug 19, 2015 17:46
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Yeah I don't understand Cisco's obsession with CCP when every other gui they make is better. And for that matter, the studies go from "if you understand the command line procedures you can understand any gui" to "command line is meh check out this cool program from 1999 that teaches you nothing!"
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Aug 20, 2015 03:06
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Race Realists posted:100 questions for the N10-006. The CCENT is more respectable than the Net+(kinda), and its 50% of the CCNA. Downsides: I've done both, the CCENT is harder. CompTIA wants memorization, Cisco wants understanding. And the tests reflect that.
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Aug 20, 2015 03:29
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just from taking the CCNA Security, I think you can rear end yourself through any of the GUI questions without any practice if you've ever used a GUI before and know enough about the task to guess what category it's under.
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Aug 20, 2015 04:16
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Mrit posted:The CCENT is more respectable than the Net+(kinda), and its 50% of the CCNA. Downsides: I've done both, the CCENT is harder. CompTIA wants memorization, Cisco wants understanding. And the tests reflect that. The deal here though is that Cisco Tests are a 1000 times better than Microsoft tests.
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Aug 20, 2015 18:16
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Mrit posted:The CCENT is more respectable than the Net+(kinda), and its 50% of the CCNA. Downsides: I've done both, the CCENT is harder. CompTIA wants memorization, Cisco wants understanding. And the tests reflect that. Which... is why the CCENT is more respected.
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Aug 20, 2015 18:32
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Speaking of Network+. Passed it!  Sure it isn't CCENT but it still feels nice to pass an exam like that.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:13
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Congrats! Keep it up!
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Aug 20, 2015 21:16
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All Cisco tests I've taken have been heavy on memorization especially when it comes to product knowledge.
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Aug 21, 2015 01:06
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Zeratanis posted:Speaking of Network+. Passed it! Congrats N+ buddy. I wanna do CCENT next, but it's gonna be rough I think for me, I have jack poo poo for experience. Speaking of, is there any good training material that isn't too terribly expensive?
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Aug 21, 2015 01:34
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Zeratanis posted:Speaking of Network+. Passed it! 006 or 005? Eitherway congrats
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Aug 21, 2015 01:38
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Race Realists posted:Books for the 900 series get published as soon as November But if the study materials aren't coming out until November, that means the 900 series is still a good few months off, and you'll be able to take the 801 and 802 for a while yet. Unless you need like 6 months to study you'll be fine.
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Aug 21, 2015 01:57
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Race Realists posted:006 or 005? 005. My WGU work started on 005 before they announced the end of life for it so I stuck with it rather than jump to the new stuff. Also, got 813/900 which I'm told is a good score.  Also thanks all~ I'm a nervous test taker so I'm always happy to pass something.
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Bigass Moth posted:All Cisco tests I've taken have been heavy on memorization especially when it comes to product knowledge. What ones are you taking that you see this? The only ones I've seen it on are account manager/technical sales exams which is arguably an actual requirement, and i've had it on the bullshit exams you have to take to fulfill some partner specialisations but stuff like my CCNP had nothing of the sort
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