i've been booked on a "Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices" training course.

i was just wondering (seeing as we have such a depth of talent on here) if anyone has been on this course or ones like it for Cisco equipment?

i dont have a very strong back ground in networking but am trying to read up on as much as possible so i dont walk into the course not knowing what the tutor is talking about.

i'm hoping to be able to get my head round it pretty easily as i quite fancy a future in this line of work and would deffinitely like a career in Cisco installation/support some day.

Thanks in advance to any info / advice.

Your best bet is to buy the ICND course book and have a read before you do the course/exam.

i think thats the one my dad looked into! i think it was about 2.5k btw

Yep got the books sat on my desk, however been a while since I did it and we are (or at least were) a Nortel site.

read up on basic networking IP subnetting, OSI layer and you should get through it.

Good luck

I use boson network simulator(about

Yep got the books sat on my desk' date=' however been a while since I did it and we are (or at least were) a Nortel site.

read up on basic networking IP subnetting, OSI layer and you should get through it.

Good luck [/quote']

Seconded. Research as much as possible on basic principles and you'll understand the course a lot better.

CCNA exam isn't too bad if you end up doing that after.

I have just started a computeach course,but its the Microsoft network Prof course,decided to go with that one to start as I'm more used to the microsoft side of things.

But that will be a grounding to go further with it if needed.

i think thats the one my dad looked into! i think it was about 2.5k btw

Yeah the courses are expensive. Try amazon for the books - they cost roughly

Yep got the books sat on my desk' date=' however been a while since I did it and we are (or at least were) a Nortel site.

read up on basic networking IP subnetting, OSI layer and you should get through it.

Good luck [/quote']

Thats what i'm reading up on atm. the company i work for are funding the courses and exams so i'm sorted there. just wanted to know all i could before going on the course in october.

Thanks for the info / encouragement though guys.

The ICND isn't really too bad to pass. I passed it couple of years back at 978/1000 in under 30 minutes. Earlier this year started my work on towards getting CCNP with multilayer switching and passed that with 1 month preparation @875/1000.

Best advice I can give you is read the book once or twice with serious thought to it, meaning that rather than memorise it you'd better understand it. Second is to get a hold of a boson test for the exam. For me the boson test was an evaluation tool on wether I understood the stuff or not. That way used it was very good.

Some ppl tend to memorise the stuff from the books and boson, but I don't personally understand the benefit of it. You'll only end up looking like a jack ass at work if you do it that way.

And for the record, don't expect to get paid big bucks just cuz of the certs - money will come if you prove worthy... I've proved worthy but am still waiting for the money

- Juha

I'd agree with jlindstrom, the Boson tests are very good and are a great way of getting used to the Cisco style questions.

Send me a PM if you want more info, etc.

thanks guys

Got sent to the ICND course at Comstar it was the longest week of my life zzzzzzzzzz