I met Helena on this forum. I hope all of you find someone as wonderful as her. My 1/2 cent on the Boson exam. Scored 850 + Know your commands well. The show and router command format will be asked of you. Know what mode the router must be in to enter the exam. BGP for me was most of the test. Know the "basics", and commands. Know BGP well or you will not do as well. Then route optimization theories. Know route maps and stuff. EIGRP was second in line. Understand how it interacts with redistribution and NBMA. RIP and IGRP show up only as Classful vs Classless. What are the attributes of each? OSPF, I can't recall one question. Redistribution, about four questions. Do you know how routing protocols pick best path? You should before going in. How did I study? I listened to others on this forum. You will get lots of helpful tips from others. So, that said, thank you everyone including yourself. Hope when you pass a test you announce it here with some tips so we can congratulate you. I purchased the Exam Cram ISBN 1576106330 for BSCN Routing Exam 640-503. I studied and lived this book for two weeks. This book provides a good overview of what can be expected from the exam. However, not enough material is provided. You will need to supplement this with a better book or don't buy this. At the time I purchased this, no BSCN books were available. Oh, there are some concepts like BGP and EIGRP similarities that it does not explain well. I then was approved, narrowly, to take the Cisco BSCN class. This was helpful since there were issues with the book I was not clear on. I suggest you always study before a class. Classroom is for review not as a fresh introduction to material.....didn't they teach you this in college? Cisco BSCN is tough since it was my first Cisco class. So get lots of rest and plan to stay till the end. BGP is introduced last, funny since it is the bulk of the test. Stay late and do the labs!!!! The NetCerts BSCN book was pretty good. The BGP part was great for explaining the concept really well. Other than that, there are several chapters I did not read. The chapters I skipped did not show up on the test. Concentrate on IGRP, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, Route filters and optimization...thats it! Oh, the Cisco paper on the website 68 pages or so was not too helpful. If you really want to know BGP, this is the way to go. But be sure to apply to an ISP to get the most of it. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ics/icsbgp4.htm I'm a slow learner so it took me three months to study. Here is some tips: Don't watch movies or television. BIG waste of time. Make flash cards Get Boson's first exam for BSCN. If you don't, send ME your $100. Listen to yourself in traffic. Ha! Tape record the lessons and listen to them instead of music or car horns. Most of all, be good to your spouse and family. This will take a lot out of them too. I could tell you word for word what will be on the exam, but what good will this do you. You will pass the exams just to get fired on the job for incompetence. Enjoy. _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
