Please don't get me wrong, I am not advocating memory work without any hands
on experience. I just wanted to correct the person who mentioned that one
requires practical experience to pass the BCMSN exam. If I had a choice, I
would have loved to build a multilayer swithching lab to practice on, but
the truth of the matter is that I did not have the resources. If I had put
that obstacle in my path , I would have never gotten my CCNP.I pursued my
CCNP for the purpose of gaining sound fundamentals in networking issues and
to see the broader picture. I strongly believe that if want to pursue a
certification to prove your salt in "hands on" work, go take the CCIE.
I really wonder why employers don't set up a lab tests to select job
canidates.
Kevin Schwantz
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> I guess I will be first. I am also memorizing and studying in hopes of
> passing my switching exam with no experience. I currently work for a very
> small company with ten 95 computers and 15 or so unix machines on a unix
> server. My main job is to unsnag people who lock their computers up and
to
> print reports. But, I am studying for my tests. Hopefully one day, when
I
> finish I can gain some real networking experience. In the meantime, I am
> learning the unix language and have learned great self restraint of the
> defined art of self control when wanting to strangle users. You just keep
> plugging away, but, noone I don't think would ever say that practical
> networking experience is not a valuable asset to have..it's just that some
> of
> us don't have a choice. But you don't quit trying.
>
> And that's my two cents:
> John Andrews
>
> >===== Original Message From "Sudarshan Narasimhachari"
> =====
> >Kevin et all Brain dump people out there,
> >
> >I have no comments on your ability to memorise a whole book. What we
> >are talking here about is real achievements. I hope people in this
> >group will agree with me in the difference between real experience and
> >knowledge and just brain dumps.
> >
> >I know there are going to be fumes on this now. Let them come....:-)
> >
> >- Sudarshan
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kevin Schwantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:06 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Passed BCMSN [7:4546]
> >
> >
> >I passed BCMS with only a book. Never configured a switch before. You
> >just
> >have to memorise it all.
> >
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >
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