Don't be giving people the wrong impression. 'If you have 6 month experience working on internetworks, passing the CCNP is easy'. Please! That is a bit ridiculous. Unless you are working on a large network where you have 6500's that you have to configure and maintain, and 7200's that you have to configure and maintain with multiple routing protocols, then the tests are not 'easy'. Fact is, getting the CCNP is sometimes what allows you to get that dream job where you have all that equipment at your disposal. I found my dream job and after I configured and troubleshot the 6500, I passed the Switching exam like nothing. But if I didn't have the chance to configure the thing from the start and set up VTP domains and the VLANs and that sort of stuff, it would have been a struggle. I got this job because I was lucky. I was willing to take less money than other applicants because I wanted the experience. Before I had this job the CCNP seemed like a year away. Now that I am here, it is more like 3 months away. That is the difference from working where I was (corporate network with a 2500 router and a 1900 switch) to where I am (government network with 120 routers, multiple routing protocols, handful of 6500's and 7200's), and lots of network traffic and WAN links to troubleshoot.
The point is, the CCNP is not easy. Be prepared to study your butt off for all of its tests as well as any other Cisco cert. James Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=38327&t=38249 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
