RE: advice for ccna certification

["Steve Kalcevich" <lists () ciscokid net>]

I took the CCNA in June 2003. What I can say is get 3 2500 series routers and a 2900 series switch. Get the Cisco books 
and join groupstudy.com and comp.dcom.sys.cisco and alt.certification.cisco on news group. 

Buy the routers and switches on ebay. That is all you need to pass and be educated don’t take any classes it’s a waste.

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Steve Kalcevich PMP, CISSP, CCNA, CCDA

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Alexey Eremenko
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:38 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: advice for ccna certification

I disagree with your idea that Cisco Academy is waste of time.
Actually I passed CCNA thanks both to my own learning + Cisco Academy.
It helped me a lot. I really love Cisco Academy. (even many years
after completing CCNA)

Of course such material like Sybex and Testking helps too. Having
access to real hardware is very important to have some real skills for
the job. Simulators however will allow you to pass the exams.