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I haven't had to take that. In my previous life I worked at a company that went from Premier to Silver and we had to do alot of those tests, but that was 5 years ago. I now work for a Gold Partner and haven't had to complete any tests for the recertification myself.
Where do you guys work? what state/city?
Also, i have a general question, how can i find out if there are heavy traffic load on my network of 200 computers.
I have an older snifer 4.5, is there anything i can do with that, or should i use a different sofware for that. We have computers on 100mbps, 8switchs all connected on 1gig wire to eachother.
Also, i have a general question, how can i find out if there are heavy traffic load on my network of 200 computers.
I have an older snifer 4.5, is there anything i can do with that, or should i use a different sofware for that. We have computers on 100mbps, 8switchs all connected on 1gig wire to eachother.
Burt, for the wireless stuff, you may want to check out the course material for the ONT. It had a section on wireless with the WCS package. Not sure what that exam is really going to look for based on the outline. I'd probably check out the cisco docs for the WCS, Wireless Controllers, and LWAPP.
Mikestips, the sniffer would work for some of what you are looking at. You could also look at some freeware like MRTG or PRTG which is a little easier to setup quickly. You might want to look into the Network General: Sniffer group or WildPacket: Etherpeek for some added help with the sniffer. Best bet might be to start another posting in the Cisco:Switches group however.
Mikestips, the sniffer would work for some of what you are looking at. You could also look at some freeware like MRTG or PRTG which is a little easier to setup quickly. You might want to look into the Network General: Sniffer group or WildPacket: Etherpeek for some added help with the sniffer. Best bet might be to start another posting in the Cisco:Switches group however.
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Thanks...pretty much a refresher, but the questions were not so tough. Like they would throw in something like a scenario where 50 feet of cable going between stations and wireless AP, AP's going through park with TREES (ha ha---big clue), and the signal not ever being established...what could they do? One of the answers of course was that the AP's neede to be high enough above the trees! Other VPN questions were screenshots of SDM outputs, where IPSEC encryptions don't match, or the wrong interesting traffic was put into the ACLs, or something and you had to guess why the vpn can't connect, etc. There were two simlets that asked questions..."what is the gateway for the tunnel?" or "what workstation/range is configured to authenticate and configure the server via HTTP?", and they gave you screens of SDM outputs with only some buttons active. Not too tough. You should take it and put it on your résumé!
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Hey Burt,
I took this exam approximately one year ago, this exam is silly, it is really a formality for getting Cisco Partner status.
It covers such a broad range of topics, with configuration done via SDM...Not much value in my opinion.
Like you say, its fine to add to your resume.
Wait till you do the lifecycle exams! they are even worse!
Please don't think I dislike the rest of the Cisco exams, I just feel that these exams have little worth.
Kind regards,
Peter
CCNA, Cisco Qualified Specialist
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