From: kaushik (kaushik@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Sep 21 2000 - 00:56:26 GMT-3
David,
I would agree with you on the equipment - it is expensive getting your
hands on a AS5x00 and PIX, let alone cable or DSL equipment. I don't think
anyone has a DSLAM to practice on - maybe I am wrong... Although Cisco did
come out with the PIX 506, a smaller, cheaper, but full implementation of
the PIX firewall.
>From my experience level - this is the direction I would very much like to
go down and thus I too, am learning, reading, researching, etc for the ISP
Dial. lacking the equipment though is going to be a problem - unless you
can find work with an ISP and/or cable provider? There are some courses
now, at least in the US from GlobalKnowledge which will at least get you
some hands on. Check their web site.
And practice is definitely what is needed, with Cisco's latest updates on
the ISP Dial exam....
sorry, cannot help any further
kaushik roy
ccie #5534 (R&S)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Ankers [SMTP:d.ankers@cable.a2000.nl]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:32 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Please Help
Group,
I have to ask this, is anyone else on this list doing ISP dial or is it
just me? It seemed like a good track at the time as most of my experience
is with ISPs but finding good study material (i.e. Sample labs - ccbootcamp
etc) is very hard. The new tech also seems a bit daunting and not many isps
run both Cable and DSL and especially not many of the large deployments in
these areas are using Cisco kit. I have 6 routers at home but of course no
PIX, AS5300 and naturally non of the expensive Cable / DSL kit. I'm missing
a lot of the lab, the R/S doesn't pose to much of a problem in this area,
I'm missing ATM and VoIP + a cat for the R/S but these are availible via
online labs / training courses mentioned below.
Training is also an issue, global knowledge, azlan et al all do 2 weeks
pure lab exam training which I gather is very good but only for the R/S
lab..... I'm starting to think the ISP was a mistake for me and furthermore
I have to go to either SJ or Halifax for the ISP lab but I can take the R/S
in Brussels which is a lot more convient (and cheaper) as I'm in Holland.
I would sincerly apreciate your thoughts on this, of course you don't know
my situation exactly but given the above, am I barking up the wrong tree?
Also if you know any courses for the ISP dial specifically pre lab prep or
online labs I would be VERY grateful. Sorry to bother the list with this,
but it's an important step as I'm fairly good in the technologies that
overlap both exams and just about to get the unknown and I've come up with
a real resource problems on the ISP dial front.
Thanks you for your time.
Regards,
David.
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