From: kaushik (kaushik@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 23:22:05 GMT-3
devinder,
I would recommend the course, if you can afford to go. I would recommend
that you know bruce's book and a couple of others well, before attending -
the pace is relentless. With the amount of material that needs to be
covered, you cannot afford to slow down. The course could easily be two
weeks long. It is a cram session with bruce looking over your shoulder, as
well as a lot of other people, all learning and striving to earn the ccie.
So from a learning experience, it is well worth it. Also, you can get a
pretty good idea if you are ready for the test or not - but you can do that
also, by taking the test - if it is not too much for your ego....
But then again, there is no substitute for a home lab, in my humble
opinion.
When I went, the core material did not cover multicasting or voice. But
multicasting was added on. Don't know about voice.
good luck
kaushik
-----Original Message-----
From: Devinder Singh [SMTP:devinder@collabria.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 7:51 PM
To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: ECP1 vs book " BRS by Caslow"
Hello all..
I need advise from fellow list members regd the famous ECP1 course vs the
book "Bridges Routers and Switches" by Caslow. They seem to have same
course content. I have gone through that book 2-3 times and understand it
reasonably well (except for Non-IP protocols). Is it still worth attending
ECP1 course?? It is $3600, which is quite expensive for me. Also, do they
cover topics like VOIP, VPN and multicast etc which are part of lab exam
but not covered in book??
Another suggestion which I got was, that instead of spending $3600, it is
better to buy 3 Routers and build my own lab (which I don't have right now)
and practice on them since I have alreday gone through the book.
What is your suggestion ???.
Thanks
Devin
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