From: Anthony Sequeira (Anthony_Sequeira@skillsoft.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2008 - 17:28:14 ART
Hi Gary!
Multicast is a L2 and L3 Non-core topic. It used to be taught in the BCMSN course (L2) - and now it has moved to the BSCI course (L3).
No matter when you decide to tackle it in your studies...I hope this information might benefit you...
Most of us on this list like to break all of the CCIE lab tasks down into one of two categories - Core and Non-Core. I define a Core task as one that is critical for universal connectivity in the CCIE Lab. I further define it as a task that, if not completed, will cause potential point loss in other areas of the CCIE lab.
One of the many reasons this categorization is beneficial is the fact that you can typically SKIP a Non-core task without as much worry as skipping a Core task.
The entire Multicast section is typically Non-core, therefore. As such - I actually left it until the very end of my initial CCIE Preparation studies.
There are some great stories of candidates that passed their CCIE lab without ever even having time to attempt a Non-core section like Multicast. While these stories are fun to listen to, it is definitely not a strategy approach we want to plan on! :-)
Anthony J. Sequeira
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Trujillo
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 3:27 PM
To: Gary Duncanson
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Switching
Gary, dont know If this is enough, but it helped me aloooooooooooot. Anyway,
It will be interesting if some other groupstudy members can suggest us more
material.
- InternetworkExpert Advanced technologies (switching tasks)
- InternetworkExpert Workbook vol 2 (switching tasks)
- Soup to Nuts (A MUST!!) (switching tasks)
- Netmasterclass Workbook (switching tasks)
- univercd CATALYST 3550 and Catalyst 3560 configuration guide (A MUST!)
- BOOK: CCNP.BCMSN Official Exam Certification guide by David Hucaby (A
MUST!)
- BOOK: Cisco Lan Switching (CCIE Professional Development) by Kennedy
Clark.
what materials are you using?
2008/4/18, Gary Duncanson <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com>:
>
> Group,
>
> Switching tasks are time consuming and in isolation probably don't offer
> many
> marks. But it seems to me essential to get those switch blocks working
> properly or you store up real problems later on in your lab tasks. Can
> anyone
> recommend good practice material for messed up switching. All those
> manipulation of switching paths per vlan for a start.
>
> On that note, historically I learned multicasting as part of the switching
> CCNP. Would you regard multicast as a L2 discipline or both L2/L3?
> Certainly
> some crossover there so far as I can see.
>
> It seems to me sensible to encorporate multicasting drills into my
> switching
> specific practice.
>
> Thanks
> Gary
>
>
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