Re: Fill the Gap

You are not alone in your expertise level.
The best thing that you can do it utilize the resources on CCO. You can
learn all about the major product lines.

You can also use the many IOS tools (IOS Feature Navigator or IOS Upgrade
advisor are 2 that come to mind ).

Don't let these kinds of things throw you. Look at them as areas to round
out your skill set.

The idea is that you may not have the answer right in your head, you have
the competence to know where to look so that you can make a valid
recommendation.

Of course the more you do this on the job the easier it becomes and pretty
soon you will be spouting off about an undocumented feature ( bug ) in IOS
that you ran across and what you did to work around it.

Thanks
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Khurram Noor <
engr.khurramnoor_at_googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your advices i just want to share my thoughts on my first
> interview call which i recieved from a company in Pakistan. The interviewer
> did not ask a thing related to routing and switching. instead he asked for
> hardware platforms, IOS versions, WAN connectivity mediums, SDM etc. Since
> i
> dont have indepth knowledge of these things, the impression wasn't so good.
> For instance he asked suppose if i have a 2800 series router, which ios
> should i use so that i can run BGP over it. and i was like wow....could i
> ever answer such questions!
>
> What i now require to know is at least the begineers level knowledge about
>
> Cisco IOS types, versions features and their hardware requirments.
> Cisco product line knowledge (like for example what series of routers or
> switches can be used where i.e. core, access or distribution)
> You think i am repeating, yes i am. but i think now this is what i really
> want to know. so can you help?
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Ahmer Zakir <azakir_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Khurram,
> > Cisco Dynamic conifguration tool can help you learn about the modules
> that
> > can and cannot fit in a certain Cisco device. As Nasim said, nothing can
> > replace real world experience and what this means is that you have to
> learn
> > it the hard way.
> >
> > HTH!
> >
> > Ahmer Zakir
> > Senior Network Engineer
> > Saudi Arabia
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Muhammad Nasim <
> muhammad.nasim_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> There is no alternative of real world knowledge but you can use
> >> dynamips extensively and can depict some scenarios,
> >> May Allah help you finding the job
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/7/5 Khurram Noor <engr.khurramnoor_at_googlemail.com>
> >>
> >> > Dear all,
> >> > As i have been searching for job these days, i am looking for advice
> to
> >> > enhance my knowledge about real world network design and
> implementation.
> >> In
> >> > my view until i get hired by some enterprise i should have a good
> >> knowledge
> >> > of working fundamentals
> >> >
> >> > I am talking about
> >> >
> >> > - Case studies
> >> > - Knowledge of terminologies (Hardware/IOS)
> >> > - Complete line of Cisco products (Routing and switching)
> >> > - Notes from CCIE field experience.
> >> >
> >> > So can anyone advice?
> >> > --
> >> > Khurram Noor
> >> > CCIE # 24419
> >> >
> >> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/khurramnoor
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> Saudi Arabia
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