Slowhand wrote: » The other side of the coin, though, is that it's really easy to get it back if you re-visit the forgotten topic, very much the same way that you can go back and re-learn something you forgot from school or go back to a manual transmission if you haven't driven one in years.
Cardboard wrote: » I got good at building router and switch configs on my live equipment during my CCNA training. If I had to do it now, after several months out of practice? I could get it done, as I remember what commands I used, but there'd be a lot of stumbling around referencing my training videos, and google searching. I'm not happy about that.
UnixGuy wrote: » I would add one thing: I found one great way to "use it" is to actually Build on you it by doing something more advanced. Example: you did CCNA? start doing the CCNP, and LAB. This way when you're labbing for the CCNP you are forced to constantly use the CCNA knowledge and apply it so it becomes a second nature.
UnixGuy wrote: » Last point, don't sweat it. We all need to Google stuff every now and then.