i would just like to thank everyone for the help with questions asked on the message boards and also for the technotes upon this site which is really useful!
how did i find the exam? well...........hmmmm

all i can say is i know everyones exams are different but i had only 1 q on the osi (which i was disappointed with as that is quite a strong area for me) had only 2 q's on ports. ftp and telnet. a few on cable specs. and the rest seemed to be general stuff and 2 security questions.
i admit i only scored 650 but i passed. i feel if there were more on protocols, osi etc i would have had a higher score!
what would anyone recommend next?
i fancied ccna but i simply dont work with networking day in day out so i wouldnt have enough experiance i feel whereas i work more on the MS side, so at the min i am leaning more towards MS certs.
any suggestions?