Passed BCRAN

PCHoldmann

I passed the BCRAN exam with a 819. Not as much of a margin as I like, but a pass is a pass!

Used the Cisco Press book, the CCNP flashcards book, Dyanamips, Netsim, A few routers, and OTJ.

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EdTheLad

Good job, not a nice exam, so now the more interesting one's left.

Ricka182

congrats!

keenon

congrats... any main areas to focus on? i'm using the second edition book right now

mikej412

Congratulations!

There are some tradeoffs when you study like the wind.... I would have thought there would be Cisco "I wanna study fast" tee shirts for sale on the Cisco Merchandise site since they announced the CCNP changes.

sprkymrk

Congrats!

PCHoldmann

Keenon, I will say I was suprised at the number of backup interface questions. (I nailed those, and I think it saved me

) Dialer and FR, of course. Other than that, I think there were items from pretty much every item on the blue print.

Webmaster

Congrats!

Just curious, would you say an ISDN sim would still be worth investing in?

Silver Bullet

Congratulations

EdTheLad

Webmaster wrote:

Congrats!

Just curious, would you say an ISDN sim would still be worth investing in?

I would say yes if you get a cheap one on ebay, its a nice addition for a test lab bcran or not.

PCHoldmann

If you are taking the current exam, and ISDN Sim would probably help, although I would probably buy NetSim, they do a decent job on ISDN, has more features, and it costs about the same as most of the hardware ones I've seen.

cisco_trouble

ISDN is becoming legacy. Save ur money for your next cert

EdTheLad

cisco_trouble wrote:

ISDN is becoming legacy. Save ur money for your next cert

I've frequently encountered customers who's only remote access was isdn, i'm sure this will continue for quite some time.Sometimes even, the only way is via analog.VPN tunnels are becoming more common place but its great to be able to configure an isdn router as a last resort.

cisco_trouble

yeah, me as well. Most of my customers are using isdn basic rates dor backup and on demand services. I guess if you dont get the practical experience you got to find another way.

steve-o87

Congrats!!

Didn't you recently pass your BSCI/BCMSN? What was your time frame for the BCRAN just out of curiousity? Im taking BCRAN next, just wanna know what im up against!

PCHoldmann

I did BSCI after BCRAN after 70-220 after 70- 216, I am running about one a month, which is doable, if you disregard things like having a life, getting enough sleep, lunch hours, etc. and work with a lot of the stuff you are studying.

steve-o87

PCHoldmann wrote:

I did BSCI after BCRAN after 70-220 after 70- 216, I am running about one a month, which is doable, if you disregard things like having a life, getting enough sleep, lunch hours, etc. and work with a lot of the stuff you are studying.

Pretty damn impressive

Im gonna have a bash at BCRAN and CIT before the end of the year. Thx man