Well took this fella this morning. Glad to report i passed with a 889. The exam was pretty tough going imo and not to be taken lightly. To be fair, i feel i got hammered in all area's. Dont underestimate voip,wireless or switch security, on top of the rest of course!
Resources used:
cbt nuggets
exam guide/self study guides
cisco docs - invaluable. even the smallest of things have played a part in this exam.
Hand on w/ real hardware.
bryant bcmsn materials - these are actually pretty good and offer good coverage of voip, wireless and security where i feel the cisco press books were lacking in this area when compared to the exam.
One thing i was p*ssd with was the fact the instructions in a particular sim clearly did not work. so i just went with my gut instincts from my work experiance and lab time. I asked the lady and she claimed no issue and a reboot. however i had a few questions left after so i though i'd plod on. Have to say, this is the first time it happened to me - and it was at a new testing centre for me too. I did leave a comment re this but im not too bothered as i passed. Obviously that would be different if i didnt!
Well whats next, nothing for the next 4-6 weeks. Im in my final year of uni have a stack load of coursework/exams to deal with and these are my current priority.
Once im finished i am unsure which exam to go for next. At the moment im thinking of going for either the ont,iscw or ccda and leaving the bsci last - mainly so the material will be fresh when i lead on to the next certs. What do you's think? any opinions. i dont finish uni until dec 2009 (latest) so the certs come secondary...for now
