Recommend a boot camp

Howling Monkey

Hello to all,
I'm starting ICND1, and my company is offering to send me to training. Does anyone have any recommendations for a boot camp for CCENT?

Thanks for all the help.

2URGSE

Those 1 week boot camps are a waste of time in my personal opinion.

You can't learn everything you need to know for CCNA in 1 week, , it just does not work.

Those boot camps are good for someone who had at least a year experience with the equipment in the field and that wants to brush up on things before attempting the exam.

Others may disagree with me, but I am speaking from personal experience.

2URGSE

If I was to do it all over again, I would take a college program that offers a CCNA Academy.

You need to master the basics of switching and routing, then move on to the more complex stuff like Access lists, NAT, Routing etc.

Again, won't happen in 1 week boot camp.

andy4tech

It is true there is a lot to know and have to be able to understand those concepts before you can apply them,i dont think one week will be enough.

QHalo

Howling Monkey wrote: »

Hello to all,
I'm starting ICND1, and my company is offering to send me to training. Does anyone have any recommendations for a boot camp for CCENT?

Thanks for all the help.

No bootcamp, pick up a couple routers/switches and a good book. Get practicing. Bootcamps are a waste at this level.

Howling Monkey

The boot camp I'm looking at is through Global Knowledge. Its a five day course, it includes physical hardware for labs.

The course doesn’t cover the entire CCNA course, and your right it would be crazy to think it could be done. The boot camp only covers ICND1.

My current job has me working in our server room daily, mainly dealing with AD and exchange. I've been studying for a couple of months, and I'm just looking to polish up my current knowledge level and expose some knowledge gaps. My company is paying for the course, learning from a different perspective is always helpful.

2URGSE

Howling Monkey wrote: »

The boot camp I'm looking at is through Global Knowledge. Its a five day course, it includes physical hardware for labs.

The course doesn’t cover the entire CCNA course, and your right it would be crazy to think it could be done. The boot camp only covers ICND1.

My current job has me working in our server room daily, mainly dealing with AD and exchange. I've been studying for a couple of months, and I'm just looking to polish up my current knowledge level and expose some knowledge gaps. My company is paying for the course, learning from a different perspective is always helpful.

AD and Exchange are different beasts than configuring switches and routers.

Microsoft stuff vs. Cisco.

You will not learn ICND1 in one week, too much material to cover.

Save yourself the $$$, time and being dependent on others in these boot camps. The hardware in my bootcamp failed the second day and threw off the entire course.

If you can buy some used routers/switches and some materials to read, that's the way to do it.

What you're basically after is:

1. Understanding the concepts.

2. Seeing if you can apply your concept knowledge at the equipment level, FAST! When I say FAST, it means figuring out an EIGRP lab in 5-7 minutes and making it work.

TSaL

I think boot camps are useful in the right situation. I am schedules for an ICND2 boot camp starting the 22nd at Benchmark Learning. I have already passed the ICND1 exam by reading, using videos and some lab work. I’m currently just finishing up Odom’s ICND2 book and CBT video series. Next week I plan to focus on labs before I head to the boot camp. I wanted to be as prepared as I could so I could absorb as much as I could from the boot camp.

Boot camp are expensive but I lucked out and got 50 Cisco training credits from our Cisco vendor at work for our resent switch order (12 3750x).

2URGSE

TSaL wrote: »

I think boot camps are useful in the right situation. I am schedules for an ICND2 boot camp starting the 22nd at Benchmark Learning. I have already passed the ICND1 exam by reading, using videos and some lab work. I’m currently just finishing up Odom’s ICND2 book and CBT video series. Next week I plan to focus on labs before I head to the boot camp. I wanted to be as prepared as I could so I could absorb as much as I could from the boot camp.

Boot camp are expensive but I lucked out and got 50 Cisco training credits from our Cisco vendor at work for our resent switch order (12 3750x).

Yes, in your situation is sounds a bit more helpful.

When I took it in 2010, I had the Network+ and 6 months review of the material, I also took the 640-802 as opposed to the 2 exam routes.

I am just trying to save the OP from making the mistakes I made if he's just getting into the CCNA track.

2URGSE

Howling Monkey wrote: »

Hello to all,
I'm starting ICND1, and my company is offering to send me to training. Does anyone have any recommendations for a boot camp for CCENT?

Thanks for all the help.

I see you're an F-14 Tomcat Captain?

A little off topic, I used to have an F-14 simulator that ran on Win 98.

That game was fun, although the plane could not turn more than 9g's, and those Mig-29A's would usually beat me in dog fights.

Too bad that game did not have ECM.

Carry on!

Ltat42a

Bootcamp may be good for re-certs...

Forsaken_GA

How much is the bootcamp? If it's in the 4 figure range, I wouldn't bother.

I'd see if you could get them to pay for 3 months or so of a subscription to INE's All Access Pass. They have ICND1 and 2 courses available as part of it, it'd allow you to work through at your pace, I'm willing to bet the instructor is better than whoever is running the bootcamp, and it'd come in under $500. True, you lose the ability to ask questions on the fly, but that's what we're here for.

Howling Monkey

2URGSE wrote: »

I see you're an F-14 Tomcat Captain?

A little off topic, I used to have an F-14 simulator that ran on Win 98.

That game was fun, although the plane could not turn more than 9g's, and those Mig-29A's would usually beat me in dog fights.

Too bad that game did not have ECM.

Carry on!

Trying to avoid any misconceptions, a Plane Captain also know as a Brown Shirt (the color of our shirt on the flight deck) is enlisted. We don’t fly; we prep the jet for flight (inspections, fuel, LOX, aircrew walk around, and startup-up). Once you’re certified, you are issued a Tomcat and they put your name on it. She becomes your baby, and it’s a kick-ass job.

Howling Monkey

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

How much is the bootcamp? If it's in the 4 figure range, I wouldn't bother.

I'd see if you could get them to pay for 3 months or so of a subscription to INE's All Access Pass. They have ICND1 and 2 courses available as part of it, it'd allow you to work through at your pace, I'm willing to bet the instructor is better than whoever is running the bootcamp, and it'd come in under $500. True, you lose the ability to ask questions on the fly, but that's what we're here for.

My cost is $00.00, company is paying for it. I also get a voucher, and will receive another voucher if I fail the first time. If I fail a second time, I can take the course a second time without any charge.

SephStorm

if you are set on taking a camp, there are several options that can get you more bang for your buck. I would look at either intense school, as they have a good track record (ive had a good experience with their online camp) or training camp (i did their A+ Net+ class.) if you have a future in cisco, look at their combo camps for a deal but read below first.

As far as taking a camp, i wont tell you not to. IMO, there is nothing better than being locked away for a week or two with other IT people who love technology. IMO, that was the best part of the camp, staying up after class studying with the participants.

So if you want to do the camp, especially a combo, I would suggest prestudying. I am looking at the TC CCENT/CCNA/CCNA Security camp. But I intend to have subnetting and as many other CCNA topics well in hand before I sit for that class, and if I study well enough, I may take the CCENT beforehand, saving myself some money.

alxx

Howling Monkey wrote: »

Trying to avoid any misconceptions, a Plane Captain also know as a Brown Shirt (the color of our shirt on the flight deck) is enlisted. We don’t fly; we prep the jet for flight (inspections, fuel, LOX, aircrew walk around, and startup-up). Once you’re certified, you are issued a Tomcat and they put your name on it. She becomes your baby, and it’s a kick-ass job.

LOX ,no thanks, refilling oxygen bottles to 2000psi was risk enough.

Even though oxygen generators aren't much better (burn iron superoxide to produce oxygen ) Chemical oxygen generator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Worked as an aircraft maintenance engineer avionics(equivalent of an Avionics Tech specialist) on 747's , 767 and an occasional 707
Also had a private license but way out of currency and don't have the spare cash.

Enough off topic stuff.


The uni I'm at(work and study) does boot camps/short courses, almost exactly the same as what they cover in a whole semester for some of the uni subjects.
UTS: Information Technology - CCNA Stage 1: Networking basics

Not cheap (that price is in AUD$1200 which is approx US$1250)

Did the first network fundamentals subject (Routing Fundamentals, Subnetting and VLSMs) which was identical to their CCNA stage 1/network basics except do it over a 14 week semester.