Study Material Freely Available on the Net?

Danielh22185

As I grow into my job I am starting to find more ways of being more efficient and spending less time of things I have spent much more time on in the past. The end result is more downtime Yes I know I probably should be seeking for other things to do that result in busy work but there is only so much that can be done on slow days like Sundays specifically.

I thought as an option I would be able to remote to my computer at home from work and use my masses of study material I have on my computer. Turns out I can't establish RDP from work to home, I'd assume its being blocked from my company firewalls/ etc. So in turn I am looking for other ways I can use my time. Sundays are especially slow and I want to use some of my downtime on these days to study for my upcoming exams.

Anybody know of any free content available online that is legitimate that can be used for studying in my downtime? Please DO NOT suggest a brain **** site, I am very against these and I know many people here are as well. I am looking for actual publications or documents written by reputable sources that will aid in my downtime / study efforts.

Thanks!

Trifidw

Just go through whitepapers from Cisco. Study guides aren't really necessary when Cisco publish plenty of content and configuration guidelines on their website.

Also this was useful: The Online CCNP Study Guide

Danielh22185

I was actually just thinking about doing that and going through Cisco's content online. I will probably do this. I will also look into the guide you posted. Thanks!

ChooseLife

Why not just put the study materials you wanted to access remotely onto a flash drive and use them locally

Danielh22185

Thought of this as well. I will have to double check though I am not sure if my company computers even allow the use a flash drive at all without elevated user privileges. I'll know tomorrow though because I plan to bring it.

Zartanasaurus

Google Drive, Dropbox, Skydrive...

All options if you can't use RDP.

Danielh22185

Hooray I can use a flash drive!! Wish I could remote in and do some labs too on GNS3. I will explore those options you guys gave me! Thanks! Reps!

Zartanasaurus

You can run the standalone version of GNS3 off of a flash drive. Dunno if you have the CPU/RAM to handle it, but its possible.

Master Of Puppets

There is a great channel on youtube that has some really nice CCNP videos - CCIEonTraining. I am at the very beginning of my CCNP studies so I'm not very advanced at all but I got soo much out of them. Hope this was of any help

ChooseLife

Welcome

Master Of Puppets

Thanks, this is truly an awesome site

phoeneous

Im addicted to the videos on gns3vault.

Somnipotent

I use Google Drive and a WD Passport that I carry with me everywhere I go. gns3vault is great too... assuming you have GNS3 loaded on your work PC.

Danielh22185

Zartanasaurus wrote: »

You can run the standalone version of GNS3 off of a flash drive. Dunno if you have the CPU/RAM to handle it, but its possible.

Really? I did not know this! I will give this a try!

angel.oa

i think that these 2 are known by pretty much everybody here but it doesn't hurt to post it again

Keith Barker - YouTube
RouterGods - YouTube

also this free ebook (.) has pretty good reviews in amazon CCNP ROUTE Complete Guide 1st Edition: The book that makes you an IP Routing Expert!: Yap Chin Hoong -: 9781453807668: Amazon.com: Books

Danielh22185

Thanks everyone for the extra ideas. I am trying to sway from Videos because my director sits in an office literally 10 feet behind me. Now that I know I can use a flash drive I will be doing that much more.

Also, I do have a hard copy of Yap Chin Hoong's book. I will have to get the e-book as well!