CBT Nuggets Switch Needs an Update

Ugh! This is the first series I am disappointed in, 5 videos in and it's CCNA level switching. I even heard Jeremy mention the old BCMSN so i'm guessing this is extremely old.

Etherchannel and onto HSRP and CEF is good CCNP stuff but i'm shocked to see basic VLAN to STP/VTP being rehashed.

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lrb

What do you expect, VLANs are VLANs and VTP is VTP

The first 2/3'rds of the SWITCH OCG book I remember being not that much harder than the CCNA as well. It's the WLAN, PVLANs, 802.1x, and other stuff that gets people on this exam.

RouteMyPacket

What I find hillarious is that I am finding this material much easier than the NA stuff. Over the last 7yrs while I have worked on Cisco gear, I had tons of grey areas in knowledge, sure I knew what VTP, STP/RSTP, HSRP, CEF is but did I fully and truly understand it all? Nah!

So far i'm glad to have went with switch first, I might sit it very soon. Going to hit the OCG when it arrives and see how it goes.

Danielh22185

I have heard in terms of difficulty. The switch exam has a lot of rehashing of CCNA topics.

amclone

@ RouteMyPacket - I agree...

To me, it does not go into enough detail. I purchased the INE CCNP series and I am really liking it. When comparing CBT Nuggets to INE, I thought that CBT was much better for CCNA and INE seems to be much better for the CCNP. Just my opinion.

webgeek

Good to know...thanks!

Danielh22185

Agreed I really enjoy the INE videos. I have not used it for Switch yet but the Route videos are excellent. Bryan is a tad less energetic but explains things very well.