Just a quick heads up

Hello guys, I'm your newest member!!

Who am I, I'm an IT manager based in London... and I've gone years and years without going down the route of getting myself any kind of certification. Anyway, to cut a long story short I feel now is the time for me to look into a couple of certifications to see just what I am missing out on.

Over the years I've picked up quite a bit of cisco kit, admittedly most of it is probably a good 5-7 years old now, but I've still got kit kicking around which I hope to put into use to get myself up to test standard.

I've read the read me before posting threads and I really have one question - I see the 640-801 is being replaced with the 640-802 from November this year... Now obviously thats not too far off - Would I be right in thinking it'd probably be best to play around with the kit I have playing with a few labs, and once the training material such as that by Todd Lammle becomes available purchase that and work through the hardcore theory side of the CCNA? -- I'm really open to the opinions of those on the forum here...

Anyway, its nice to be on board - there is a wealth of information here which I am sure will come in useful, and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Aidan.

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Netstudent

What model gear do you have?

Just read the books and reinforce the material in the book with your own gear. The test's command set is based on 2600 series router IOS and 2950 series Switch IOS.

Yes the test is changing and getting harder with more material. You have almost 3 months to take the old test. If you have a lot of backround knowledge, then a passing score before the deadline is definately feasible.

You could also wait for the new books to come out and study for the new test.

And Welcome.

aidanhammond

Hi thanks for the reply,

I used to do a lot of cisco a good few years ago but now days I only really manage a pix and a couple of routers... But I'll be honest I can program the routers / switches (and I'm sure I can brush up on that), its just I did very little on the theoretical side...

The kit I have is primarily 2500 routers + 2924 / 3524 switches, but I think I do have a couple of 2600 routers... I definately don't have any 2950s - would the 2924s be up to the job, at least for CCNA level?

Aidan.

Netstudent

Yes 2924's will be ok for CCNA.

Darthn3ss

just make sure you have a router with a 100MB interface so you can do intervlan routing and such.

aidanhammond

Great to hear my 2924s are not obsolete just yet!!

I plan to get all the kit out and tested a little later on today -- what better way to spend a sunday :P

I'm pretty sure one of the more up to date 2600 routers has a 10/100 interface.

Aidan.

Darthn3ss

yeah, a 2610xm or 2620 will have a 10/100 interface.