Saying Hello World to Network Design

wat08wat08 Member Posts: 128
Well, after a month of studying for the BSCI I got bored and decided to focus my attention on the CCDA. I'm powering through the following resources:

Authorized Self-Study Guide Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions
http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=1587052725

Internetwork Design Guide
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/internetworking/design/guide/idg4.html

It's interesting to take a look at the network from a high-level perspective, although it's easy to get lost in the alphabet soup provided by the above texts.

Anyone else pursuing the CCDA? I've got a target test date of late December/early January so it would be nice to generate some discussion with other members who are actively pursuing this cert.

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  • darkerosxxdarkerosxx Banned Posts: 1,343
    I'll be around for discussion.
  • miller811miller811 Member Posts: 897
    I have started working on the CCDA and plan to complete the CCDP by taking ARCH after the CCDA. I completed the CCNP last week. I started reading last week, seems like most of the info so far is review for me. About 200 pages deep in the officical exam certification guide.
    I don't claim to be an expert, but I sure would like to become one someday.

    Quest for 11K pages read in 2011
    Page Count total to date - 1283
  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Nice I think I may start reading some of the design material since i'm helping with it at work, the cisco doc will go nicely with the CCDA book. :D
  • darkerosxxdarkerosxx Banned Posts: 1,343
    shednik wrote:
    Nice I think I may start reading some of the design material since i'm helping with it at work, the cisco doc will go nicely with the CCDA book. :D

    This is also a good area: http://www.cisco.com/go/srnd

    Check out this as well. It's a neat tool: http://www.cisco.com/cdc_content_elements/flash/validated_designs/

    And http://www.cisco.com/cdc_content_elements/flash/dcap4/
  • KaminskyKaminsky Member Posts: 1,235
    shednik wrote:
    Nice I think I may start reading some of the design material since i'm helping with it at work, the cisco doc will go nicely with the CCDA book. :D

    +1 nice links
    Kam.
  • lildeezullildeezul Member Posts: 404
    wat08 wrote:
    Well, after a month of studying for the BSCI I got bored and decided to focus my attention on the CCDA:

    Woah... You got bored with BSCI.. man dude.. I freaking loved BSCI.. i believe it was the best so far, all becuase of BGP and route maps, I love those things..hahah


    good luck on your studies
    NHSCA National All-American Wrestler 135lb
  • nicklauscombsnicklauscombs Member Posts: 885
    I am also studying for this, starting plowing through the self study guide
    WIP: IPS exam
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