CCNA Part 2, course finished
13 June 2009 13:06This week saw the second part of the CCNA training – four very packed days. I now need to arrange to take the exam to qualify for the certification. My plan is to do so within a few weeks, if possible: soon enough for all of the unfamiliar (and not routinely exercised as part of my job) topics to still be fresh, but enough time to prepare.
The whole course covered a wide range of topics: ICND1, the ‘easier’ first half explored some fairly familiar aspects of networking in general, going into not much detail on a wide range of topics (switching, routing, Ethernet, wireless). It also covered IPv4 addressing in a lot of detail, an area in which I am pretty familiar.
ICND2, the second half, went into more detail on a smaller subset of topics: spanning tree, various routing protocols, VLANs, NAT, IPv6, PPP, Frame Relay etc.
A most enjoyable learning experience, since the instructor was entertaining as well as informative. There were eight of us attending the course and we get on pretty well.
Urgh, they’re still teaching Frame Relay? At least there’s some good stuff in there!
I don’t think the course content has changed since you did it: there’s a fair likelihood of at least a few exam questions on Frame Relay, it seems, even though it’s hardly ever going to be seen in the wild any more. Cisco are fond of it, I guess, given its history.