So if you missed the first post, or missed the news from day 1 of #CLUS, Cisco just announced a complete redesigned their entire career certification program. I’ve already introduced some of the big CCNA and CCNP changes in my
Think of everything you know about Cisco career certifications, the various CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE certifications, and all the exams. Cisco just announced its redesign of the whole thing. Sweeping, across-the-board, impactful changes. I’ll be blogging about these changes, teaching
Using the Cisco Press CCNA books? Then you may want to use the Packet Tracer .pkt files that we’ve built to match the examples in the books. Check out the first post in the series for more context.
During all these years of authoring the official Cisco CCNA Cert Guide (21 years – wow!), I’ve added more and more active learning exercises to use with each chapter. However, making hands-on activities with the CLI available to readers has
Welcome to the new blog! You just landed at my new consolidated blog site. In the past, I’ve kept two blog sites to help make navigating the CCNA content in my two books more managable. However, I think the multilevel
For more in-depth #CLUS content like breakout sessions, how do you take notes? If you do not take notes, how would you? What notes would you take if you wanted to understand, review when you get to the office, and
Taking notes at #CLUS, even planning different methods to use in different CLUS venues, and with the discipline to make myself take notes instead of getting lazy, has improved how much I learn at the show and how much I
What does Cisco put into the #CCNA exams, and why? Those who care about any cert may wonder about some of the topics. Today’s post gives me a chance to comment on a few of the content changes over the
What’s on the #CCNA exam? What would like to see on the exam in the future? Continuing our look at 20 years of #CCNA, today I’ll ask a few questions about CCNA exam topics – topics in the past, and
Today’s post gets to my personal history with CCNA, touching on some historical tidbits that I hope you’ll find interesting. I’ve included many memories and some nostalgia. Those of you who have enjoyed part of your CCNA journey with me
