This exam was actually quite hard, I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it but I was able to pass it in the end. There was tons of stuff on QoS, VoIP, Wireless, and even AutoQoS with the SDM. The Cisco exam blueprint was bang on and I was able to come out with the win!

The things I used to study were my course at Boson taught by CCIE Bryan Baize, the Bryant study guide by CCIE Chris Bryant, the Cisco Press study guide, my course text books, and lots of practice using the Boson practice sims and my own lab equipment.

If you’re taking this exam don’t take it lightly, make sure you study hard!

-RP

I suspect this next one will take just as much preparation as the previous ones. The difference with the ONT over the previous ISCW is that it doesn’t look like it’s going to be boring at all. The material looks quite cool! Topics covered according to Cisco’s exam topic web site include:

• VoIP implementations
• QoS considerations
• DiffServer QoS implementations
• AutoQoS
• WLAN security and management

That last topic seems oddly out of place with the rest of them, but that doesn’t matter, I love wireless topics! So once again I will be using the Bryant Advantage study guides, with a combination of my course material and notes from my CCNP boot camp at Boson with instructor CCIE Bryan Baize, and also the Cisco Press exam/study guides. CCNP, here I come!

-RP

Luckily the great folks at Boson have a boot camp available and i’ve been lucky enough to get a great instructor, Bryan Baize. Bryan Baize (CCIE 16139) is a CCIE (the PHD of network certifications in my opinion) and a fabulous instructor. His ability to recall the most obscure facts and answer all of your questions and his ability to convey concepts to the students is just great.

As a former IT instructor myself, I can wholeheartedly recommend using the Boson boot camps as part of your training regiment for the CCNP. I will keep you guys up to date on my progress in my quest for this certification. One more week to go!

-RP