At 10:13 AM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>I just started my CCNA. I have A+ and MCSE and have
some experience with
>Cisco
>2500/5200/5000/7200. I work 8~10 hours a day. I have
a family and want to
>enjoy a normal life while thriving for CCIE. My questions
for CCNPs and CCIEs
>are: How long will it take for me (or on average) to get my
CCNP? CCIE?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jianliang Li
Jianliang Li,
It really depends on your daily working environment. If
you work with several
routing protcols over a mixed range of topologies (OSPF, IS-IS,
EIGRP, BGP
over Frame, X.25, ISDN) and have an excellent working knowledge of
Appletalk,
DecNet, IP, IPX along with mastering the other possible scenarios
you might
see in the lab (i.e. IP, IPX, Apple, Dec, SNA, NetBios access lists,
custom /
priority queuing, HSRP, the Catalyst product line, DLSW+....blah,
blah, blah..)
You MIGHT be ready to attempt the lab within 6 months to a year, but
the
minimum recommended Cisco hands-on experience (as described above)
is
2 years. If you build a home lab and put together a thorough
study plan it
will GREATLY decrease the time it takes you to achieve your
CCIE. Good Luck!
Wayne Lawson
Cisco CCNA & CCDA, Bay CRS, MCSE, CBE, CNE
Network Systems Consultant
International Network Services
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