David Tran <david.tran@digex.com> writes:
> Hi Martin,
Just a small point - this was actually a private mail -
but never mind; I'm sure cisco-nsp will be interested. ;-)
> The JNCIS exam is much more difficult then CCIE in my opinion.
> Having said that, I also think the exam is FAIR because it doesn't
> throw in questions that are irrelevant to the exam, stuffs that
> Microsoft and Cisco are notoriously known for. Furthermore, since
> Juniper is heavily concentrated at the core, you have to know OSPF,
> IS-IS, BGP and especially MPLS down cold. Otherwise, you will not
> pass the JNCIS exam. There are 73 questions and the passing score
> is 80%.
You have to wonder how much input Cisco's marketing
folks have on the CCIE syllabus - too much probably.
> How did I prepare for the exam you asked? Well, since most of my
> experiences come from ISDN and enterprises environment, I didn't have
> a chance to get my hand dirty on most of the things that I've mentioned
> above. Fortunately, I was able to get my hand on Olive. For those who
> don't know what Olive is, it is a JUNOS that run on PC. I use Olive to
> set up a home lab with similar scenarios that are offered by Juniper.
> After playing with Olive for 3 months and reading through thousand of pages
> in Juniper documentation, I took the JNCIS exam and passed with the bare
> minimum. I guess I know enough about JUNOS to be dangerous but I don't have
> production hand-on experience with Juniper, only in the lab environment.
> I guess you can call me "paper" JNCIS which is OK by me. You can get the
> documentation at http://www.juniper.net.
I've found the web documentation quite useful in getting
a feel for how Juniper does things differently from Cisco.
> Oh, one other thing, please do NOT send me email asking me for a copy of
> Olive code. I am NOT going to do it because it is against the law. I am
> NOT going to trade it either because of the same reason. I've heard that
> Olive is no supported by Juniper. Therefore, please do not fill up my mail
> box with the request. I understand that everyone would like to learn
> Juniper, which I think is a great product, but I am not going to put my
> behind on the line because I don't want to get in trouble with the law.
You are correct - Juniper no longer supports OLIVE,
but don't worry, I'm not going to ask for a copy. ;-)
Cheers,
M.
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