[cisco-voip] CCENT/CCNA Voice

[Mehtab Shinwari]

Sean,

Congrats on taking the first step. The book would do the job. I am a big fan of doing everything on a physical equipment. I have seen engineers that have CCNA or even CCNP without them touching a physical router or a switch in their lives.

For CENT get GNS3 if you can't afford a router. Or if you do have access please practice what you read, it will make a big difference.

For CCNA Voice I was superised at how much material has been included in it now. Get a beefy home PC (multicore + a good amount of RAM). Install VMware esxi 5 or 5.1 (I believe you get 60 days eval). Install  at least CUCM and a CUC server. For phones again if you can't afford them or don't have access to them, soft phones will do. CIPC, IPBlue, 3CX will do great in your lab.

If you are serious and commit to it you will do just fine.

Good luck.


Mehtab Shinwari | CCNP RS/V
Senior Support Engineer



-------- Original message --------
From: Sean Knight <sean at pubsvs.com>
Date:
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] CCENT/CCNA Voice


I plan to acquire a CCENT cert and then go to CCNA Voice.  Any suggestions on materials?

http://www.ciscopress.com/store/cisco-ccent-ccna-icnd1-100-101-official-cert-guide-9781587143854


Is this the best to get to study/prepare for the test?  Any suggestions are appreciated.


Thank you