BCMSN Reading Schedule April 6 -13
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on April 6th, 2009
Mon, 6-Apr-09: Chapter 14: Read pp. 647 – 684 – Layer 2 security, AAA, Port security, 802.1x, NAC.
Tue, 7-Apr-09: Chapter 14: Read pp. 684 – 717 – ACLs, Firewalls, DHCP snooping, IPSG, DAI, etc.
Wed, 8-Apr-09: Chapter 15: Read pp. 721 – 741 – Catalyst switchin architecture: 6500, 4500, 3750, 3560, 2960.
Thu, 9-Apr-09: Chapter 16: Read pp. 743 – 763 – Metro solutions: DWDM, SONET, CWDM.
Fri, 10-Apr-09: Chapter 17: Read pp. 765 – 804 – Monitoring performance: SPAN, VLAN SPAN, Remote SPAN, VLAN ACL capture.
Sat, 11-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 807 – 830 – Wireless LAN, Theory and standards.
Sun, 12-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 830 – 856 – 802.11 operational standards, Implement WLANs, Cisco WLANs.
Mon, 13-Apr-09: Chapter 18: Read pp. 856 – 876 – Cisco wireless clients, Configure basic WLAN, End of chapter.
Well this weekend was very productive for me as far as reading goes. I’ve managed to regain a huge lead I had in the beginning in terms of pages read so far. Right now I’m on the wireless section and am looking to finish the book either tonight or tomorrow at the latest. I did cheat a little bit by skipping one chapter (chapter 16 – Metro Solutions (MAN)). The book mentions that the chapter is not covered in the exam and the topics don’t appear in the BCMSN blueprint either. Besides I did buy a book on Metro Networks a couple of weeks ago to read on my spare time – just based on general interest. But for now the main focus is to get through the first phase of the readings and move on to the second phase for a more focused and in depth study.