I was doing some reading on wireless last night as part of my preparation for the BCMSN exam. I wanted to find some online resources to supplement my studies when I noticed in the Cisco Learning Network home page that there is a new CCNP track that I haven’t seen there before. Granted it’s been a while since I’ve been to their site.

Apparently the new CCNP Wireless certification track was announced at the Cisco Live 2009 that was held recently in San Francisco. Now I remember back in the early part of this year that there were some talks about Cisco talking about launching a new professional level wireless cert but never heard about it since. I did a quick search on all my blog feeds and not one has talked about it (Come on bloggers! I rely on you for the latest and most current news. What’s up, man?)   

Here’s more info for the curious minds (who, like me, still didn’t know):

Cisco Wireless Professional Certification

One of the pre-requisites is that you must have a CCNA wireless cert and/or any CCIE ceritfification. I’m not 100% on the latter pre-req.

Formal prerequisites for the CCNP Wireless certification are CCNA (Routing & Switching) and CCNA Wireless.  In order to pass the CCNP Wireless exams an individual should have:

• At least three to five years of job experience in network engineering
• A thorough understanding of wireless networking principles
• An in-depth understanding of the four courses

You must pass the required CUWSS (642-731), IUWVN (642-741),  IUWMS (642-746), IAUWS (642-736) exams to achieve CCNP Wireless certification.

 

CCNP Wireless courses and exams are available starting today July 24th, 2009.

Look here for more FAQ-type of information.

Oh lookie here, a new post. Sorry for the long lapse of activity. I’ve been meaning to update but I’ve been lazy of late. Yes, laziness should be the theme of this post because I’ve been lazy about studying and updating.

Anyway, I scheduled my exam for August 15, 2009. I needed something to push me to get done with this exam. I figured if the pressure of an upcoming exam is looming over my head, I might just get to hunkering down and hitting the books. So far it’s not working . It better work though in the next coming days.

Last week I finished the section on HSRP, VRRP, and GLBP. This week I’m tackling Layer 2 security while at the same time, going back to the beginning to start the reviewing. On paper, I should have enough days to get everything done. But in practice, my actions say otherwise.

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of TV or doing an unusual amount of web surfing at home. Did I suddenly open up my schedule to be able to do all these things? NO. My schedule is still the same. I get home around 5pm. We’re at the dinnner table by 6pm having a nutritious meal that my wife prepared. By 7pm, I’m either watering the vegetation outside or wrestling with my son. After that either I’m giving the kids a bath or helping put them to sleep. By 8pm it’s all my time. Usually I’d be studying until about 9pm. Then exercise for about an hour. Then back to studying again. Well now, instead of the studying, I end up either watching TV or spec’ing out the next motorcycle or car I”m going to buy – which in reality, I may never ever buy. It’s that cycle of the month again where I hit that funk. I’ll shake it off and get down to business.

Anyway, hopefully next time, the tune of this post would more… studyful – if there’s ever such a word.

Visit Jeff Rensink’s blog CCIE Trek and offer your congratulations!

I have followed his journey since the beginning and it’s nice to know that he has accomplished what is arguably one of the toughest certifications in our industry earlier than he set out for. He planned to take his CCIE lab exam by the end of 2009 but because of the upcoming birth of his first child, he thought he might give the lab a crack and hope that he can get it out of the way before his child is  born. And his preparation (and a little gamble) paid off .

Again congrats on the digits and fatherhood .

I’m moving on in my readings. Last week I finished the last of Spanning Tree – I think. This week I plan to get through QoS. A lot of the stuff I started reading this weekend is not part of the exam (according to the book at least) but I thought I’d spend some qualilty (no pun) time with it so I can familiarize myself with the basics. I know this is a big topic for CCIP (if I ever do it)  and CCIE (which I really want to do soon)

I’m trying to re-commit this whole month to my studying. I’ve taken a huge step back after my second child was born and added a new commitment to stay fit by working out everyday. That took a huge hit on my studies. However, I really want to shoot for taking the exam by mid august. Yes, I am moving the test date because there is no chance I can get it done by mid July. I’m already a month and a half behind on my schedule. I’ll post my original schedule on the “BCMSN  Study Schedule” page later. I know I’m not the best in updating but stay tuned for that. Hopefully I can also create a new modified schedule.

In other news: Had a great weekend this past… weekend Went to the beach on Friday with a very close family friend. We threw some football, watch the kids play, watch the kids run away and cry in fear from the sounds of the crashing waves , walked the pier, walked around the shops, get sun burned to a crsip .  On Saturday, we planned on taking the kids to see fireworks, but my older one had a slight fever so we stayed home instead and watched Superman on DVR. Then we saw some spectacular fireworks by our neighbors. On Sunday, it was my wife’s birthday so we went to a nice Cuban restaurant where she ordered seafood paella and subsequently caught a nasty stomach bug – or so we think.

That’s all for now. What’s in your wallet?