01 - Welcome to ICND1 - Cisco Certification and Getting the Most From This Series

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100:00:00,306 --> 00:00:01,536>> Welcome to ICND1.

200:00:01,536 --> 00:00:04,156My name is Jeremy Cioaraand I'm going to be with you

300:00:04,156 --> 00:00:06,746for the entire CCNA series, which is awesome.

400:00:06,746 --> 00:00:09,056Because CCNA is awesome in itself.

500:00:09,056 --> 00:00:10,486It's just such great technology.

600:00:10,746 --> 00:00:13,426As well as one of the most valuable

certifications that you can get.

700:00:13,426 --> 00:00:17,786And actually let me take that as a springboardto talk about what's in this nugget.

800:00:17,786 --> 00:00:18,876Welcome to the intro.

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I want to go through a frequentlyasked questions, like,

1000:00:21,456 --> 00:00:23,616what's up with Cisco certification?

1100:00:23,616 --> 00:00:24,396Why do I want it?

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What is CCNA?

1300:00:25,256 --> 00:00:26,096Where does it fit?

1400:00:26,096 --> 00:00:27,106How long does it last?


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1500:00:27,106 --> 00:00:28,196How hard is the exam?

1600:00:28,196 --> 00:00:29,456You know, all those kinds of things.

1700:00:29,456 --> 00:00:34,046Let me just kind of put together a packedquestion and answer on Cisco Certification.

1800:00:34,046 --> 00:00:35,886I'm going to look at CCNA 2013.

1900:00:35,886 --> 00:00:39,816This is the third time I've rerecordedCCNA since I've been with CBT Nuggets.

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Because Cisco is always adding more,changing it, updating the technology,

2100:00:43,646 --> 00:00:44,916so we'll look at what's new there.

2200:00:45,256 --> 00:00:46,926I want to talk about howwe change at CBT Nuggets.

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00:00:46,926 --> 00:00:48,436You're probably like, 'Dude!

2400:00:48,436 --> 00:00:50,326You've had too much coffee or something!

2500:00:50,326 --> 00:00:51,126Settle down!"

2600:00:51,316 --> 00:00:52,796

Actually I haven't had any coffee this morning.

2700:00:52,796 --> 00:00:54,476It's all CCNA adrenaline buddy!

2800:00:54,476 --> 00:00:58,306CBT Nuggets just has a completelydifferent way of training,


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2900:00:58,306 --> 00:01:00,136which sometimes takes a little getting used to.

3000:01:00,346 --> 00:01:02,246Most of the time people are just like, "Woohoo!

3100:01:02,246 --> 00:01:03,196Enjoy the ride."

3200:01:03,496 --> 00:01:06,746And then finally, I want to talk abouthow you can get the most from this series.

3300:01:06,746 --> 00:01:10,476How can you take this, apply this straightto your job, straight to the certification,

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3500:01:14,166 --> 00:01:17,436So let's dive right in to Cisco'scertification and all its glory.

3600:01:17,496 --> 00:01:19,526First off, who is this company, Cisco?

3700:01:19,906 --> 00:01:25,726Well, Cisco is the inventor of the routermany moons ago, which strung board them

3800:01:25,726 --> 00:01:29,836into getting their network equipment intojust about every internet service provider,

3900:01:29,836 --> 00:01:34,506every business, even a lot of homes all around

the world have some form of Cisco technology.

4000:01:34,546 --> 00:01:39,726I mean, their technology spans [pause]product line after product line.

4100:01:39,726 --> 00:01:43,236VoiceOver IP, security appliances,


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routers, switches.

4200:01:43,576 --> 00:01:47,746There is so much that they create thatI can't even put it in a nutshell.

4300:01:47,746 --> 00:01:48,356There's just a lot.

4400:01:48,356 --> 00:01:50,956I think of them as like theMicrosoft of networking technology.

4500:01:51,356 --> 00:01:54,056Now, Cisco certification is immensely valuable

4600:01:54,056 --> 00:01:58,376because not only are they the marketleader, but everybody's following Cisco.

4700:01:58,616 --> 00:02:00,106I mean Cisco's real claim to fame.

4800:02:00,106 --> 00:02:04,016If you really want to know the secretsauce of Cisco, it's all called IOS.

4900:02:04,186 --> 00:02:05,766Internet Work Operating System.

5000:02:05,766 --> 00:02:08,166It's their software that runs their products.

5100:02:08,166 --> 00:02:11,726It's not even the hardware, the boxesthemselves, it's the software that runs it.

5200:02:11,916 --> 00:02:15,336It's kind of the de facto standard

and everybody kind of follows that.

5300:02:15,336 --> 00:02:18,756I mean if you've ever seen, obviouslyyou've seen Microsoft Windows,

5400:02:18,756 --> 00:02:21,156well if you look at the latest


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renditions of Linux,

5500:02:21,156 --> 00:02:25,466they're starting to gain a little tractionbecause they've made themselves look enough

5600:02:25,466 --> 00:02:28,156like Windows that peopleare starting to accept them.

5700:02:28,396 --> 00:02:31,576And a lot of other network vendors outthere are like, "Man, well if we're going

5800:02:31,576 --> 00:02:36,186to play this game, we've got to make ouroperating system, our way of interfacing

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with our devices, enough like Cisco so somebodywould be willing to take the jump and not have

6000:02:41,306 --> 00:02:43,926to relearn everything thatthey've learned at Cisco."

6100:02:43,926 --> 00:02:46,376So, knowing Cisco is just a huge benefit.

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00:02:46,536 --> 00:02:50,486Also, employers are looking forthis because Cisco incentifies them.

6300:02:50,486 --> 00:02:51,276Is that a word?

6400:02:51,276 --> 00:02:52,756I just made it up.

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00:02:52,756 --> 00:02:54,956They have incentive to hire you.

6600:02:55,346 --> 00:02:56,386Cisco says, "You know what?

6700:02:56,386 --> 00:03:00,776If you hire certified people and certified


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people with depth to them, you know,

6800:03:00,776 --> 00:03:04,496multiple certified people, we'll giveyou discounts on our Cisco equipment.

6900:03:04,496 --> 00:03:08,006You'll move up in your partnerrelationship and get 'X' percentage points

7000:03:08,006 --> 00:03:09,246of discounts off on our equipment."

7100:03:09,246 --> 00:03:12,776So businesses, especiallypeople that deal specifically

7200:03:12,776 --> 00:03:15,936in Cisco technologies are very

interested in people that are certified

7300:03:15,936 --> 00:03:20,606because it's an immediate returnon investment along with knowing

7400:03:20,606 --> 00:03:24,386that when people pass a Cisco certificationexam, they know what they're doing.

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00:03:24,506 --> 00:03:29,536I mean these certification exams are not just,"Oh, I read a book and now I can pass it."

7600:03:29,536 --> 00:03:32,546I mean, you really got to know yourstuff to get into the Cisco world.

7700:03:32,546 --> 00:03:33,516Now, how do you get them?

7800:03:33,796 --> 00:03:37,786I haven't mentioned, you passa certification exam or more.

7900:03:37,786 --> 00:03:44,236For instance, to pass, to get the CCENTcertification, you pass the ICND1 exam,


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8000:03:44,236 --> 00:03:46,266which is actually what this series lines up to.

8100:03:46,266 --> 00:03:50,336It's kind of the foundation ofevery Cisco certification out there.

8200:03:50,556 --> 00:03:50,716[Laughing] Yeah.

8300:03:50,946 --> 00:03:51,586It's important.

8400:03:51,806 --> 00:03:56,276Then as you move on, for instance,the CCNP currently has three exams.

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So you have to pass three individual exams

8600:03:58,496 --> 00:04:02,376and now you're a Cisco certified networkprofessional in routing and switching.

8700:04:02,376 --> 00:04:03,936You can see all of thesedifferent tracks that are there.

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00:04:03,936 --> 00:04:06,986So, as you pass these examsyou gain certifications

8900:04:06,986 --> 00:04:10,866and you can use their credentials, get theirlogos on your business cards and all that.

9000:04:11,056 --> 00:04:13,676These exams all last three years.

9100:04:14,266 --> 00:04:16,626Now that immediately raisessome red flags for people.

9200:04:16,626 --> 00:04:17,466They're going, "What do you mean?

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00:04:17,466 --> 00:04:19,736I put all this time and moneyand effort into all of this

9400:04:19,736 --> 00:04:21,866and it's going to expire after three years?"

9500:04:21,866 --> 00:04:27,166Well, yes, but keep in mind, number one, thatCisco realizes technology is always changing.

9600:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,006So if you don't keep yourcertifications current,

9700:04:29,286 --> 00:04:32,656technology 10 years ago isn'tthe same as it was today.

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00:04:32,656 --> 00:04:35,216And they don't want you to goout and say, "Oh, I'm a CCNP .

9900:04:35,216 --> 00:04:39,926I'm a CCIE and give people the wrongimpression are up and coming on technology.

10000:04:40,176 --> 00:04:44,916Also Cisco knows that if you leave the career,if you leave the industry for a long time,

10100:04:44,916 --> 00:04:46,736you're going to start losingsome of those skills.

10200:04:46,736 --> 00:04:50,776So, what they said is, "Okay,well, let's say you get a CCENT,

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that now has a three-year life span."

10400:04:53,686 --> 00:04:56,676Now, let's say that two years later.

10500:04:57,056 --> 00:04:59,466I would never think somebodywould do this, but it can be done.


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10600:04:59,716 --> 00:05:02,956Two years later, you pass ICND2.

10700:05:02,956 --> 00:05:05,626ICND2. So, ICND1 gives you the CCND.

10800:05:05,626 --> 00:05:12,716ICND2 with ICND1 gives you aCCNA routing and switching.

10900:05:12,716 --> 00:05:17,686Well what happens when you pass that exam,is now you've got a CCENT that's renewed

11000:05:17,866 --> 00:05:22,536for three years, you have a CCNA that lastsfor three years, and you're now, you know,

11100:05:22,816 --> 00:05:28,606ready [laughing] I had my emphasis like therewas some grand conclusion, well that was it!

11200:05:28,606 --> 00:05:31,926Now you've got a CCENT and a CCNAthat both last for three years.

11300:05:32,046 --> 00:05:33,236Okay, so let's go further.

11400:05:33,236 --> 00:05:38,026Let's say two years later, just asan example, you take the first exam

11500:05:38,026 --> 00:05:39,856of the CCNP routing and switching.

11600:05:39,856 --> 00:05:40,826You take one exam here.

11700:05:41,106 --> 00:05:46,166Well, once you do that and you pass that exam,it automatically renews your CCNA routing

11800:05:46,166 --> 00:05:48,996and switching and your CCENTfor three additional years.


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11900:05:48,996 --> 00:05:50,326Now it's not cumulative like if you [audible].

12000:05:50,326 --> 00:05:54,066No, you just got a fresh three years on that.

12100:05:54,066 --> 00:05:57,306And as you pass the second exam, you geta fresh three years on the previous exam.

12200:05:57,306 --> 00:05:58,486See what I mean?

12300:05:58,486 --> 00:06:00,056So it's not hard.

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It's not one of those things where,man, let me just give you an example.

12500:06:03,946 --> 00:06:08,236I've been in Cisco long enough thatI have all of these certifications.

12600:06:08,236 --> 00:06:14,166I have achieved them all, not these two, butif I had to keep every single one of them

12700:06:14,166 --> 00:06:17,256up to date, that's all I would do,that would be career is testing.

12800:06:17,256 --> 00:06:19,286Because there's so many examsthat I would have to take.

12900:06:19,286 --> 00:06:22,866Well instead, what I do is,

every two years, the CCIE routing

13000:06:22,866 --> 00:06:27,056and switching was just a differentanimal altogether, lasts for two years.

13100:06:27,056 --> 00:06:30,356Every two years I take the


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written renewal exam for that.

13200:06:30,786 --> 00:06:35,616As soon as I pass that it not onlyrenews my CCIE for two additional years,

13300:06:35,676 --> 00:06:39,106but all of the other certifications,essentially all the lower certifications

13400:06:39,106 --> 00:06:41,336that I have get renewed for two years,

13500:06:41,456 --> 00:06:44,716well actually these guys get renewedfor three years, as well, right?

13600:06:44,856 --> 00:06:47,296So it's just one exam to

rule them all at that point.

13700:06:47,526 --> 00:06:48,566It goes horizontal, as well.

13800:06:48,566 --> 00:06:51,556Let's say you've got a CCNArouting and switching and you say,

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"Oh man, I'm ready to get into voice."

14000:06:54,126 --> 00:06:57,856Well you take and you pass this, yougot a CCNA voice that lasts for three.

14100:06:57,986 --> 00:07:00,026This gets renewed for three years.

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I feel like I'm trying to sell you something.

14300:07:01,256 --> 00:07:05,986And then, by now, and then you get, it'snot that way, but the reason I bring

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ICND1 will get your CCENT.

15800:07:50,726 --> 00:07:57,476ICND2, when combined with ICND1, will getyour CCNA, but there's additional one more.

15900:07:57,666 --> 00:08:02,016There's CCNAX, which is an all-in-one exam.

16000:08:02,016 --> 00:08:07,956The X stands for accelerated, to whereyou can get the CCNA certification

16100:08:08,146 --> 00:08:10,616with just one exam rather than taking the two.

16200:08:10,616 --> 00:08:11,686So two questions on that.

16300:08:11,686 --> 00:08:12,606Some people say number one.

16400:08:12,826 --> 00:08:16,446Well do I get the CCENT, aswell, if I pass that exam?

16500:08:16,706 --> 00:08:18,506No you do not, but nobody cares.

16600:08:18,506 --> 00:08:23,116If you say you're a CCNA, nobody willask you, "Oh, are you a CCENT too?"

16700:08:23,116 --> 00:08:25,026That's just not a question that even comes up.

16800:08:25,026 --> 00:08:29,756The second thing is well is therea financial benefit to take CCNAX?

16900:08:29,756 --> 00:08:31,576Is it less expensive?

17000:08:31,776 --> 00:08:34,796Actually, matter of fact I don't eventhink I've said yet, there's fees.


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17100:08:34,796 --> 00:08:36,096If you didn't know, these cost money.

17200:08:36,096 --> 00:08:38,426You can't just, you know [laughing],take these exams on a whim.

17300:08:38,566 --> 00:08:41,366I went to the view website.

17400:08:41,366 --> 00:08:42,896Actually right over here.

17500:08:42,986 --> 00:08:44,036And checked the exams.

17600:08:44,036 --> 00:08:45,816And they are currently, these prices change.

17700:08:45,816 --> 00:08:48,506Not often, but, you know[laughing], I laughed I was like,

17800:08:48,666 --> 00:08:50,446"Today's price," like tomorrow's different.

17900:08:50,686 --> 00:08:52,716But these exams, they do change here and there.

18000:08:52,716 --> 00:08:55,246So for the individual exams.

18100:08:55,246 --> 00:08:56,526So ICND1 right there.

18200:08:56,526 --> 00:08:57,316ICND2 right there.

18300:08:57,316 --> 00:08:58,446They're $150.00 each.

18400:08:58,746 --> 00:09:01,366The all-in-one exam is $295.00.

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So is there a financial benefit?

18600:09:03,336 --> 00:09:04,956No. Five bucks.

18700:09:04,956 --> 00:09:06,266Okay?

18800:09:07,086 --> 00:09:09,496Why do they have the all-in-one exam?

18900:09:09,496 --> 00:09:14,346Well, it is for people, it is designed forpeople that already have a CCNA and it's going

19000:09:14,346 --> 00:09:17,036to expire, so they just wantto get the CCNA exam.

19100:09:17,036 --> 00:09:18,226They don't want to move on.

19200:09:18,226 --> 00:09:19,866They don't want to have studystuff that they don't know.

19300:09:19,866 --> 00:09:21,486They just want to take it again and get it.

19400:09:21,796 --> 00:09:26,116So, Cisco right on their website say, "Thisis for people that already have experience,

19500:09:26,116 --> 00:09:30,336they already probably have a CCNA,and they just want to renew it."

19600:09:30,696 --> 00:09:34,156So, is this more difficult?

19700:09:34,156 --> 00:09:35,476What's the story?

19800:09:35,606 --> 00:09:39,976I would say if you're taking a step into Cisco,I would always recommend going this route.


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19900:09:40,266 --> 00:09:41,366Take the two exams.

20000:09:41,366 --> 00:09:44,626It's just, I mean, if you'veever missed an exam before.

20100:09:44,626 --> 00:09:47,796If you've taken these before and youmiss it, it's just so, like, ugh.

20200:09:47,796 --> 00:09:52,496Especially when you're like,"Oh man, I just lost 300 bucks."

20300:09:52,616 --> 00:09:54,006I mean, that's painful.

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00:09:54,136 --> 00:09:57,876As well as knowing the fact that you didn't getit and you have to go back again to take it.

20500:09:57,876 --> 00:10:00,336So I always tell people,take the two-exam route.

20600:10:00,336 --> 00:10:01,646Why? Time.

20700:10:02,056 --> 00:10:03,386It's the same questions.

20800:10:03,386 --> 00:10:07,646CCNAX is the same questions thatyou're going to get on ICND1 and ICND2.

20900:10:07,646 --> 00:10:11,126However, it's just, I'vetaken all three of these

21000:10:11,126 --> 00:10:14,236and it's just CCNAX is more time constrained.

21100:10:14,386 --> 00:10:18,726You gotta not only know your stuff,you got to be quick at doing it.


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22600:10:50,406 --> 00:10:52,556but you can take them againand again and again and again.

22700:10:52,936 --> 00:10:56,836Now I know there may be more questions oncertification, but I'm hoping to answer those

22800:10:56,836 --> 00:11:00,616as I can go and I've also made some more nuggetsI'll tell you about at the end of the series

22900:11:00,616 --> 00:11:02,266to help in your certification prep.

23000:11:02,266 --> 00:11:05,156So, CCNA 2013.

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00:11:05,156 --> 00:11:06,226What is new?

23200:11:06,226 --> 00:11:08,116What has changed in this environment?

23300:11:08,436 --> 00:11:12,836Well, this has been the firstmajor revision of CCNA since 2007.

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00:11:12,836 --> 00:11:14,106I looked back and said, "Okay.

23500:11:14,106 --> 00:11:15,526What was new in 2007?"

23600:11:15,776 --> 00:11:20,2062007 was where they first splitthe CCNA into two separate exams.

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00:11:20,206 --> 00:11:23,076To where originally therewas only one CCNA exam.

23800:11:23,306 --> 00:11:27,576Then they decided to say, "Okay, welllet's create this CCENT and CCNA."

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00:11:27,576 --> 00:11:29,146And so now we've got the two exams.

24000:11:29,146 --> 00:11:32,456So we have to say, "Well whatdid they do beyond in the CCNA?"

24100:11:32,606 --> 00:11:35,936So now in ICND1 they've justmade it more complex.

24200:11:35,936 --> 00:11:39,606They've added more subnetting, introducingtopics that were never there before,

24300:11:39,606 --> 00:11:41,536like variable length subnet masking.

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They've added more depth to the topic.

24500:11:43,646 --> 00:11:48,286For instance, they started getting into networkaddress translation, access control lists,

24600:11:48,286 --> 00:11:52,076and VLANS, which those usedto be all in the ICND2.

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00:11:52,076 --> 00:11:56,426Like, they mentioned NAT previouslyin the previous version of ICND1,

24800:11:56,426 --> 00:12:00,106but they never really got into the deepconfiguration, as a matter of fact,

24900:12:00,106 --> 00:12:04,586Cisco really expected to you to NATconfiguration only by using the SDM.

25000:12:04,706 --> 00:12:07,246Security Device Manager.

25100:12:07,246 --> 00:12:08,986That is the graphic interface.

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00:12:08,986 --> 00:12:12,156The GUI that Cisco createdto work with their devices.

25300:12:12,156 --> 00:12:17,416Now you will find out quickly, in theCisco world it is all command-line based.

25400:12:17,566 --> 00:12:22,826Now Cisco has started putting their toes inthe water on creating graphic interfaces,

25500:12:23,106 --> 00:12:26,096but when it comes down to it,to really do troubleshooting,

25600:12:26,096 --> 00:12:30,396to really get nitty gritty configuration,which is where Cisco specializes,

25700:12:30,796 --> 00:12:35,436you have to go beyond the GUI,which is why Cisco has gotten rid

25800:12:35,436 --> 00:12:37,266of all of that in the certification.

25900:12:37,266 --> 00:12:38,996They said, "Okay, we're notgoing to teach you the GUI.

26000:12:38,996 --> 00:12:43,046You know, if you want to go do a GUI, a GraphicInterface, you can learn that yourself."

26100:12:43,246 --> 00:12:47,076That's why it's a GUI, you can go, "Next,next, finish," and configure things,

26200:12:47,076 --> 00:12:49,496

it's just kind of scary to doit that way and I'll explain why

26300:12:49,496 --> 00:12:51,536as we get into the series itself.

26400:12:51,536 --> 00:12:55,506So now we're doing command-line configuration


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of NAT, access control lists, and VLANS,

26500:12:55,506 --> 00:12:58,516which never even was able toget into the ICND1 before.

26600:12:58,786 --> 00:12:59,616More modern.

26700:12:59,616 --> 00:13:05,786As in the only routing protocol that you wouldlearn in ICND1 previously was one called, RIP.

26800:13:06,946 --> 00:13:09,716Rest In Peace, is what itnow stands for, it's gone!

26900:13:09,946 --> 00:13:13,416And not gone from technology, it's still out

there and will be for years and years to come.

27000:13:13,416 --> 00:13:18,916But nobody really uses, very few peoplereally use RIP in a production network.

27100:13:18,916 --> 00:13:20,246And Cisco realized that andsaid, "you know what,

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00:13:20,246 --> 00:13:23,326why are we teaching people thislegacy old protocol anyway?

27300:13:23,566 --> 00:13:28,596We're now going to teach OSPF, which is themost popular routing protocol in the world."

27400:13:28,866 --> 00:13:33,456Looking at the future, Cisco is saying,"Okay, we're also going to start moving IPv6,

27500:13:33,556 --> 00:13:36,286which is becoming more andmore popular worldwide.

27600:13:36,286 --> 00:13:40,226The United States is a little slow tocatch up to IPv6, but it's becoming more


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27700:13:40,226 --> 00:13:44,666and more popular worldwide toaddress the IP address shortage

27800:13:44,666 --> 00:13:48,156and really open the door forinnovation in the future.

27900:13:48,156 --> 00:13:52,596It's going to be creepy scary of how muchstuff is going to be connected in the world

28000:13:52,726 --> 00:13:54,876as IP addresses no longer become an issue.

28100:13:55,016 --> 00:13:59,246So IPv6 is being added and now Cisco,you know, is kind of like, "Well,

28200:13:59,246 --> 00:14:02,136they've added all this stuff,what have they taken out?"

28300:14:02,136 --> 00:14:04,746Well, they got rid of a lotof taste testing technology.

28400:14:04,746 --> 00:14:05,376

That's what I call it.

28500:14:05,376 --> 00:14:10,946It's where instead of, in previouseditions of ICND1, Cisco would say, "Well,

28600:14:10,946 --> 00:14:15,176we're going to test you on kindof the foundations of Wi-Fi,

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00:14:15,176 --> 00:14:19,156Wireless Network Technology," because,you know, Wi-Fi is a big topic.

28800:14:19,156 --> 00:14:21,256So they put enough in there to where you kind

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of get your toes wet, butnot really know much at all.

29000:14:23,366 --> 00:14:25,316So they started yanking stuff like that out.

29100:14:25,316 --> 00:14:25,926They're like, "You know what?

29200:14:25,926 --> 00:14:28,676Now we've got a whole certificationdedicated to wireless.

29300:14:28,676 --> 00:14:30,766If you want to know wireless,go take that certification."

29400:14:31,006 --> 00:14:35,806They got rid of serial connections

to where ICND1 truly is kind

29500:14:35,806 --> 00:14:38,016of like local, land-based configuration.

29600:14:38,016 --> 00:14:40,336They don't get into point-to-pointWAN links anyway.

29700:14:40,576 --> 00:14:42,776

Because that was kind of duplicated over here.

29800:14:42,776 --> 00:14:46,246You learned about it in ICND1 andthen learn about it more in ICND2

29900:14:46,246 --> 00:14:48,106and kind of repeat that information.

30000:14:48,106 --> 00:14:49,696

So they said, "Let's move all that over there."

30100:14:49,976 --> 00:14:51,456They also got rid of security.

30200:14:51,456 --> 00:14:51,926They're like, "Ah!


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30300:14:51,926 --> 00:14:53,026That's not good."

30400:14:53,166 --> 00:14:56,456Well, security [pause] is a huge topic.

30500:14:56,456 --> 00:15:00,246I mean, you saw in the certification youhad the CCNP Security, CCNA Security.

30600:15:00,246 --> 00:15:05,326It's a huge topic and it really, you're goingto learn that there is some security in here,

30700:15:05,326 --> 00:15:09,136but there's just a lot offluff stuff on security.

308

00:15:09,136 --> 00:15:12,676It's the best way I can say it and ICND1previously, that was kind of like, okay,

30900:15:12,676 --> 00:15:16,356they give you a knowledge of security, butnot really enough to do anything with it.

31000:15:16,356 --> 00:15:19,926So they said, "Let's get rid of allthese taste testing topics to make room."

31100:15:19,926 --> 00:15:24,576Now, that being said, did they remove enoughto justify all the stuff that they added?

31200:15:24,946 --> 00:15:25,726No they did not.

31300:15:26,196 --> 00:15:33,966Cisco removed a massive amount of, or I should

say, added a massive amount of stuff to ICND1.

31400:15:34,556 --> 00:15:39,926Honestly, as they released ICND1 thebarrier to entry in this technology,

31500:15:39,966 --> 00:15:42,386I think, moved significantly higher.


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31600:15:43,036 --> 00:15:47,286If you think about it, Cisco isnow teaching their curriculum,

31700:15:47,286 --> 00:15:50,176their technology, even in high school classes.

31800:15:50,176 --> 00:15:53,626To where kids going into high schoolare able to learn Cisco technology

31900:15:53,626 --> 00:15:55,526and Cisco is just saying, "You know what?

32000:15:55,526 --> 00:16:01,076We're now expecting that people are goingto have a fairly good technology feel

32100:16:01,076 --> 00:16:02,776because we live in a technology world."

32200:16:02,936 --> 00:16:07,306And, and couple that with Cisco didsome studies and said, "You know what?

32300:16:07,476 --> 00:16:12,446We're finding a lot of people gettingtheir CCENT or their CCNA and stopping."

32400:16:12,816 --> 00:16:14,196Like they're not going any further.

32500:16:14,196 --> 00:16:17,876So, they said previously, "Well, you know,it gives them enough to be dangerous."

32600:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,076They're kind of like, "Oh, you know what?

32700:16:19,126 --> 00:16:23,616No more." If you want to claim to be aCCNA and stop there, you're going to know,

32800:16:24,116 --> 00:16:25,476you're going to know a whole of stuff.


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32900:16:25,756 --> 00:16:30,716You're going to really have, not just gettingyour feet wet, but a master of technology.

33000:16:30,716 --> 00:16:37,656So, as you look at these two combined, ICND2became a huge amount of troubleshooting.

33100:16:37,866 --> 00:16:41,066Now, you might say, "Well whyintroduce a lot of troubleshooting?"

33200:16:41,406 --> 00:16:44,426Troubleshooting shows a mastery of the topic.

33300:16:44,426 --> 00:16:48,296When you're thinking about levels of knowledge,you kind of start off, okay I know nothing.

33400:16:48,596 --> 00:16:50,866Then maybe you start learning aboutsomething and you get to the point

33500:16:50,866 --> 00:16:53,086where you're like, "Okay, I can explain that."

33600:16:53,086 --> 00:16:57,466Right? To where I know the concept, like Iknow what NAT is, I'm translating IP addresses

33700:16:57,466 --> 00:16:59,666and all that, so I can explain that to somebody.

33800:16:59,976 --> 00:17:03,236But to go beyond that you say, "Okay,well now I can configure something."

33900:17:03,436 --> 00:17:08,576So if I have a clean router and

it's no other configuration,

34000:17:08,626 --> 00:17:11,186I can configure network addresstranslation, right?

34100:17:11,186 --> 00:17:13,136So that's kind of like a


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third level of knowledge.

34200:17:13,326 --> 00:17:16,806Then we come over here to the finallevel, which is troubleshooting.

34300:17:17,076 --> 00:17:21,856Troubleshooting not only means that you knowhow to do something in a clean environment,

34400:17:22,096 --> 00:17:24,606but also you can walk intoan environment that's messy

34500:17:24,606 --> 00:17:26,856and you can start diagnosingthings that are wrong.

34600:17:26,856 --> 00:17:28,716

You can look and go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

34700:17:28,716 --> 00:17:31,326It seems like you're doing thisbased on these results I'm seeing.

34800:17:31,576 --> 00:17:34,246I know that something mightnot be configured correctly."

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00:17:34,246 --> 00:17:38,956And so you can back and configure somethingcorrectly even in very complex environments.

35000:17:38,956 --> 00:17:43,516So ICND2 really added a whole bunchof troubleshooting on all topics.

35100:17:43,516 --> 00:17:46,556Switching, routing, access controllists, network address translation.

35200:17:46,556 --> 00:17:50,386There's just this big picture mindsetof how do I fix it if it's broken?

35300:17:50,716 --> 00:17:52,676They've added more switching topics.


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35400:17:52,676 --> 00:17:56,976A lot more on spanning tree protocol, whichis a loop prevention mechanism in networks.

35500:17:56,976 --> 00:18:00,866A lot more on EtherChannel, which nevereven made it into the CCNA before.

35600:18:00,866 --> 00:18:06,556I've actually seen a lot of topics that werepreviously CCNP level topics migrate their way

35700:18:06,556 --> 00:18:10,216down into the ICND2 now orthe CCNA certification.

35800:18:10,486 --> 00:18:11,316Really right here.

35900:18:11,686 --> 00:18:17,386EIGRP in a lot more depth because OSPFused to be only an ICND2 topic before.

36000:18:17,546 --> 00:18:20,336Now it's covered, at its base level,

36100:18:20,336 --> 00:18:24,136in ICND1 and now at ICND2 they'relike, "Man, we're going all out."

36200:18:24,136 --> 00:18:25,876You're getting multi-area OSPF.

36300:18:25,916 --> 00:18:28,306Previously only covered in the CCNP.

36400:18:28,306 --> 00:18:32,686You're getting OSPF version 3,which is OSPF for the IPv6 protocol,

36500:18:32,866 --> 00:18:36,896previously barely even coveredin the CCNP because it was like,

36600:18:36,896 --> 00:18:38,866"Oh well, IPv6 is still a long way out."


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36700:18:39,176 --> 00:18:40,016Not anymore.

36800:18:40,316 --> 00:18:40,706It's here.

36900:18:41,156 --> 00:18:42,226So more routing.

37000:18:42,226 --> 00:18:43,176More management.

37100:18:43,176 --> 00:18:46,236This was a topic that wasn'teven in the CCNP before.

37200:18:46,236 --> 00:18:51,096Oh. To where, now, I need to know

how do I monitor my Cisco routers?

37300:18:51,096 --> 00:18:51,576That's SNMP.

37400:18:51,576 --> 00:18:54,356How do I make sure that they're up and running?

37500:18:54,356 --> 00:18:58,576How do I make sure that the

bandwidth levels and processer usage

37600:18:58,576 --> 00:19:00,266and memory's not being exhausted and all that?

37700:19:00,446 --> 00:19:04,626That's a huge amount of what is part ofa day-to-day Cisco administrators job.

37800:19:04,996 --> 00:19:08,856

Never was even touched previouslyin the certification program.

37900:19:09,066 --> 00:19:09,786Assist logs.

38000:19:09,786 --> 00:19:13,996Sending messages to a server that notify


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you, send you a page, to do whatever,

38100:19:13,996 --> 00:19:18,956notify you if something is going wrongor prevent, provides an audit trail,

38200:19:18,956 --> 00:19:22,796so that you can find out well,"Who did that at 2 in the morning?"

38300:19:23,136 --> 00:19:26,746NetFlow allowing you see, "Well,wait a sec, not only can I see

38400:19:26,746 --> 00:19:29,486that my internet bandwidth isused, but it's all because of

38500:19:29,486 --> 00:19:31,276

that guy in the cubicle over the there.

38600:19:31,276 --> 00:19:31,976What are you doing?

38700:19:32,186 --> 00:19:33,036Get off You Tube!"

38800:19:33,036 --> 00:19:37,336You know, whatever the case is, you are able

to identify flows of traffic and classify.

38900:19:37,336 --> 00:19:39,186Again, all of this, this is like.

39000:19:39,416 --> 00:19:41,046I got to change pen colors for that.

39100:19:41,046 --> 00:19:41,806Look at that!

39200:19:41,806 --> 00:19:46,316And that wasn't even in the Ciscocertification program anywhere before

39300:19:46,316 --> 00:19:48,246and now it's starting to be introduced in ICND2.


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39400:19:48,556 --> 00:19:51,706Last thing is, I said more scandal prevention.

39500:19:52,136 --> 00:19:56,846Meaning IOS 15 is now the new standardversion of IOS that everything's running on.

39600:19:57,146 --> 00:20:01,986Cisco introduced a massivenew licensing model in IOS 15.

39700:20:01,986 --> 00:20:03,196And so they want you to know about it.

39800:20:03,196 --> 00:20:04,726Because that's a big part of what you do.

39900:20:04,936 --> 00:20:06,806

So the last two things and then we'll wrap up.

40000:20:06,806 --> 00:20:10,836How do we train at CBT Nuggets and howdo you get the most from this series?

40100:20:11,156 --> 00:20:12,716Well, how do we train you?

40200:20:13,166 --> 00:20:14,356

You've been experiencing it.

40300:20:14,356 --> 00:20:16,036You know a lot of white board discussions.

40400:20:16,036 --> 00:20:17,446You'll see a lot of network diagrams.

40500:20:17,446 --> 00:20:18,776A lot of times they'll be prebuilt.

40600:20:18,776 --> 00:20:21,786Sometimes they'll go, "Oh ok, we got arouter here connected to the internet

40700:20:21,786 --> 00:20:25,296and it's protecting an internal e-mailserver from attacks from the outside.


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40800:20:25,296 --> 00:20:27,846You got to block port 25, youknow, and lock that down."

40900:20:27,896 --> 00:20:30,066So, we'll go through a lotof things like on the fly.

41000:20:30,766 --> 00:20:32,786You'll see a lot of, youknow, key facts presented.

41100:20:32,786 --> 00:20:35,796A lot of live demonstrations wherewe're doing the real configuration

41200:20:35,796 --> 00:20:37,796of Cisco devices right in front of you.

41300:20:38,216 --> 00:20:43,146And I will say, let me partner that withthis down here, there's no script for this.

41400:20:43,206 --> 00:20:44,896You know, you can tell I'm not reading anything.

41500:20:44,896 --> 00:20:48,576So a lot of times the demonstrations as I'm

going through will get to a point where like,

41600:20:49,046 --> 00:20:52,846"Well, didn't expect that to happen,"which is great because we get to go

41700:20:52,846 --> 00:20:58,126and troubleshoot it together and you get tolearn a lot from my own mistakes and we figure

418

00:20:58,126 --> 00:21:00,306out the solution together andgo, "Oh, well that's how it is."

41900:21:00,306 --> 00:21:02,306And I think that a lot oftimes it's even more valuable

420


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00:21:02,306 --> 00:21:04,426than just seeing a pristine configuration pasted

42100:21:04,426 --> 00:21:07,606in that works every singletime, for real world experience.

42200:21:07,606 --> 00:21:10,676The sessions themselves arereal short and palatable.

42300:21:10,676 --> 00:21:14,006You know, 15 to 30 minutes, sometimesa little more, but not much beyond

42400:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,406that to just keep you fresh and get a topic.

42500:21:16,406 --> 00:21:21,786

And also, down the road when you're ina career in Cisco you might go, "Oh,

42600:21:21,876 --> 00:21:24,066what was that access list configuration again?"

42700:21:24,066 --> 00:21:26,136And you can come right back toit and go, "Oh, there it is."

428

00:21:26,136 --> 00:21:30,666You know, in a little 15-minute explanationof access list and your off and running.

42900:21:30,666 --> 00:21:34,826So, my purpose, if I were to saymy motivation is two purposes.

43000:21:35,016 --> 00:21:37,556One is knowledge and two is motivation.

43100:21:37,896 --> 00:21:43,036I'm convinced that people reallydo well at stuff that they enjoy.

43200:21:43,236 --> 00:21:45,476And they really enjoy stuff that they know.

433


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00:21:45,476 --> 00:21:46,746So it kind of partners together.

43400:21:46,996 --> 00:21:49,476The more that you know, the moreyou're like, "Wow, that's really cool!"

43500:21:49,476 --> 00:21:53,046I mean I can tell you, you know, goingthrough the certifications that I have,

43600:21:53,046 --> 00:21:55,406I haven't been excited to get into some of them.

43700:21:55,406 --> 00:21:57,186I get in there and I'm like, "Ugh.

43800:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,306VoiceOver IP.

43900:21:58,416 --> 00:22:00,376What's so exciting about making a phone ring?"

44000:22:00,376 --> 00:22:03,206you know? But before long I'm startingto learn about the Nyquist theorem

44100:22:03,206 --> 00:22:05,286and then showing like, "ugh," resistance.

44200:22:05,286 --> 00:22:06,726I don't need to know about that.

44300:22:06,726 --> 00:22:09,656And as I learn it, I'm like,"Wow, this is really cool.

44400:22:09,656 --> 00:22:11,206I want to explain this to somebody."

44500:22:11,456 --> 00:22:15,446Because it's really neat how you can takea phone call and turn it into bits and 1's

44600:22:15,446 --> 00:22:17,246and 0's and what's that whole process.


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44700:22:17,576 --> 00:22:20,896So, that's a lot of my goals is,of course to convey the knowledge,

44800:22:21,126 --> 00:22:25,886but also to show you just how neat this is tobe able to set up and build a worldwide network.

44900:22:26,296 --> 00:22:29,176Okay, lastly, how do you getthe most from this series?

45000:22:29,176 --> 00:22:31,146Number one, repeat, repeat, repeat.

45100:22:31,146 --> 00:22:32,456The beauty is you have it there.

452

00:22:32,456 --> 00:22:33,186It's recorded.

45300:22:33,186 --> 00:22:34,666You can go through it many times.

45400:22:34,666 --> 00:22:36,846I mean maybe the first timeyou just kick back and watch.

455

00:22:36,846 --> 00:22:39,726Second time you start jotting downsome questions and some thoughts.

45600:22:39,726 --> 00:22:41,136Doing a little web research on it.

45700:22:41,136 --> 00:22:43,746Third time you start tryingit on your own equipment.

45800:22:43,746 --> 00:22:46,346I mean go through it as many timesas you need to where you feel

45900:22:46,346 --> 00:22:48,866like you are getting a mastery of that topic.

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00:22:49,086 --> 00:22:51,196And as you're going through it, jot things down.

46100:22:51,196 --> 00:22:53,726I'm not talking, you know,on an iPad or on a computer,

46200:22:53,726 --> 00:22:57,946I'm talking grab some real old schoolpaper and a pen, and write things down,

46300:22:57,946 --> 00:23:01,626because there is just something thatengages when you start jotting things down.

46400:23:01,626 --> 00:23:03,316I mean it doesn't even have to be sensible.

46500:23:03,316 --> 00:23:06,266

Maybe you've got your paper and I'm talkingabout configuration and you're like, "Okay,

46600:23:06,266 --> 00:23:09,076he said enable mode," youjust write down enable.

46700:23:09,076 --> 00:23:11,506Maybe you just crinkle it up and throwit away when you're all said and done.

46800:23:11,506 --> 00:23:13,896I'm not talking about just havingnotes for the future to study.

46900:23:14,106 --> 00:23:17,816I'm talking about engaging multiple sensesbecause you're retention will go way up.

47000:23:17,816 --> 00:23:20,776I mean, just draw things as I'm talking.

47100:23:20,776 --> 00:23:23,496Be like, "Okay, so he's got a router,"you know, kind of repeat what I'm drawing

47200:23:23,496 --> 00:23:26,916so that you can get in that mode ofjust engaging in what you're hearing.


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47300:23:26,946 --> 00:23:30,966Thirdly, I'm not going to spend too much time onthese two topics because if you look at the end

47400:23:30,966 --> 00:23:35,476of the series, I've actually createdcomplete nuggets just on building a lab,

47500:23:35,476 --> 00:23:38,796like what to buy, how much it's going tocost, what to use to study and all that.

47600:23:38,796 --> 00:23:40,536And study tactics.

47700:23:40,536 --> 00:23:44,196To where I say, "Well, here's the best way thatyou can study for these certification exams."

47800:23:44,196 --> 00:23:45,696But they are valid things.

47900:23:45,696 --> 00:23:47,856How to get the most is to build a lab,

48000:23:47,856 --> 00:23:50,966and I'm talking real equipment,not simulations or emulations.

48100:23:51,106 --> 00:23:55,316At this level, ICND1, I would reallysuggest having some real gear that you setup

48200:23:55,316 --> 00:23:58,656in your house, in your job, in yourworkplace, that you can work with

48300:23:58,656 --> 00:24:00,326

and configure in a real environment.

48400:24:00,326 --> 00:24:04,706There's just something to having real equipmentand non-simulation and nowadays, you know,

48500:24:04,706 --> 00:24:08,086the equipment has come down hugely in


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price from when I first got into Cisco.

48600:24:08,086 --> 00:24:10,016So, you can do it really on the cheap.

48700:24:10,476 --> 00:24:14,156Last two things go into what Iwas saying on the previous slide.

48800:24:14,156 --> 00:24:15,696Kind of that knowledge and motivation.

48900:24:16,176 --> 00:24:17,686You will love what you know.

49000:24:18,126 --> 00:24:20,396So, I always encourage you, dig deeper.

491

00:24:20,396 --> 00:24:23,276I mean if there's a topic that I get intoand you're like, "Well, I wonder if...?"

49200:24:23,276 --> 00:24:24,336I mean go there.

49300:24:24,336 --> 00:24:25,196Go beyond.

494

00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:26,426Really get a mastery of it.

49500:24:26,426 --> 00:24:28,736Because you start to get a love for it.

49600:24:28,736 --> 00:24:30,526Think about anything that you know well.

49700:24:30,526 --> 00:24:34,286

Like if you know rock climbing or ridinga bike or anything that you know well,

49800:24:34,466 --> 00:24:36,256you're excited when somebodystarts talking about it.

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Like when you meet somebody and they'relike, "Yeah, I ride bikes for a hobby."

50000:24:39,076 --> 00:24:39,746You're like, "Really?

50100:24:39,866 --> 00:24:40,966Me too! Have you been on..."

50200:24:40,966 --> 00:24:44,716I mean you just go off because you're excitedabout what you know and what you enjoy.

50300:24:44,716 --> 00:24:45,836So, same thing here.

50400:24:45,836 --> 00:24:50,316As you know more about Cisco, you're goingto develop a passion and a love for it that,

50500:24:50,316 --> 00:24:52,466I'm telling you, will skyrocket you.

50600:24:52,466 --> 00:24:56,496It's almost like I want to build a flowchart to where it's like, "Okay, dig deeper,

50700:24:56,766 --> 00:25:00,706you know fall in love, you

know, land an amazing job,"

50800:25:00,706 --> 00:25:02,686you know it just kind of goes hand-in-hand.

50900:25:02,686 --> 00:25:06,386The more that you enjoy the betterand better you'll do in your career

51000:25:06,386 --> 00:25:08,086

because you're going to enjoy your career.

51100:25:08,966 --> 00:25:11,916Let me just wrap up by sayingwelcome to the world of Cisco.

51200:25:12,096 --> 00:25:13,726This technology is awesome.


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51300:25:13,936 --> 00:25:16,976You're really going to enjoy this series andI hope when you reach the end you're going

51400:25:16,976 --> 00:25:18,736to be like, "Man, I just can't wait for more!"

51500:25:18,736 --> 00:25:21,606And get into the ICND2, getyour CCNA certification.

51600:25:21,606 --> 00:25:25,106I mean there's a lot of opportunityin the future with this technology.

51700:25:25,396 --> 00:25:27,976I hope this has been informative for youand I would like to thank you for viewing.

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01 - Welcome to ICND1 - Cisco Certification and Getting the Most From This Series